I think about that from time to time to!
You've given me an idea for a thread!
We got the vast majority of our money back from his sale. I wonder if Arsenal think it’s 16m well spent?
Every one seem misusing Welbeck. I wonder how you can use a very average striker with a huge ego and the finishing skills of a division 2 defender well.
Stop making stuff up.
of course he did. He asked to leave when he was getting games with us and that despite doing nothing to deserve a first team place in the first place.
Except for the price, I was so happy when he was sold. I think we could have milked more for selling an English player to a direct rival.
I was actually shocked that Arsenal wanted him in the first place. SAF tried to rescue his career by playing him on the flanks which would limited his lack of finishing skills to an acceptable minimum but Welbeck wouldn't have that. He geniunely thought that he'll be the new Wayne Rooney which is quite hilarious since he was weaker to him in every aspect of the game. Someone with such attitude and very little talent to defend such attitude shouldn't end up in another top club.
Whether we replaced him with shite doesn't change the fact that since he's moved he's scored about 20 goals in 4 years.
Makes it worse that he was explicitly told not to try and chip Neuer.
Welbeck would be far more useful than Depay if he stayed. 16m is nothing these days, if he didn't have injuries of course it would have been money well spent, but no one can predict injuries, but he is great when compared with some crap players they have.
No one could have predicted the injuries, so in the end it turned out well for us. But if he was injury free who knows, all I know is that his two replacement were Falcao and Depay.
If, if, if. If he stayed and got those injuries, which is a lot more likely than him staying and managing to stay fit, he'd be just as useless here.
But he did have injuries. You cant discount it just because it doesn’t support your point. Playing games is a big part of being a footballer.
And we could have predicted exactly how Memphis would turn out or ADM would turn out to be?
You’re wasting your time. Welbeck fans won’t have it. They will keep on insisting nasty wicked LvG forced him out till they die. Despite the evidence that LvG liked him and used him to good effect in that pre-season.
Sadly true. He was so frustrating with us, and rightly drop often. Being a poor finisher, striker is not his best position, then again what is. He complained a lot right(?) of not being given too much playing times, despite given many playing times already for a player of his standard. SAF had to push him further to the wings, and he still complained. Wanting to be the main man, yet doesn't have the right football skills for that. Impressive self-confidence, but kind of self-deceiving.
Plenty just won't back down and admit they were wrong about him. Far too many on here completely overrated him and the outpouring of grief on here when he left was utterly bizarre. He's done feck all since leaving and the fact is that he's bang average and extremely injury prone.
Depends. Who actually replaced him at Man. United? Falcao, Memphis? RVP and Rooney were also in their 30s at that point and declining.What ? There're still some think he has got potential or something ?
Best decision LVG had ever made here.
Doesn't matter who replaced him. He was crap and overrated as hell. A kind of player that can only succeed in a system made by Fergie. Under any other manager he'll be as crap as we saw.
He was good as a wide forward in a three for Hodgson’s England. Scored some good goals there as well.
He's spent the best years of his career under a manager who's consistently failed to get the best from his talented young players. He was an excellent prospect but he hasn't become a good player.
I liked him and was sorry when he left. I also thought he was deluded in thinking he had a right to be a starter in a fixed position, as his poor finishing would almost invariably let him down. So I wasn’t that sorry.
Rashford who came through nearly 2 years after Welbeck was sold?Doesn't matter who replaced him. He was crap and overrated as hell. A kind of player that can only succeed in a system made by Fergie. Under any other manager he'll be as crap as we saw.
And if you're talking about replacement, Martial and Rashford.
Does it matter when they came ? They came and took his place as the young prospects of the team, and they are much better of course.Rashford who came through nearly 2 years after Welbeck was sold?
Alright I'll give you Martial. I was trolling a bit with the Memphis comment.
Seriously though, the career trajectory of the likes of Powell, Welbeck, Cleverley, Zaha and even Jones would have been completely different had Sir Alex been able to continue; he was good at giving limited players small but clearly defined roles in his system.
Wenger is on record saying that if he hadn't travelled on deadline day, Welbeck wouldn't be at arsenal
