Trossard was a first teamer. His fee was exactly where it should have been. I think we can all see now that transfer fees have far more to do with length of contract than quality of player.
Agree that Sanchez should have been a first teamer, but RDZ didn't want him and while he's here we're...
It makes sense that the higher the caliber of player, the harder they are to sign. We haven't gone to all this effort to get this far advanced in the purchase of a player who we consider worthy of a club record fee, just to give an ultimatum or walk away right at the end.
I'm sure an Orient...
I remember him fluffing a couple, but i also remember him plucking corners and crosses out of the air in the dying minutes when we got our first win at Anfield, that was marvellous.
Yeah, give him a little skack. For us football is a fun little hobby that allows us to chat rubbish with strangers on the internet between games. For him it's his actual career and he has to make sure he's making the right decision. If he does choose us it will be because he believes it is the...
I think it's pretty harsh to suggest players only want to go to the big clubs because of money. It's far more likely to be because of the prestige of playing for one of the world's most famous clubs, to play alongside world class players, and the opportunities to win titles and trophies. I'm...
Perhaps it's as simple as we do need (or at least, want) the Caicedo money to buy Kudus. Its possible everything is agreed but we're not going to sign the deal until Chelsea pay up.
And I'm sure that if / when we do sign Kudus we'd like him to be match fit, so hardly a problem from our...
Because he's another high quality player. Weaker at DM but stronger elsewhere. Tbh though i think RDZ will fit the system to the players strengths, not the other way round. And maybe a player like Caicedo doesn't even fit RDZs preferred formation, we don't know for sure. So rather than having a...
Well it doesn't remove depth, if Mac + Caicedo out are replaced by Dahoud + Kudus in, with Alzate returning too. We all like to replace Caicedo with someone as good, but that's probably not possible, so i expect will do things a little differently. Anyway we played plenty of games without...
No, i think it does make sense. It's not a direct replacement but we have others who can do that deep lying role. This adds quality to our midfield, which was looking a little light without Mac and Caicedo. With him in there alongside Dahoud and/or Gilmour its a lot stronger than it could have...