[Football] Leandro Trossard **Sold To Arsenal 20/01/2023**

[raymondo]

Bearing in mind it seemed to have stemmed from a senior player calling his lack of effort out, I wouldn't worry too much.

Yes, that makes me chuckle a bit. I mean, Trossard is a senior player himself at the club !! I think it's really poor from him that he trained in a way that resulted in Lallana or the skip calling him out. Trossard should have been helping the younger players by setting an example himself. I think it would have been more mature and respectful of him to train well and slap in a transfer request.

 

[raymondo]

But we lost White, Bissouma and Cucurella with Potter in charge. Not like players were clambering to stick around because of him.

In fact I think Potter helped to put Biss in the shop window himself..."he is very good and deserves to play CL football" if I remember correctly. I thought it a bit odd at the time.

 

[MJsGhost]

Publically stating you'd leave your club for another when you have 18 months left IS unusual.

Post-World Cup? Simply pee'd off and demotivated.

Hope he gets games at Arsenal. Just reminded of this...

“I know Leandro: bench him three times and he goes wild.” - Josy Comhair, Leandro Trossard’s agent.

The thing with this is that the #teamslikeBrighton viewpoint is there with the players too.

It's more of an affront to Trossard to be benched for games at little old Brighton, yet he'd be more likely to take it at Arsenal. For a player's ego, the identity of the person taking your place in the team matters - if Saka or Martinelli get game time ahead of him, he'll take it better than if it's Mitoma or March.

Assuming there's more to this than just his agent stirring, Leo feels he has outgrown the club which isn't going to be conducive to him putting in a shift any time soon.

A brilliant player for us on his day, but perhaps those days are gone if his heart is no longer in it.

£25-30m would be good business to get a potentially disruptive player out of the squad, when we have plenty of talent waiting in the wings for their opportunity.

 

[raymondo]

With so many quality youngsters (purchases and through the ranks), the last thing you need is a "senior pro" acting the waffle. It just sends a terrible message to the young 'uns and RDZ did right to call him out in front of the squad. RDZ has laid down his own marker that he won't tolerate twatting about. 100% behind RDZ.

Look at how Arsenal perked up the minute they kicked Aubameyang out. Not looked back. The improvement in Man Utd in general (and Rashford in particular) since the "long past sell by date" Ronaldo was elbowed out.

If you want to be a top 6 side, you can't carry disruptive dickheads.

Great post

 

[Pavilionaire]

It’s about time these clubs found their own talent rather than keep shopping at BHA. Sick of it, our ‘business model’ aside.

Why would you take a punt on kids from South America or Africa if you can afford to purchase proven Premier League players like Ben White, Gabriel Jesus, Alexandr Zinchenko, Aaron Ramsdale that go on to help make you a table-topping side?

 

[lawros left foot]

I can’t wish any player joining Arsenal good luck, really hope they get overhauled in their title challenge too. Arsenal, everyone’s favourite first or second club in Sussex, Surrey, Hants, Kent etc. It’s about time these clubs found their own talent rather than keep shopping at BHA. Sick of it, our ‘business model’ aside.

We should change our name to British Home Albion.

 

[raymondo]

Publically stating you'd leave your club for another when you have 18 months left IS unusual.

Post-World Cup? Simply pee'd off and demotivated.

Hope he gets games at Arsenal. Just reminded of this...

“I know Leandro: bench him three times and he goes wild.” - Josy Comhair, Leandro Trossard’s agent.

"I know Roberto, train or play badly for him three times and he'll bench you" (even if you're an effing international and senior squad player).
Go, de Zerbi

 

[WATFORD zero]

Shit happens... not everyone gets along with everybody. Perhaps Trossard would fall out with GP as well given the circumstances, perhaps he wouldn't. Perhaps RDZ would be best buddies with Mat Ryan, Florin Andone or Ali Jahanbaksh that didn't like GP, or perhaps not.

No big deal. Bringing up the poor relations in media was a bad decision though as there's little point in telling everyone that relations have broken down (meaning the club will be eager to get rid of the player) since by any logical thinking it makes the club have a pretty poor position in any negotiation with a club that wants to buy him.

There you go, putting GP down again. He never fell out with Ali

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Anyone speculating about a fall out, as an accidental event, I think, is wide of the mark. I'd guess his agent has said right mate, WC is out of the way, this is the plan to get someone to kick your @rse and then you react in this way, boom, they get rid now (I get my fee) and you get a move, bosh!

 

[raymondo]

It's crazy. It's a great signing. He makes a difference, he's a match winner. He will undoubtedly contribute off the bench and if he starts. Supporters of the big teams are nuts. They're literally on the verge of winning the league. That seemed impossible at the begining of the season. Every pundit has said 'they need more strength in depth'. They're signing a proving goal scorer and match winner and the still find something to moan about!

Somedays I think I wouldn't want us to end up as a big 6 team... we'd all become unbearably, entitled twats. One PL and CL win and then slip back into mid table so we've got teams to chase each year. That would be fine for me.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I think the most worrying thing is the fallout with the manager because if it can happen with Tross it can happen with anyone. Our firey Italian may for one reason or another not have the man management skills that Potter had.

You may be forgetting, Andone, Ryan, Connolly, Maupay....

 

[Wardy's twin]

Who would you rather win the title then? I've no allegiance to Arsenal, but I would rather see them win than anyone else because loads of people said they wouldn't. Also a bit because Ben White (even though the bucket-botherer made him the player he was) is a product of our club. On a related note to that, I've no issue who buys Brighton's players – I doubt the hierarchy of the club does, either – as long as we get the 'right' money for them.

As for the business model – it's doing exactly what you describe (and what it is designed to do): provide players with a platform to develop and showcase their talents, before being sold on for a large profit. If other clubs looked for their own talent (i.e. the players we are bringing through), the BHAFC is missing out – from a financial and a quality player point of view

I was all in favour of them out of what else was on show until the shitouse around them supporting goals on NYE. Maybe they were showing respect given the number of times we have beat them recently....

 

[sydney]

Trossard has turned into a bit of a turd , his agent infantisimally more so.

 

[Brok]

Does anybody else hate it when a player wants to leave?
I know it's all business, but...

 

[RandyWanger]

Looking at his agent's client list, I'm sure this is JC's agenda and he's pushing for his last chance at a big payday. Everyone else he represents is valued under 1mil euro.

 

[sydney]

Looking at his agent's client list, I'm sure this is JC's agenda and he's pushing for his last chance at a big payday. Everyone else he represents is valued under 1mil euro.

yeah , he's definitely the ace in his pack .......bloody joke.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Anyone speculating about a fall out, as an accidental event, I think, is wide of the mark. I'd guess his agent has said right mate, WC is out of the way, this is the plan to get someone to kick your @rse and then you react in this way, boom, they get rid now (I get my fee) and you get a move, bosh!

Or maybe RDZ was in on the whole thing? He mentioned him a LOT since he arrived, saying he could play better, etc – even after a hattrick at Anfield. It could be a cleverly orchestrated move from the club as a whole to maximise his value, let him move on and re-invest in the 'next Trossard'...

 

[jcdenton08]

Some of these posts are embarrassing…

 

[Dunk&Disorderly]

So, £20m is it? Happy with that for a 28 year old who wants to leave. Bring on the Mitoma era.

 

[Yes Chef]

Mitoma > Trossard