Do you want a good football team or a nicely balanced ledger. It?s bad enough not having the money to improve the team but sell Lescott?

The whole City thing is interesting but I find the money banded around as offensive in the current climate... that's modern day football, I suppose but I hope we do everything possible to keep our players and spirit.

However, to claim he?d make off with the proceeds of player sales is laughable in light of all the positive things BK has done, which should not need spelling out. The total costs of players, particularly their astronomical salaries, is likely where most of the money goes and so, while some issues are very emotive (particularly potentially leaving GP and the City of Liverpool), surely it is a bit much to accuse BK of some of the things that are ranted about in some of the comments.

I doubt if DM or BK would sanction the sale of Lescott, unless he wanted away, which I doubt he would, given the team spirit he is a part of, his recognition and form within the team, the fact that we are an upwardly mobile team that has become a European qualifier on a regular basis. I can only imagine any key player being sold for mega bucks AND with DM being content he can IMPROVE the team with use of the proceeds.

Other than Rooney (an exceptional, one-off case of a flawed personality wanting away) I can?t think of any departure under Moyes that he was not happy to let go (Faddy was probably the closest, but DM was content to let him go for a good profit as he was not deemed good/consistent enough to command a regular starting place).

The real worry would be exactly how much of that money he would actually see? I feel some previous posts would be bang on, those Kirkby consultants won't pay for themselves you know!

Now Joleon ? go show us what we might miss and stick one in the red shite's net Monday, good lad!

For a start, Lescott?s form until about a month ago was dreadful. If I were him, I would think very carefully about moving to City because he is very much a confidence player. He proved to me that when he went off on England duty, he was not confident playing with the big boys and was awful. You wouldn?t believe it was the same player who played for Everton last year. Like it or not, City are going to have some very big boys playing for them so Joleon beware... you might bottle it!

Hands up how many of you would not have accepted £15m for Lescott 5 or 6 weeks ago? He was absolutely dreadful, not for a game or two but for half a season! Yeh, I know he is playing well now at center back but Moyes started him off this season playing in the center... Do you remember the Blackburn game?

I think we could make £15m plus go a long way as long as Moyes gets the lot. Who?s to say Joleon?s form won?t dip again... as I said it wasn?t for a game or two, it was half a piggin season.

If we want to progress, we keep our best players and carry on building slowly each year to break into the so-called big four. We have proved over the last 5 years that Everton are the only team with a limited budget to challenge for Europe.

I was at the Hull game and it was a great atmosphere; we need to do it more and more and bring back the good times. Let's all get behind the boys for the rest of the season and beat the shite over the next 2 games.

We will win the cup!

For argument's sake (I know it won?t happen in Lescott?s case), say that we were offered £78m for a player (or two) and we needed the money to build the new stadium to secure the financial future of the club, then we would have to consider it. Also, for argument's sake, if City offered £30m for Lescott and another £30m for Arteta, we would wipe out all our debts in one go. Should we take it then?

However, before we even consider selling one of our better players, we would need to have the money from the sale available to get in a replacement(s) and have those replacements lined up.

We risk unsettling the best squad we have had for years if we let him go. What message would it send out to Arteta, Cahill, Yak or others if we started selling our best players while we are 6th in the League? All in all a very big risk in my opinion and therefore should only be considered for crazy money. And even then, only if replacements / additions are already in place to come in immediately to keep the players and fans happy.

Let's take a middle quoted figure of £20M for him [£12-£15M if not City] if Moyes has got someone lined up to replace him and someone else lined up to further enhance the team within that amount of money so be it. If not then no it?s not worth it. Simple really.