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[Albion] Adrian Mazilu
- Thread starter Lurchy
- Start date
- Oct 17, 2008
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£2.5m. Insane.
Baldseagull
Well-known member
Not necessarily, they could all be Chelsea flops inside 2 years.He loves scoring from cutting in from the right and then spanking it into the top left hand corner! March > Adingra > Mazuli. The right hand side is sorted for years to come
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
- 12,054
Adingra is primarily a left winger though. He would appear to be the successor to Mitoma if anything.He loves scoring from cutting in from the right and then spanking it into the top left hand corner! March > Adingra > Mazuli. The right hand side is sorted for years to come
He is scoring nice goals but he is also very far from being a dependable player in atop league and not a finished product (of course, given his age that wouldn't be a good sign). Saw him play 2 full games in Conference League (well, he only lasted 73 minutes at home and just a first half in the second away game) and for every brilliant move there were couple of silly mistakes. And the opposition was crap tbf.
Still hope to see great things from the youngster in the future but he is still at least a couple of years away.
Still hope to see great things from the youngster in the future but he is still at least a couple of years away.
AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
ifightbears
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Him and big Tudor currently playing (and losing) against former players Niki Mäenpää and Bojan Radulović (who has 2 today) in the Europa Conference league play offs. Small world!
Silverhatch
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Radulovic has scored 14 in 18 games for HJK this season.
- Aug 24, 2020
- 7,081
Good shout. I'd forgotten about him.
I assume we bought him because he fits all the relevant criteria. He could be a good backup to Adingra, ready to take his chance when it comes.
- Nov 11, 2009
- 12,267
USG first I'd guess?
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
We're not allowed to do any player activities with USG this season, as part of our agreement to allow both teams to play in the Europa League
USG can buy him though? We could then buy him from them next season, or the one after that.
dejavuatbtn
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i suspect that there are some rules around this in that we might have to pay his real value at that time. If there are not then it is indeed a loophole that should probably be filled.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
- 12,054
They can’t buy him as we’ve already agreed a deal to be completed in January (all contracts will have been agreed and signed ready for the opening of the transfer window, he couldn’t join in the summer window as he only turned 18 in September). Besides which UEFA would see straight though a sudden change and him joining USG.
He won’t need to go out on loan for work permit reasons as he’ll automatically qualify under the exceptional youngster criteria. If he needs to go out on loan for experience there will be no end of clubs interested.
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Perkino
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- Dec 11, 2009
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Surely a buy back option with fee agreed would cover all bases
- Nov 11, 2009
- 12,267
Sell on clause? Guessing his current club would insist on that, and there'd be all sorts of issues if USG bought for say 8m, then sold to us for broadly similar, effectively invalidating any sell on clause!
Unless it was written in from day one like that, but then UEFA may well investigate if they've made it a condition of our EL involvement, and there's no way club would risk getting kicked from EL for a raw 17yo kid.
So maybe no USG after all!
Fair enough - I didn't realise we'd actually pre-signed him, or whatever the deal is classed as. Half a season with the U21s then, to let him settle in, loan next season if he's not first team ready? Not sure packing him off for a half season loan the minute he arrives would be helpful.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
- 12,054
The club announced back in July we'd agreed to sign him (see post #74) of this thread.
Absolutely. I had either just missed the announcement, or more likely, forgotten it. Either way, until you enlightened me, I wasn't aware of it.