Matt the Giant
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Granted, the figure I used in my OP, 30mi, was too low for us to ever consider. I was just thinking that's what Real paid for Modric last summer and used it as a guideline. Obviously Silva is a more high-profile player than Modric, is Spanish and even more coveted by the Madrid clan than Modric ever was, which ought to add up to let's say potential 40-45mil offer. - Too high, too low? I don't know.
And what we're discussing here, is NOT that we should sell David, No one wants that I'm sure. We all love him and we all think he's a fantastic footballer who's obviously not gotten back to kind of magical form he was in a year ago.
BUT, we are discussing a potentiality: that David himself tells our board, that should an offer for him be on the table from Madrid, he would want to go.
Would we then be able to move on, stay just as competitive or even stronger?
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On another note, and not specific to this particular thread:
I love this forum, and think highly of most posters on here. But it's a pity me thinks, that as soon as anyone raises an uncomfortable hypothesis, being critical (even if it's constructive), - he or she is far to often ridiculed, called an idiot (or likewise) or sometimes even a rag.
It's a forum for kindred spirits who share a passion together, where an exchange of opinions and ideas constitutes it's very nature.
Hypothetical, new, or conflicting views and ideas are not bad things, those are not signs of disloyalty or necessarily a sign of a low IQ.
We should be able to have a discussion about pretty much anything without retorting to the obnoxious behaviour of a ten year old kid with language problems.
There are obvious posters who support another club and come on here just to have a laugh, and those are often quite easily discovered and shipped out.
And what we're discussing here, is NOT that we should sell David, No one wants that I'm sure. We all love him and we all think he's a fantastic footballer who's obviously not gotten back to kind of magical form he was in a year ago.
BUT, we are discussing a potentiality: that David himself tells our board, that should an offer for him be on the table from Madrid, he would want to go.
Would we then be able to move on, stay just as competitive or even stronger?
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On another note, and not specific to this particular thread:
I love this forum, and think highly of most posters on here. But it's a pity me thinks, that as soon as anyone raises an uncomfortable hypothesis, being critical (even if it's constructive), - he or she is far to often ridiculed, called an idiot (or likewise) or sometimes even a rag.
It's a forum for kindred spirits who share a passion together, where an exchange of opinions and ideas constitutes it's very nature.
Hypothetical, new, or conflicting views and ideas are not bad things, those are not signs of disloyalty or necessarily a sign of a low IQ.
We should be able to have a discussion about pretty much anything without retorting to the obnoxious behaviour of a ten year old kid with language problems.
There are obvious posters who support another club and come on here just to have a laugh, and those are often quite easily discovered and shipped out.