As much as I like him as a professional and respect him as a player, woul dbe happy for this. Was never really the right signing for us, especially the price at the time. Given us good service and been a modern professional, sure he will be missed in the dressing room, but not on the pitch much anymore. COntract he was given was madness, should have left last summer like quite a few still here..
Annoying thing is, I can see the London clubs having a better window than most, and City have already made steady inroads. I fear our top 4 finish will end up being a case of 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
I’m sorry @Sultan but I don’t agree.
exactly, worth just keeping him around for another year then letting him leave for nothing. Sure he can feature in some capacity
Poulsen is more a supporting player. An outlet for long balls, hard working, but someone who opens up space for others rather than the guy who gets to be at the end of moves. Nagelsmann also seems to really enjoy having multiple strikers to choose from. Even at Hoffenheim (between Kramaric, the legendary Joelinton, Szalai, Wagner, Belfodil and Uth) he always had 3-4 strikers at his disposal, despite the club's rather limited means.
At this point, a sack of potatoes would be a valid return for him.
I’d actually be quite sad if Mata left, his footballing days are probably passing him by now but I could definitely see him in some sort of coaching capacity, seems a really nice, grounded guy who could help a lot of players coming through.
Well my concern is this season so much has the echos of Mourinhos first season here. What appeared excellent transfer buys in his first window, actually playing some good football, high finish in the premiership and Europa league, all looking promising for the future though there was still a lot of deadwood, we really needed another cb, fb, dm, cf and wingers.
You can add to this that Ole's choice of words after Sevilla aren't exactly ones that inspire confidence on us going into the market.
We finished 6th in the league in Jose's first year. How is that 'high' ?
Good post. Fully agree.
I just don't see that happening tbh. Lingard has changed his agents and wil certainly be looking for a move. AP is clearly out of favour and is itching for a move away. We've loaned out Chong, Gomes has been released, James has been very inconsistent, Ighalo's loan ends in Jan and we aren't having any other player coming through the ranks.
Agreed. When Greenwood started coming into the team AWB really kicked on in an attacking sense. You could see earlier in the season AWB wanted to overlap but James was hugging the touchline and there was no space. Once Greenwood started and was coming in from the line AWB improved massively. He's had a poor run of form to end the season, but then again a lot of our players have since the Southampton game. He just strikes me as a easy target for people on here because he's not TAA.
The right offer...guess he is staying then.
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I’d doubt we’re looking for any money when he’s on 120k a week.
He may just want to return home though?
With all due respect I think that s a bit disrespectful for him.
Can't believe they are trying to lowball 30m for one of the best midfielders in the world.
For that price we should be all over this deal unless he has no interest at all in signing for us.
Bayern know he'll command high wages, and considering his age + injury record, I think 30m is right. Also in the last year of his contract I believe.
Thank Moyes.
Agree that he’s been inconsistent since the return but he’s a young player in his first season. He should be afforded time and patience.
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Apparently we re very rigid when it comes to selling players. We prefer to let a player rot in reserves rather than selling him at a lower price - case in point Darmian. Rojo s case is the same.
I think the process to shift players is so cumbersome that we end up handing out new contracts to the Deadwood rather than trying to replace them
Very well put, Geebs. A very different perspective on the norm. Yes, Liverpool's midfield is pretty boring and most of their assists come from the flanks. I would think a lot of AWB's criticism comes from his style more than substance.
We don’t know what his wage demands are though. He could be asking for £300k-£400k a week for all we know. That would equate to about £80 million over a four year period. A huge sum to consider in uncertain times.
Yeah we certainly aren't great with outgoings
Only three signings isn’t enough again if we actually truly want to compete. We need better depth, and we need some better starters.
absolutely agree .
Just F**king watch us mate
Nicely put.
