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.
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[Football] Leandro Trossard **Sold To Arsenal 20/01/2023**
- Thread starter Zeberdi
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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.
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.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,269
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?
"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
- Jul 10, 2003
- 27,776
There you go, putting GP down again. He never fell out with Ali
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!
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
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- Sep 28, 2011
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You may be forgetting, Andone, Ryan, Connolly, Maupay....
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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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
tinky ****in winky
Trossard has turned into a bit of a turd , his agent infantisimally more so.
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
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
tinky ****in winky
yeah , he's definitely the ace in his pack .......bloody joke.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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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'...
- Oct 17, 2008
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Some of these posts are embarrassing…
Dunk&Disorderly
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So, £20m is it? Happy with that for a 28 year old who wants to leave. Bring on the Mitoma era.
Yes Chef
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Mitoma > Trossard