I think Rice would turn us down for Chelsea if he had offers from both. Sure we are a better and more attractive club for almost any player, but the difference between our clubs is not big enough for him to turn his boyhood club down. Chelsea may not be on the same level as us, but they are not exactly Leeds, Villa or even Spurs/Arsenal. They won a CL just a year ago. I could be wrong of course, but thats my guess:)Rice and his camp have wanted Chelsea to move in for 3 windows now. United have asked and gotten put on the long finger.
If Pep called rice would run, but there’s very little interest our end due to money and expectations of playing time considering Rodri is our guy.
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I think Rice would turn us down for Chelsea if he had offers from both. Sure we are a better and more attractive for almost any player, but the difference between our clubs is not big enough for him to turn his boyhood club down. Chelsea may not be on the same level as us, but they are not exactly Leeds, Villa or even Spurs/Arsenal. They won a CL just a year ago. I could be wrong of course, but thats my guess:)
1 injury last year. 2 in the year before that.Apart from anything he is currently injury prone and not worth it for this alone. Feels like it would be a similar transfer to Delph where he is unreliable to be fit.
I think he'd be a quality signing for us. He's already a very good player and I've no doubt given 18 months / 2 years he'd go up another level once Pep has worked with him.If you guys don’t want him he can stay where he’s appreciated.
Honestly I think he’d be great cover for Rodri and would suit your system very well. If he has to leave I think City would be the most tolerable destination (compared to say the rags). Problem of course is he’s worth more to us than he would be to you.
Funnily enough if Pep wants the bloke so do I. Really some on here got to stop playing Championship manager
I'd honestly rather we buy nobody if neither of them are ready, I should have clarified. Doyle is more proven at senior level, whilst Lavia from what I hear has the higher ceiling but that's all opinions and predictions with young players. All I know is, Phillips could physically do a job for us(proved that much under Bielsa and with England) but I'm not really sure how much Pep could improve him, the more I think about it. He just doesn't seem a very technical player, that's not to say he's a bad player.Doyle for me is far better than Lavia