Laca's partnership with Auba is why we're where we were in the league. To suggest anything else would be laughable.
Keeping him is crucial. However, if he's been enchanted by the links to Barca, fleece them for all we can (£100 million as that's how much his goals are worth to us without CL football).
1. Go to Palace & give them £80 million for Zaha.
2. Sell all the duds.
3. Add the money from the duds sales + what remains of the Laca money + our budget to get the following players:
Lewis Dunk, Callum Wilson, Abdoulaie Doucoure, William Saliba, Hakim Ziyech & Kieran Tierney.
Is Laca's partnership with Auba really that great a partnership though? I don't have the stats, but I'd like to see how often they actually link up and assist each other. Not saying it's a bad partnership at all, I just always wondered if it's hyped up a bit too much because they're such good friends off the field.
Sort of seems like two good players playing together results in good things, but not a great footballing partnership as such.
Reckon eventually you'd get Zaha for 60m, I'd be cool with that.