sideshow_bob
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From the looks of things, we're seemingly changing our mindset on who we target & bring into the club.
AWB, Dan James already done.
Links to Longstaff, Rice, Maddison, Brooks, Maguire, Sancho.
Young, Jones, Shaw & soon Rashford on new contracts. No sign of Smalling or Lingard getting the boot soon either.
(Mostly)
Young, British & Hungry seems to be the new policy.
To me (if this is true), it is a a shocking recruitment policy for a club that's supported all over the world. (I'm not sure what's the right term in English for how I see this - nationalistic? Xenophobic? Exclusive?)
Not to mention I think it makes no financial sense. Sancho? Will cost 100m over. Maguire? 80m. Rice? 60m. Maddison & Brooks will cost lots more than AWB too. I mean 9 game Longstaff is valued in excess of 25m! In general, foreign players from outside epl will cost you less wages-wise & in transfer fees.
Anyway, how do you feel about this new approach. For or against?
Edit: apologies for using the term xenophobia. I meant a disregard for Meritocracy instead
AWB, Dan James already done.
Links to Longstaff, Rice, Maddison, Brooks, Maguire, Sancho.
Young, Jones, Shaw & soon Rashford on new contracts. No sign of Smalling or Lingard getting the boot soon either.
(Mostly)
Young, British & Hungry seems to be the new policy.
To me (if this is true), it is a a shocking recruitment policy for a club that's supported all over the world. (I'm not sure what's the right term in English for how I see this - nationalistic? Xenophobic? Exclusive?)
Not to mention I think it makes no financial sense. Sancho? Will cost 100m over. Maguire? 80m. Rice? 60m. Maddison & Brooks will cost lots more than AWB too. I mean 9 game Longstaff is valued in excess of 25m! In general, foreign players from outside epl will cost you less wages-wise & in transfer fees.
Anyway, how do you feel about this new approach. For or against?
Edit: apologies for using the term xenophobia. I meant a disregard for Meritocracy instead
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