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Summer 26' INS Jan-Paul Van Hecke £52m Sandro Tonali £92.5m (£100m) Mateus Fernandes £85m Martin Dubravka FREE TRANSFER Marcos Senesi FREE TRANSFER Andrew Robertson FREE TRANSFER OUTS Radu Dragusin LOAN £1.3m *10%* Djed Spence £27m Luka Vuskovic £46m (£50m) *20%* Cristian Romero £34.1m *15%* Ashley Phillips £7m (£20m) *20%* Alfie Devine £6m *20%* Tynan Thompson £4m (£8m) *20%* Manor Solomon £5m (£7m) *10%* Will Lankshear £14m (£20m) *20%* Alejo Veliz £7.7m (£8.6m) *20%* Yang Min-Hyeok (LOAN) Mason Melia (LOAN) Yves Bissouma RELEASED Joao Palhinha LOAN EXP Randal Kolo Muani LOAN EXP £229.5m SPENT £152.1m RECEIVED NET SPEND = £77.4m *Dragusin's obligational fee (£18.8m) + departing add ons would add £48.7m onto the departures list (£200.8m). This does not even include the players' sell on fees*

If we sell Djed Spence & sign Neco Williams for either a financial profit or even just equalled fees, I think that's pretty good. A big hesitation of mine about selling Spence was due to the fact Djed is a very versatile squad player who covers both sides of fullback & also ticks the criteria of being HG. I thought it would've been hard to find a replacement who ticks those same boxes who is in a respectable price bracket & would be willing to be a backup. But Williams is exactly that. And most importantly of all, Neco Williams is a player who suits De Zerbi's football, Djed Spence seemingly doesn't. Djed's brilliant World Cup campaign should mean we can ask for a nice chunk with clubs actually being more willing to pay up than they would've been a month ago.

So £50m with a sell on clause. Depending on just how much that sell on clause is, I'm satisfied. Should be 20/25% at least. Yes Vuskovic is a huge talent but he also had no interest in playing for us. Can't force him to accept another loan. Don't blame the club for selling him one bit.