Archer is the real deal, strong, pacy, carries the ball well, good finisher. His link up play with the team is as good as we have had from a striker in many a year.
The only way we see him next season is with promotion, otherwise he goes to another prem team, possibly on loan, or for a sizeable sale. Value at present is around the £25M-£30M mark. His potential is huge, a successful season in the PL and his value at least doubles. He will play for England soon enough too, I could see a few of the top 7 sniffing around tbh, that price could see him having several suitors better placed than us. My advice is enjoy what we currently have and be grateful for it however long as it lasts.
Personally, I think we would try for a loan at that price were we to go up, I am not convinced Gibson will sanction that sort of spend on a single player in our first season back there (should it happen), It might suit Villa more to see how he copes and to potentially watch his value double. We would need to strengthen with far better quality than in 2016, we have a good number of loans that require potentially replacing too, so as much as I would love to sign young Cameron on a permanent deal, I can’t see it happening, but I hope I am wrong, but whatever money is available will be spent wisely by Scott & Co.