Charles wants to leave and he only has 1 (2) years left on his contract.
I also like him a lot but we've got to be realistic. If we can hold out for £25m plus £5m add ons then that's a decent deal for us.
Probably more likely an Archer replacement tbh. Downs doesn't need replacing because he didn't even exist even when he played.
Larin, Azon plus another (Lankshear?) and I'd be happy with that as striking options.
Yeah he pretty much said that it's very difficult for us to keep players who are well into their contracts (clearly referring to THB and Charles). Both will go.
Then said we've got more leverage with the other players due to just having bought them (presuming Scienza and Jander)
Solid signing that. Was very good for Sunderland when they went up, not quite as good for Ipswich last season (according to their fans) but still. Guessing that's the replacement for Charles.