[Albion] Ainsley Maitland-Niles

[One Teddy Maybank]

Think Edouard is similar to Nunez.
Toney more 60% IMO.
Good way of looking at it.


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[Icy Gull]

MOTM today and called up for England

Lock the thread now?

 

[blockhseagull]

Available on loan apparently

WBA interested amongst others.

 

[Wozza]

Was once excited about this possibility, but an actual LB would be more helfpul at this stage I think.

 

[Seasidesage]

Personally wouldn't be a bad idea but a loan to buy and for a reasonable fee. He's decent but no world beater but his versatility would be useful. I wouldn't be prioritising him unless he can also play CF in which case get him in...

 

[Marshy]

yes please, I would take him on loan until end of season with an option to buy all day long

 

[blockhseagull]

Better option in CM than keep moving White maybe.

 

[Insel affe]

yes please, I would take him on loan until end of season with an option to buy all day long

This and ship Pooper out

 

[AZ Gull]

Inside West Brom’s relegation: Bilic sacking over transfers, Maitland-Niles’ speech and the Allardyce rally that came too late

The day before West Bromwich Albion’s most celebrated victory of a grim season, the players were summoned to the canteen at their Walsall training ground.

They had not been called by the manager, coach or a senior player — but by a 23-year-old midfielder on loan from Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles had things to get off his chest.

Other players had their say but it was Maitland-Niles, having called club captain Jake Livermore the previous day to ask him to convene a meeting, who did most of the talking. The meeting lasted around 15 minutes and the message from Maitland-Niles was blunt. He told his Albion team-mates it was time to liven up.

Three weeks earlier, they had lost 1-0 at Crystal Palace in a game that was seen as their final chance to keep alive their survival hopes.

Sam Allardyce’s side had been written off and Maitland-Niles felt that, during the extended international break that followed, some of his team-mates had eased off, believing their season was over.

He told them he had not joined the club to go down without a fight. The stark message from a player so young, and normally quiet, left his colleagues taken aback. But in a positive way. The next day, they demolished Chelsea 5-2 and followed it with a 3-0 victory against Southampton to briefly restore slim hopes of an unlikely escape.

But their late rally had not come soon enough and last night, Maitland-Niles was a frustrated onlooker. He was not permitted to play as Arsenal, his parent club, confirmed West Brom’s immediate return to the Championship with a 3-1 win.

 

[Swansman]

Been very good for WBA. Wouldnt mind him coming but have a feeling he's staying with Arsenal.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Been very good for WBA. Wouldnt mind him coming but have a feeling he's staying with Arsenal.

Agree - would love him to join us.


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[brighton_tom]

I would take him and Matheus Pereira

 

[ifightbears]

If Biss is heading to Arsenal I would be delighted if we can have AMN as part of the deal

 

[blockhseagull]

Been very good for WBA. Wouldnt mind him coming but have a feeling he's staying with Arsenal.

I read they are looking to cash in on him and Nketiah to raise funds to buy new players.... £20m each

 

[Washie]

I read they are looking to cash in on him and Nketiah to raise funds to buy new players.... £20m each

So them 2 plus 10 mil for Biss?

 

[blockhseagull]

So them 2 plus 10 mil for Biss?

I’d take that..... maybe those two and Willock for Biss and Ryan

 

[stss30]

I would love us to sign Maitland-Niles and Willock, Nketiah I'm not so sure.

 

[AZ Gull]

There was an article in The Athletic yesterday about the French exit from the Euros - apparently there were "disagreements" in the family section with Adrien Rabiot's mother directing comments to the parents of Mbappe and Pogba. There were a couple of interesting observations about Ainsley Maitland-Niles' mum in the comments section:-

 

[stss30]

Seems he got into a nasty accident on the M25 on Wednesday:- https://www.sportingexcitement.com/...olls-105k-mercedes-g-wagon-on-its-side-on-m25

Hopefully it wasn't a Pritchardesque journey on the way to Lancing to sign! In all seriousness, good to see he's alright, looks a bad one from the pictures.

 

[Marshy]

I would take AMN all day long as part of any deal for Biss or White.

Id be thrilled if we signed him for 20m as a stand alone deal.

Great potential in numerous positions.