Quote Roddy B="Roddy B"Matter of opinion, but I feel Cahill is just short of a bit more experience. Good speed, decent on the ball, strong, good in the air, etc.'"
I think Jags offers all those qualities too, Wenger would get 6 years out of Jags too.
Quote Roddy B="Roddy B"I'm putting emphasis on it because they're big factors. If Wenger pays £18m for Jagielka, next summer aged 30, he'll be worth £10m (inflated), the year after £7m and the year after that nearer to nothing. If Wenger signed Cahill, he could get the best part of 10 years from him, with Jagielka, it's the best part of 5 or 6 years from him. Age is one of the biggest determining factors of any transfers. If Lescott was 29 was Sparky lost the plot, he would have gone for half of that fee. It's just the way things work.'"
I don't see how you can predict future prices on a players age though, I can see what you mean that their value will drop the older they get but to actually put figures out there and say he'll be worth so much means nothing. It'll mainly depend on how he's playing at the time. It is a big factor but the way you mention it in previous posts it's as if it's the main factor in a transfer.
Quote Roddy B="Roddy B"Jagielka's biggest factors in determining his fee, from an Everton standpoint, are his importance to the side and his overall ability. He's a good player, not world class, but a good player, whilst he could probably be deemed a key player at Everton. For that reason, a player who's probably worth £10m goes up to about £14m-£15m. Everton don't need to sell, but, at the same time, in the back of theirs and Moyes' mind, they'll know Jags' fee will only go down, and Moyes seems to get the 'selling at the right time' thing right most times. If Moyes got £15m for Jags, he could invest that throughout the squad more, IMO. (If he gets it to invest that is)'"
I think we're on the same page here because my last paragraph in my post last night said more or less the same thing, firstly you were saying we should sell for £10m now you're saying £15m - make your mind up

I don't think Jags will be sold because they way you're looking at it is as if he's going to leave the club eventually so sell now while his price is as high as it'll be but I don't think Jags will go, he could see his career out here if he wants too - he'd be captain within 2 years when Neville goes and would more or less be guaranteed a run in the first team until he retires so there's no need to sell but orignally you said we should sell at £10m but we'd need to spend at least half of that if not more replacing him so it's pointless because it leaves no money to bring anyone else in, however, should that price rise to £15m-£18m it may be worth listening too, replace Jags and then bring other players in too but otherwise I can't see Moyes not considering it.
If he's going to sell to reinvest he'd be better off selling Rodwell, I don't want him to go, but we'd probably get at least £20m if not more which could really strengthen out finances.