I see engines all the time on the facebook clio sport group ranging from as low as £50 with circa 80k miles to around £200 with about 80k miles. food for thought as the belts can all be done and the engine given a refresh befor going in. i can imagine fitting the engine would cost much more than doing a cambelt, both require the front end off.
Worse thing possible
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Same problem as mine had then - random valve drop is unfortunately possible no matter how well the engine's been looked after, cause probably tappet failure. For the valve to cause bottom end damage is not something I've seen on the F engines before. Worst I ever saw was a piston not coming up as high (after cambelt failure) which meant a bent con rod. Hope whoever you had look at it has actually seen what's happened, but hole in block would be easy to see no doubt.
Just saying all this in case there's a chance it's not so bad & has been correctly diagnosed - I have seen plenty of cars come in & checked by breakdown co's only to find it's not what they say has happened - pretty sure I have a new spare inlet valve willing to donate to save you a pack of 8.