I wouldn't get too caught up on Spence. He's got an attitude problem, which is probably what has held him back at Spurs. Not the sort of profile we would go for imo
In a way it's good to see the prudence of board accepting that no championship club should be letting 15m go for free - Blackburn did it with Bereton-Diaz and it got them nowhere.
Having said that, I do hope Wilcox has a cut off point that selling Che will have too much impact on our promotion chances. 15m isn't worth much to us if it's 1st September the next day.
At 15m I don't think this will go down well with the fans. Wilcox and the board have had a good sense of the mood music so far, but they're wide of the mark with this one.
Che would be in a much better position smashing this season and letting his contract expire - leaving or staying.
As for 15m, I seem to remember we had to pay that amount for Arma when he was in the last year of his contract - and that was before the market madness.
We bought Hoedt in the summer. I'm not defending Les, but with Carrillo he was between a rock and a hard place. With hindsight we can say he's garbage, but if we hadn't bought him in the Jan window in the Jan, the backlash would arguably been have been worse.
Would take Hughes until the end of the season then rebuild come what may. What have they got against Silva? Not even on the shortlist (which must be very short) according to Wilson.