[Albion] Is it right to sell Neal Maupay?

[Neville's Breakfast]

well at the very least if he scored against us, I'd expect him not to celebrate, as was the case when he scored against brentford last season

Really ? Who cares. He wouldn’t be our player. He needs to show respect to Everton and their fans. Not us.

 

[Eric Youngs Contact Lens]

It makes sense for all the business reasons that others have quoted. He has however been an important part of our relative success and I have loved watching him. 2 great finishes at Selhurst, huge goals last season to get us important draws, and assists and sh*thousery all the way. For me, the goals he has scored need to be replaced and whilst I accept Welbeck/Undav may yet do that, or our midfielders will continue to pop in the goals, a replacement would be make me feel far more comfortable that we have benefitted financially (or not lost) and are not weakened as a result..

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Strange answer but it depends which Maupay we sell.

I won't miss the one who takes penalties, storms off down the tunnel, misses chances you'd expect a non league player to tuck away (the one last year to Leeds sticks in the mind) and acts like someone who could start an argument in an empty room.

I'll miss the one scoring overhead kicks at West Ham, winding up the Arsenal lads in the pandemic and scoring last minute equalisers at Palace.

If I had to bet, I reckon Everton will get option 1. It seems to be a home for players on the downgrade.

 

[Swansman]

Who’s that and who are you quoting with your speech marks ?

Oops. Was for DJ Nobo

 

[Weststander]

Yes. Never retain an unhappy player. But at the right price.

 

[macbeth]

Really ? Who cares. He wouldn’t be our player. He needs to show respect to Everton and their fans. Not us.

GB said he can imagine him scoring and celebrating in front of the north stand, I said that probably won't happen based on his non-celebration against Bentford. The word 'expect' is used due to previous behaviour, not because I'd be overly arsed if he did celebrate

 

[Machiavelli]

Haven't voted, because I don't quite fit into the 3 options.
We probably should sell him if we can get £15m for him, with one year left on his contract.
[MENTION=232]Simster[/MENTION] has said that it hasn't worked out for him. I think it has, and agree with Swanny that his contribution to us over the past three years has been immense. I'll be sad to see him go, because I like him. So it's not an unconditional yes.
But selling him isn't dependent on getting a replacement in either, certainly not this window. After tomorrow, there's only c14 games until the window opens again. I think we've got sufficient resources up-front to see us through that -- aided by our brilliant manager's tactical flexibility.
But, yes, I'm looking forward to some new additions at some point. We'll need to strengthen the squad because whether certain players start next season is up in the air -- I'm thinking of Caicedo, Trossard, Sanchez and Mac Allister especially.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

GB said he can imagine him scoring and celebrating in front of the north stand, I said that probably won't happen based on his non-celebration against Bentford. The word 'expect' is used due to previous behaviour, not because I'd be overly arsed if he did celebrate

Fair enough. I couldn’t care less either. I only support the 11 on the pitch playing in our colours.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

If we have a replacement in mind, can somebody ensure he can hit the barn door this time.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Anyone want a t-shirt going half price

 

[usernamed]

Don’t want him to go. I can understand him wanting to play regularly, and if he won’t sign a new contract then so be it, but to me we’d still be better off keeping him for the season and letting him go for free once we know Undav/Ferguson are capable at the top level.

Just a bit too much risk in this decision for my tastes. If he goes, I for one will miss him.

 

[Perkino]

If Maupay feels he needs to move on then why keep him for another year. If we get an offer that Bloom thinks is worth considering then so be it. He isn't likely to start many games when everyone is available and we've spent most seasons thinking we need another striker, with Undav in we have cover plus Mitoma & Enciso offer some variety in attack

 

[TugWilson]

Always appreciated the graft he put in,but there are only so many sitters you can miss before it is untenable.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I'll miss his shithousery but if we're going to be a fixture in the top 10 and have aspirations of European footy, we need better.

Having seen Ferguson again on Wed, I think we might be about to witness his breakout season this year. H'es probably not the answer short term - so I'd love to see another striker come in - but a sever in recent years, exciting times at the Albion.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Or Ashley Barnes.

CMS could do a job.

Granted it won't be the one we want him to, but you can't have everything!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Sell him. It’s decent money and we’ve moved on.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we signed Chris Wood on loan.

With Wilson injured, can’t see them allowing Wood to leave, even if he wanted to


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[Postman Pat]

I can see why we have taken the money now, although it puts a lot of faith in the medical team fixing Welbeck's injury, or Undav is looking sharp in training.

Can't believe everyone is forgetting we still have Andone here if it goes sideways........oh.

I guess with Zeqiri, Sima, Adringa (and Connolly), all out on loan, the hope is that one of them comes good and we have our replacement until hopefully Ferguson is ready to step up or we will go back to the transfer market to get another forward, maybe go big on Toney or something.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Player is long overdue an upgrade

 

[macbeth]

Sell him. It’s decent money and we’ve moved on.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we signed Chris Wood on loan.

christ. cannot imagine another striker who'd be so ill-suited to the way we operate currently

 

[John Byrnes Mullet]

We definitely need a replacement. Wellbeck will be out injured soon, Undav definitely not near good enough for Premiership yet and Ferguson still a boy. Gonna be hard to score goals soon.