[Football] Ben White - Sings new FOUR year deal.

[Change at Barnham]

No big surprise, but from the BBC Gossip column:
The Manchester Evening News are reporting Manchester United are interested in Ben White.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ben-white-man-utd-transfer-19432274

 

[WhingForPresident]

He really needs to get rid of that leech of an agent.

 

[Stat Brother]

He really needs to get rid of that leech of an agent.

Perhaps he should employ someone from NSC to promote his skills.


Sure he'll be playing for Accrington Stanley inside a year, but at least he'll instantly stop being linked with 'big clubs'.

 

[schmunk]

He really needs to get rid of that leech of an agent.

He should sign with a super agent, like Mino Raiola...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55232868

 

[Springal]

He really needs to get rid of that leech of an agent.

Why is his agent a leech out of interest? If he can get a move to Man Utd, Liverpool etc then fair play to them both

 

[Krusty]

Leeds fans would be in meltdown if this happened...

 

[LlcoolJ]

Man United paid £80m for the slabhead bribester.

So £100m?

 

[Albion Dan]

To be honest I think we’d be happy to get a decent price for Ben as we have more than enough to cover him going.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Personally I don’t think he is important enough to us when compared to hype over the summer.

He’s a solid footballer but it’s an area we are strong in.


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[Ooh it’s a corner]

I think he’s class and will have Lawrenson like status within a couple of years - personally I hope he stays for ages but Tony and co. will do what’s best

 

[vagabond]

Here we go again, a big club mentioned and there are folk here already pulling their skirts down and ready to accept whatever’s given to them.

 

[Albion Dan]

Here we go again, a big club mentioned and there are folk here already pulling their skirts down and ready to accept whatever’s given to them.

I don’t see anyone saying they would accept whatever’s offered? Not prepared to accept anything other than a decent price but when it comes I’m pretty sure the club will cash in and the first proper return on investment for the academy will be achieved. I don’t see Ben leaving having any impact on our performances either based on what I’ve seen so far.

 

[dazzer6666]

Here we go again, a big club mentioned and there are folk here already pulling their skirts down and ready to accept whatever’s given to them.

Not so much that, but if we can realise maybe double what the entire academy cost to establish and wipe out 2 season's losses by the sale of a single player (not necessarily White - applies to anyone) - assuming we have adequate cover that's at least as good, Potter/Ashworth are happy etc etc - then it might happen. If we continue to bring players in, and produce from the academy, there will have to be some sales at some point. One massively profitable sale now and again, providing it doesn't materially weaken the squad, could be considered sensible management. It's quite likely at some point we'll get a player we simply can't hold on to due 'head turning'/ambition/greed or whatever other factors are in play. We're not going to pay the £100k/week + some of our best talent might be able to command with a bigger club at some point.

Do I think we'll sell him in January ? Absolutely not

 

[beorhthelm]

Here we go again, a big club mentioned and there are folk here already pulling their skirts down and ready to accept whatever’s given to them.

where's anyone saying that?

though this is kinda the point of the academy, to find, nurture and sell talent. if we can keep them here for a few seasons along the way we have best of both worlds, lots of talent and lots of revenue.

 

[vagabond]

where's anyone saying that?

though this is kinda the point of the academy, to find, nurture and sell talent. if we can keep them here for a few seasons along the way we have best of both worlds, lots of talent and lots of revenue.

A few seasons? Yeah but Ben’s just played 11 games...?

No problem selling players, but there are other players ahead of the list we can sell before Ben White. And we’re hardly League One penniless anymore.

But then there were people here telling me we should have accepted Leeds’ £20m offer at the time, what do I know.

 

[Wozza]

But then there were people here telling me we should have accepted Leeds’ £20m offer at the time, what do I know.

I would have sold for a bit more (plus massive sell-on) if it meant we could have got, say, Ollie Watkins.

As great as White is, we don't need him as much as... goals.

 

[beorhthelm]

But then there were people here telling me we should have accepted Leeds’ £20m offer at the time, what do I know.

dont think there were, unless from Leeds.

 

[vagabond]

I would have sold for a bit more (plus massive sell-on) if it meant we could have got, say, Ollie Watkins.

As great as White is, we don't need him as much as... goals.

Wages was the problem with Watkins (apparently).

 

[vagabond]

dont think there were, unless from Leeds.

Wrong. There were some here happy to sell to Leeds.

 

[Jim in the West]

The way I look at it, we are half way to building a top-ten Premier League team. The REAL quality is Dunk, White, Lamptey, Bissouma, Welbeck. Plus Llallana, half the time. There are quite a few other decent players who would get into lower-Prem teams, and a few would be in the "top ten" category if they could be a bit more consistent (eg: Trossard). Unless we desperately need the money, I can't imagine that Tony will sell any of the real quality players. His strategy when we just missed out on promotion in 2015/16 was to keep the team together, despite big offers for some (Stephens, Dunk...).