[OL+] According to our information, it will be between 30 and 40 M€. At that price, OL will probably have to resign themselves. But Bruno Cheyrou, who does not have a solid plan B to replace him, is trying to do everything he can to convince Gusto to stay until the end of the season (Foot Mercato)

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[OL+] According to our information, it will be between 30 and 40 M€. At that price, OL will probably have to resign themselves. But Bruno Cheyrou, who does not have a solid plan B to replace him, is trying to do everything he can to convince Gusto to stay until the end of the season (Foot Mercato)

When you actually try to think about it from an expected value perspective, Malo Gusto EV is probably below 30-40M so it's completely logic to sell at that price.

If you estimate him as a good player even giving a 20% chance by himself at getting champions league qualification (which is hugely optimistic - obviously the team is not the sum of each individual player but this is a first order approximation) you barely reach that value at all when assuming a reasonable number of years of contracts left.

It's easy from a supporter perspective to argue to refuse high $ offers and buy above market when it's not your own money at stake. You have to be a little more objective here.

Regarding the fact that they did not plan for a replacement, it is probably stupid to assume that they didn't think at all about it. Life is not binary (not all black or white), it's a continuum. Maybe they didn't think about it enough, maybe they did, no one knows, let's see.

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