[Albion] Do you think Wellbeck will stay next season

[chaileyjem]

Presumably they offered him a new contract (and several others - Dunk including) in the last few weeks and just waiting til season end to wrap up.
Is he really much coveted and/or wants to go - to anywhere else ?

 

[Mellotron]

Blimey - I just looked up his age, thinking he was 33/34.

He's 30. Definitely sign him up for another couple of years!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

You'd think that would be the easy bit...

Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck

That's easy for YOU to say Bryan Nii Tackie Mensah Nyllon

 

[Stat Brother]

I really like him on the left of the front three, but not particularly as the main front man. Definitely want him to stay, but really want a better focal point up top. If Welbeck can get 8-10 goals from the left that would be a great return, especially if we can get 10-15 from someone else.

How does the last line work?
Maupay or Connolly or someone new?

 

[beorhthelm]

would be daft not to offer him a sensible contract for 2 more years. he isnt someone to be the main striker, never has been, gives excellent link up play and solid professional performances. we wouldnt find a replacement easily.

if people want to improve the front line, Welbeck certainly isnt the weak point.

 

[jcdenton08]

would be daft to offer him a sensible contract for 2 more years. he isnt someone to be the main striker, never has been, gives excellent link up play and solid professional performances. we wouldnt find a replacement easily.

Then I assume you meant wouldn't

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

Hindsight suggests he should have had a caveat heavy second year contract extension when he originally singed.
Chances are he would have hit every metric set down and it would be a moot point now.

For me it would be nice if he stayed on, for one more year, but that would be down to someone else leaving in order for a marquee signing to arrive.

I still can't see that happening.
I can't see the club going again with the same strike force.
So I can see him gone.

I also can't see myself being right.

When you say 'someone else leaving', assuming from: Maupay, Welbeck, Connolly, Andone, you only see Welbeck leaving as the way to having a changed strike force?

 

[jcdenton08]

When you say 'someone else leaving', assuming from: Maupay, Welbeck, Connolly, Andone, you only see Welbeck leaving as the way to having a changed strike force?

Forget Andone, he's done.

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

Forget Andone, he's done.

Agree, and Connolly is a huge maybe. With such doubt hanging over those two, keeping Welbeck and adding another striker face is surely the game plan.

 

[crodonilson]

Would love to see Welbz signed up and for me he deserves a 2 year deal (a great attitude, undoubted quality and a fantastic work ethic).

 

[jcdenton08]

Agree, and Connolly is a huge maybe. With such doubt hanging over those two, keeping Welbeck and adding another striker face is surely the game plan.

Connolly will absolutely not leave permanently in the summer. It'll be Welbeck, Maupay and a signing next season, Connolly will go on loan and Zeqiri on the fringes (if he's even considered a striker by management now).

 

[Pavilionaire]

I think this should be the first bit of business we do. He is the only reliable Premier League-quality striker we have at the moment and if we fanny around the likes of Southampton - who will probably lose Ings - will shark in there.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Forget Andone, he's done.

Far more worthy of a starting place than Maupay IMHO. Far more focussed aggression. Far more SKILLZ. Tho Gormless Benny clearly has his favourites that can only be ousted through injury or suspension

 

[studio150]

He's staying someone needs to provide company to Lallana in the medical room.

 

[jcdenton08]

Far more worthy of a starting place than Maupay IMHO. Tho Gormless Benny clearly has his favourites that can only be ousted through injury or suspension

Well, no. He was banned, then injured, then went on loan unsuccessfully, then injured again and is just now back in contention. If I were Potter I wouldn't pick him ahead of Maupay based on everything he has seen. The guy is done with the Albion.

The only issue, as with Locadia, will be finding a buyer who takes his wages in full.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I have a feeling that it will be Wayne Bridge all over again.

Great player enjoying his time with us and playing some of his best football in years.
So much so that some other club comes sniffing and offers bigger wages than we're prepared to cough up.

 

[Stat Brother]

When you say 'someone else leaving', assuming from: Maupay, Welbeck, Connolly, Andone, you only see Welbeck leaving as the way to having a changed strike force?

Yeah.

Can you see the club going again, unchanged, considering how this entire season has panned out?

I completely agree with Stumpy, I just don't see where those 10-15 goals are coming from 'down the middle'.



Sadly because of how the season has gone there's no value in offloading one of the others, so for want of a better word, the club are 'stuck' with them.

One of them ought to be able to provide a decent return as back up striker (I said that 12 months ago, as well).
But for someone to come in, someone has to go.

 

[MJsGhost]

Why not? He seems very happy.

He's had a fair few seasons on Man.Utd. and Arsenal wages, so he should be pretty well off, and even if we are paying less than he was on before, it'll still be shedloads. So long as him and his agent don't get greedy hopefully he can have another happy year with us.

This.

I really hope common sense prevails, but my faith in footballers making a sensible career decision, rather than squeezing every last penny out of a situation is somewhat shaky.

He seems pretty level-headed, so fingers crossed!

 

[Swansman]

Far more worthy of a starting place than Maupay IMHO. Far more focussed aggression. Far more SKILLZ. Tho Gormless Benny clearly has his favourites that can only be ousted through injury or suspension

Too little tinkering huh?

How the times change

 

[Stat Brother]

I have a feeling that it will be Wayne Bridge all over again.

Great player enjoying his time with us and playing some of his best football in years.
So much so that some other club comes sniffing and offers bigger wages than we're prepared to cough up.

With the very end result of that deal going the same way, equally possible.