I still expect him to leave next summer, sadly.
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[Albion] Mitoma interview - next year maybe.......... NEW 5YR CONTRACT SINGED ??
- Thread starter Horses Arse
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Agreed, at best summer after next. This contract is about safeguarding our value and squeezing whoever comes for him for as much as possible. Just hope we haven't put a clause in to let him go for a lower figure like we apparently did for Alexis.
AmexRuislip
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It's a Landan thing
Mancgull
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If this is true then it’s great news. Yes, it may only mean getting a higher transfer value but puts us in a win win scenario.
I think we may get next season out of him too.
I think we may get next season out of him too.
Gabbiano
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Mitoma and Estupinan the most likely next summer in my opinion, assuming they find their form again. A few clubs in need of quality left sided players who don't get injured all the time and these two are entering their prime years.
A few others like Ferguson will attract a lot of interest but I think we will keep hold a little longer for those whose value will continue to grow.
aolstudios
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Ahh, thanks. Missed that
The Colonel
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- Sep 4, 2023
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Great news if true. What a player he is.
I'm not as sure we will lose him as others. Mitoma is 26, he'll be 27 next summer. That means another club would need to pay a big fee to us and know that there is probably very little resale value in him as by the time his contract with a new club ends he'll be in his 30s.
I'm not as sure we will lose him as others. Mitoma is 26, he'll be 27 next summer. That means another club would need to pay a big fee to us and know that there is probably very little resale value in him as by the time his contract with a new club ends he'll be in his 30s.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
If the likes of Mitoma and Estupinan are the next out the door, then RDZ won't be far behind them.
Depends what model RDZ has been briefed on and agreed? Maybe he's also incentivised in developing and selling players, whilst recruiting others and continuing our future upward progress?
Jimmy Grimble
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Agreed. I’m hoping that a Mitoma exit isn’t as certain as the Caicedo and Macallister ones were. Those two are very likely to continue improving. There’s no guarantee Mitoma will be the same player (or better) once he’s in his 30s.
He’d also need to match his output from last season to get the big boys really interested.
I’m hopeful that we’ll hang into him if he has signed a new deal.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
He's already had a mini-grizzle about the vast Caicedo-sized hole in our midfield at Villa Park, in the wake of that particular catastrophe.
I'm sure he buys into our ongoing strategy, but only to a point. If we continue to sell the Crown Jewels, leaving him with teenagers...I don't think he will be long for this parish.
I’ll be very pleasantly surprised if RDZ is still here next season and flat out amazed if he’s still here the following one.
Hopefully great news if true about Mitoma. An absolute joy to watch in full flow.
Hopefully great news if true about Mitoma. An absolute joy to watch in full flow.
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Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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It would be a huge statement if we can get Mitoma to sign a contract here.
If not, we'll be in the situation where we could lose him for not much, maybe as early as January if we're out of the Europa League. If he does, I'm confident we'll fend off all but totally ridiculous offers for him.
If not, we'll be in the situation where we could lose him for not much, maybe as early as January if we're out of the Europa League. If he does, I'm confident we'll fend off all but totally ridiculous offers for him.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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It depends who comes IN through the door, Shirley?
Let's face it, the team is probably doing better than most people expected on the whole (it's VERY early days) without Caicedo and Ali Mac and there are a lot of positives to take, (obviously not the performance on Saturday). I think what's done us in more than the now-departed superstars is injuries to key players and the adjustment to playing in more competitions than ever before. It's a learning curve for everyone, including RDZ.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Well, quite. We've replaced Caicedo with a 19 year old prospect in Baleba, who looks like he has bags of potential, but RDZ didn't feel he was ready for VP (I'm not sure Hinsh was either, but thats a debate for another thread). But thats just where we are now. We do look thin on CM options (Douha has not really convinced yet).
And I'm not really buying into this "playing in more competitions" narrative at THIS stage of the season tbh. We've played 9 games since 12th August (Villa had played 11, including 2 excursions away in Europe already albeit one only to scotchland). However, I do think we've been over-rotated, which doesn't overly help, particularly in the constant switching in GK and CB positions, albeit I appreciated Dunk has been crocked.
No panic button at this stage obvs. we've still had a cracking start.
swindonseagull
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There has to come a time when we stop selling players, otherwise I fear we will become a Southampton
That time won’t come.
Dahoud was 100% RDZ's personal pick. He's publicly stated that he's been trying to sign him for years.
If he starts grizzling about midfield depth when he has Dahoud on the bench because he can't trust him to do what he wants, then Bloom will rightly tell him to get in the sea!
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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I’m sure we would have gladly ignored the offers & kept some of the players we’ve sold had they not pushed for the moves. Cucurella, Trossard, Caicedo, Sanchez, and White all pushed for transfers. We risked having moody players stink up the place or down tools if they didn’t move on. The only one who seemed relaxed about staying or going was Alexis but his dad/agent pushed it through and we had no choice because of the contract clause. Not sure what the club can really do.
I think he said Shohei Ohtani is his favourite Japanese pro athlete but he was posed with some Japanese NY Mets pitcher who he really didn't like but...........when in New York or Rome or even Marseilles. But I'm making that up too.