I really don't get why people have such a lack of appreciation about Max..........dominant in the air even when it was like ping pong to our defence for long spells in games, good at breaking forward to create space, reasonably quick and strong in the tackle.
Ok he isn't quite England class and not a captain but he was pretty good for us and I fear next season when under pressure/ lots of corners, we will conceded a lot more now.
£40m is a good but fair price, I cannot argue with that, but how much of it will we reinvest in a quality replacement? And how easy will it be to get a good quality replacement?
There again I could be talking bollocks................but its just my feeling about watching him.