[Albion] Danny Welbeck, should we? [18/10: we did - one year deal] - *** NEW ONE YEAR DEAL ***

[HantsSeagull]

In his day he was great, and I see him as a good professional. Can he still do it? I don’t know. His injury record is terrible.
After being released by a championship club you would think he would almost pay us for a chance in the Premiership.

I don’t really see him as the answer. If he still had it, Watford would have kept him in preference to Glen.

i suspect Glenn was a good £50k plus a week cheaper

 

[Thompson720]

Depends on the wages for me, could be one of those Lallana type signings that could bring invaluable knowledge and experience to the team.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Danny Welbeck, should we? . . .

I don’t really see him as the answer. If he still had it, Watford would have kept him in preference to Glenn.

Welback certainly isn’t the long term answer. The club were clearly interested in a cluster of Strikers including Nunez, Watkins and Edouard.
They missed out on all three of them for various reasons.

Edouard remains at Celtic with an unsigned contract in front of him that has been there since July. His price is only going to go down as he’ll be in his last year of his contract next summer.

The club are concentrating on January now and I’m sure we’ll resume our search for the elusive £20m+ prolific young Striker.

In the meantime, a year contact for this fella to warm our bench and influence the youngsters in training makes perfect sense.

Enjoy:
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[Sheebo]

If we can get him in on a low fee why Not? There is no way any club will get him in on his wages when he was ar Liverpool. But thats never going to happen.

If is pay per person or low wage as a squad player. I see that as ok back up. We are never going to sign him at 90k give your heads a wobble.

What do you mean low fee?! What do my you mean Liverpool? Are you talking about the same Danny Welbeck?

 

[GoingUp]

Welbeck went his whole Man United career without an injury, then went to Arsenal and got the Arsenal curse.

Hopefully he can get a run of games with us and keep healthy, if we get 50%-60% of Welbeck's best then he will be a great signing.

Like others have said, his experience of being in big game situations and also his experience of winning major trophies will be a great asset.

 

[Change at Barnham]

Lots of mention of his injuries.
What injuries has Wellbeck suffered from in the last few seasons?

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

What do you mean low fee?! What do my you mean Liverpool? Are you talking about the same Danny Welbeck?

As seems the tradition now a days with footballers his full name is Danny Sturidge-Welbeck didn’t you know?


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[S'hampton Seagull]

So whilst this could happen anytime, surely it will be very soon if at all?

 

[dwayne]

So whilst this could happen anytime, surely it will be very soon if at all?

Someone high up thread said it has to happen by Tuesday I believe.

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[Sarisbury Seagull]

Welbeck went his whole Man United career without an injury, then went to Arsenal and got the Arsenal curse.

Hopefully he can get a run of games with us and keep healthy, if we get 50%-60% of Welbeck's best then he will be a great signing.

Like others have said, his experience of being in big game situations and also his experience of winning major trophies will be a great asset.

You are right about the Arsenal thing and I'm not sure it was actually just a curse, more incompetence in their medical department. The amount of long term injuries they had during that period and the length of time it took them to recover was really worrying and there were serious questions being asked.

Santi Cazorla being the best example, he was close to retirement at Arsenal and has since gone on to have a complete renaissance for Villareal and Spain.

I really hope we can sign Welbeck. Both on and off the pitch as well as financially it makes a lot of sense.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Presumably it would be for a one-year deal to start off with, and I'm sure the club wouldn't be chucking money at him that we don't have. So why not? Seems like a good bloke so wouldn't upset the dressing room, probably got a few things to teach some of our younger players, and if we get some good performances out of him all the better. It's not like at this stage we'd be choosing him INSTEAD of someone else.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Danny Welbeck, should we? . . .

Lots of mention of his injuries.
What injuries has Wellbeck suffered from in the last few seasons?

17/18: 5 EPL games missed due to a hip injury and then a groin injury

18/19: 27 EPL games missed due to an ankle injury.

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19/20: 18 EPL games due to the reoccurrence of the ankle injury against Spurs in October. Watford match day squads at. The Watford forum link earlier in this thread gives more details including how Watford must take credit for nursing and returning him to the excellent form he enjoyed post lockdown.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

So whilst this could happen anytime, surely it will be very soon if at all?

Final 25 man squads have to be submitted by 20th October so has to happen by Tuesday.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Final 25 man squads have to be submitted by 20th October so has to happen by Tuesday.

So BV’s ‘Welbeck Window’ closes on the 20th Oct.

Sounds like we have a DD3!

 

[Driver8]

Final 25 man squads have to be submitted by 20th October so has to happen by Tuesday.

If we name less than 25 we can still sign out of contract players can’t we?

 

[peterward]

At this point, I would be quite pleased with Billy Paynter....

I dont know who you are, how old you are and if you've ever kicked a ball before in anger....... But Id take you over Barndoor Billy

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

If we name less than 25 we can still sign out of contract players can’t we?

Yes I believe so, the rules allow it if you have named less than 25 players. You can sign a free agent and add them to the squad at any time, subject to a couple of clauses. The player has to have been a free agent before the closure of the last window and you cannot have a player under contract who could have been in the 25 but hasn't been named (you cannot drop a player from the 25 just to create space for a potential free agent).

West Ham signed Patrice Evra in Feb 2018 after the window had closed and the squads had been submitted thanks to this rule.

 

[Icy Gull]

If we name less than 25 we can still sign out of contract players can’t we?

OH FFS MAKE IT STOP, pretty please

Is this going to go on all season?

 

[Driver8]

Yes I believe so, the rules allow it if you have named less than 25 players. You can sign a free agent and add them to the squad at any time, subject to a couple of clauses. The player has to have been a free agent before the closure of the last window and you cannot have a player under contract who could have been in the 25 but hasn't been named (you cannot drop a player from the 25 just to create space for a potential free agent).

West Ham signed Patrice Evra in Feb 2018 after the window had closed and the squads had been submitted thanks to this rule.

Presumably why Wellbeck had his contract cancelled before the window closed.

 

[Driver8]

OH FFS MAKE IT STOP, pretty please

Is this going to go on all season?

I don’t want to sign him!