Well there are benefits on selling Masch and Xabi, but it really depends on how you look at it. I know selling both of them could get us a good sum of money, but that will make us have to start all over again, fit 2 new holding midfielders and you certainly cannot expect them to gel together immediately. I for one think that if we were to sell we should only sell one of them, and make sure its for a good sum of money that we can properly invest in that area. Selling 2 would be as good as having your whole centre midfield revamped, certainly I wouldn't like it because it would disrupt the fluidity that is already in our playing style...
I reckon we could get a good sum out of both of them.. but I would only sell 1 and that is probably Masch. The amount Barca is offering us is a lot and we have got to be realistic... If the player has no desire to play for us any more then why keep him here? 35 million is a lot, even 20 million with another potential young superstar in Krkic.. I know Real are having a mass summer exodus this time round, and players like Sneijder etc are set to leave. Its a mass clearout so potentially they wouldnt cost much, and there will be some excess money to do a couple of deals elsewhere..
Not bad considering we can get another new midfielder to cover our loss, as well as a striker who looks like a potential superstar.
Logged