Guinness Guzzler
Striker
That's why Defoe should never be sold. The money someone would pay for him would be pointless as a replacement of similar quality couldn't be bought.
This. We're in a situation where no one will pay massive money for him because of his age, and we can't accept anything less then massive money for him because he's nearly irreplaceable. It should therefore be the easiest decision in the world to keep a hold of him. If we go down we could still get £6m or so for him at the end of the season, there's absolutely no benefit in selling him now.
I'd keep going anyway but if we sanctioned the sale of Defoe and went down I wouldn't blame anyone who choose never to renew again under this ownership, it would be incompetence and lack of ambition on a grand scale. He remains our best chance of survival and is the one that every single relegation rival would be envious of us for, to sell him would be beyond a joke. Hopefully others are considering bidding and we have no intention of selling, but with us you just never know