Stoke loan confirmed.
They seem keen!
https://www.stokecityfc.com/
(I think he might be their second most expensive player, after £10M Tom Ince! Hope they're paying us a decent loan fee and most of his wages!)
Stoke loan confirmed.
Exciting signing - roll on 2022/23
Clubs probable thinking, Fingers burnt with Locadia and to a extent Jahankbash, chucking this lad straight into the first team is a huge gamble, loaning him out to acclimatise him to the English game isn't such a bad idea, better to pay 7million and he turns out to be a dud than triple for the same result, if he shines for Stoke then great he's ready for the step up at a fraction of the going rate.
Daniel Sturridge was suggested earlier in the day as an out of contract player, I laughed but I am now starting to warm to this idea
Yup. Neither this guy nor Zeqiri are going to get much if any first team action with us. Makes sense to send them out on loan. It is the clear career development path followed by the club.
Daniel Sturridge was suggested earlier in the day as an out of contract player, I laughed but I am now starting to warm to this idea
Daniel Sturridge was suggested earlier in the day as an out of contract player, I laughed but I am now starting to warm to this idea
Paid £7 m to sign Stoke a striker but couldn't sign one for ourselves.
If the loan has an immediate recall option this makes sense. He could prove to be brilliant in which case we call him back and stick him in the first team.
If he’s not scoring lots he can stay there to ‘develop’ and get game time.
If it doesn’t have a recall option it’s madness.
This aged poorly.
So when Welbeck gets injured (he's never had an injury free season in his career), you're happy with Maupay and Connolly are you? You don't think Sima or Zeqiri would've gotten a game?
Nice that we are helping to get Stoke promoted back to the Prem with the loan of a very exciting centre back and a £7m striker, hope it works out well for them, as long as it's not our place in the Prem they are taking at the end of the season.
You know that coming on as a sub counts as making a debut yeh?Welbeck was injured last season. Yet Potter still refused to start Zeqiri in the PL and/or play him much as a centre forward.
You couldn't make it up. I fear our club is being run by a bunch of idiots. We NEED a STRIKER for the first team ffs!!