Maybe he won't replace any of those instantly.....but surely with the potential he was touted as having and us securing one of the finest football coaches in the world we'd hold on to him atleast for a season?
I dunno. To me it seems odd
We'll see. I think we have had a forgiving mentality for too long. I welcome what seems to be a tougher approach. If we opt to keep Markovic, he needs to play and he needs to contribute in line with what we can expect from a first team player.
If we look at the summer so far we have parted with Canos, Ibe, Skrtel, Toure and we're searching for deals for Alberto, Benteke and Balotelli. But if we stop there, that should bring us 60M or so. Add a decent fee for Markovic, say 10M+. Now for the really interesting thing - in what way would all those departures weaken our first eleven? Our 11+7 that we bring to a game? Not at all is my answer. This is not Markovic' fault, it's the fault of previous mistakes by us. Still, he is part of a large group of players, worth 70M+, that has had very little impact. We can find a reason to keep each of those players, but why when they aren't all that important to us? Better to sell.
