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[Albion] Facundo Buonanotte **On Loan To Leicester 10/08/24**









AlexBH

Well-known member
Nov 19, 2017
614
I was behind our 19 year old wunderkind in the queue at Tesco in Hove yesterday. Anyone want to guess what 3 items the young professional athlete was getting for his dinner?
A bottle of vodka, a rustlers burger and a packet of benson and hedges?
 










JBizzle

Well-known member
Apr 18, 2010
6,111
Seaford
Might be off on loan to Feyenoord

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Zeberdi

“Vorsprung durch Technik”
NSC Patron
Oct 20, 2022
6,223
Hmmm, Not sure how I feel about this, if it's true. He somehow hasn't yet quite delivered on his potential has he?

He's still only 19 though.
I’d be pretty disappointed tbh - would have liked him to have one season under a manager that actually wants to develop youngsters.

I think the problem could be Hürzeler’s system of play - he needs a deep playing 10 that can score goals and also act as a ‘two-footed’ pivot at the edge of the 18 yard area to push play wide - not sure (well pretty sure) Facu’s not there yet Amario Cozier-Duberry looks the better option for that CAM area now. (Don’t we have a nick name for this lad yet?!)

I hope Facu stays - I think the second half of 2023 (he arrived in the January window) he struggled to settle because he was stuck out on the wing until late in the season to cover for an injured March - In 2023/4 when he was playing in his favoured CAM role and beginning to improve exponentially, by half way through the season, the whole team was struggling and it would be unfair to judge any young players by that imo.

So really hope Hürzeler keeps him around.
 


Rookie

Greetings
Feb 8, 2005
12,324
Really don’t want to see him loaned out although he would rip the Dutch league apart. Still very young and has shown that he can do it here
 


Machiavelli

Well-known member
Oct 11, 2013
17,506
Fiveways
I think he'd fit in well as a CM if FH plays the same system as he did at St Pauli. Needs to stop falling over, but he's developing the attributes. We've obviously got a bloated squad and need to sell and loan several, but he'd be fairly low on my list for either.
 




Green Cross Code Man

Wunt be druv
Mar 30, 2006
20,565
Eastbourne
I would be disappointed if this is true.

And why now do people write so and so wants to loan.... Only the club a team belongs to can loan a player.
 


Hotchilidog

Well-known member
Jan 24, 2009
9,048
NGL I'd be disappointed to see Facu go. I think there is a very decent player and he can make a contribution. If he does go I'd hope it is loan only.
 










BevBHA

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Jan 23, 2017
2,304
Think it will either be him or Sarmiento to go on loan. Not both. Sarmiento is older and more experienced so maybe this year is last chance saloon with us for him, whilst letting FB play week in week out at 19. Personally, I think a loan is wise.
 






Beanstalk

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Apr 5, 2017
2,959
London
Seen a couple of "falling over" comments again and here to say that he was our most fouled player per 90 mins last season and the 9th most fouled per 90 mins across the whole league. Similar players above him include, Ayew, Olise, Kudus and Grealish. Joao Pedro is the 10th most fouled player in the league with a very similar record, and Joel Veltman is up there in third for the Albion.

Buonanotte played a really important role for us last year at a very young age, was brave and developed well playing in 25 of the final 28 games last season.

I'd be disappointed if he left on loan but I'd understand it with our expanded options across the front. If he left permanently, it'd be ludicrous.
 


Stato

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Dec 21, 2011
7,174
"Realistic" buy option? Transfermarkt values Buonanotte at €18m. That's probably one of their usual understimates for a 19 Year old Argentinian International with 40 games at EPL level. It's also more than twice the highest figure that Feyenoord have ever paid for a player.
 


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