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[Albion] Marc Leonard - 16yr old from Hearts
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Gabbiano
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Honestly? The most likely is Rushworth, but having said that I could just as easily see him sold to a top Champ/low PL side. Beadle seems to be the keeper we are betting more on and I would think he'll have one more season on loan.
Moran, Sarmiento and Ayari have had their chance to prove themselves in the Championship but haven't really.
Kozlowski and Mazilu aren't pulling up trees at the floundering Vitesse, I would expect them to come back for preseason then another loan.
The only one who is really making a case for first team is Undav, but he went back to Germany because he wanted to be there, rather than a development loan. I don't expect we'll see him again in a Brighton shirt.
Between Sima, Leonard, Undav, Scherpen and maybe a few others, we'll probably bring in £30m or so from sales of the loan army, plus some chunky sell ons. It's part of the model, but a bit of a slower season this time than previously.
Lurchy
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- Jul 2, 2014
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Unless the player wants a transfer and to settle at a club for a few seasons, rather than the prospect of having further loans.
Swansea have a long interest in him, and that would be a good move.
Taybha
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Imo,Sarmiento is not a player I'd be inclined to let go, he's perfect for the last 30 minutes in games as in those 30 minutes he will literally runs himself ragged,I'm not sure he has ever started a game and finished it for us or Ipswich such is his desire to go full pelt for however long he lasts, it's a strange sort of self management that neither he or coaches seem to know how to make him a regular starter whilst conserving enough energy for 90 minutes,I like him and hopefully he will have done enough to be kept on the books.
Apart from the two goalkeepers, I'd have had Leonard as one of the front runners TBH. Weir seemed to be heading in the right direction last season, but this season has been a disaster - and of course Moran was expected to be a much greater success than he has been.
Outside bet? - if Rangers can't afford him - Sima, to fill the not-very-good-footballer-but-scores a lot of goals role that Undav had towards the end of last season!
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AZ Gull
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Marc Leonard was named the Northampton Town Players' Player of the Season, and the Supporters' Player of the Season (with 80% of the vote) at the Cobblers' awards evening yesterday -
MARC LEONARD NAMED INTOWN AUTOMOTIVE PLAYER OF THE SEASON AT SUNDAY'S AWARDS DINNER
Mancgull
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As I’ve said previously in this thread I think that if we sell it will be with a big sell on clause and potentially even a buy back option.
Give him a chance with a decent Championship club.
Give him a chance with a decent Championship club.
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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We’d be silly to have made a decision on him going already, surely we take a proper look through pre-season.
B-right-on
Living the dream
That's disappointing. I thought (hoping) Sarmiento and Ayari would have good seasons and come back into the squad next season as they both showed glimpses of being very very good.
I had a quick scan after you said that, and he's only completed 90 mins once in his entire 80-game career (including international, PL2, FA CUP, Championship loans, League Cup etc). I don't know if it's injury related though. In his first two PL seasons, he had 35+ games out with knee and hamstring injuries. He's also still only 21, expectations for youngsters are sometime unrealistically high given the explosive nature of some of our talent.
ewe2
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Is he just not good enough?
I'm guessing he's a better footballer than the OP!!
This will probably be the choice that faces a lot of our players who are regularly loaned out. Having a permanent club in their prime that isn't Brighton (or another EPL club) or hanging on to multiple loans in trying to make it here.
Was reminded of the ultimate example the other night when watching Coventry v Ipswich. Christian Walton was on the Ipswich bench. I still think of him as a promising youngster, but he's now 29!
seems low but wonder whether it would be one of these loaded with sell on clauses deals
Another one we’ll be furious about when he wins titles in Italy or Portugal 