His "mocking" happened at a stage where he was too far gone. Ole had already made the decision to sell long before that. You think he was sold because he mocked his team mates? Jog on.
You want to know what happens when you sell your best striker and don't replace him? Look at Costa at Chelsea with Conte. Now Lukaku is no Costa, but his goal impact was material to our season just like Costa and Ole has sold him and 3 others without replacement. You're a bit dim if you think that's not naieve.
We all know what his level can be when fully fit. We all know when fit he can be of good purpose. We are paying half his wages, it's a daft move and it shows even more today when we have fecking PEREIRA in the front 3.
Oh grow up youl find players speaking out of line all the time. Pogba has spoken of new challenges, Eriksen speaks openly about wanting out. "Openly mocked the club" - its such a frivolous term. Sell when you have a replacement. Don't sell because they hurt your feelings.
Is your Herrera point some sort of wind up? You can't be serious. Herrera was a very good servant to the club and players haggle over contracts all the time. You need a real view of the world, no one these days will sign for a club and not try and get the best deal. Moreover his wages weren't that unrealistic because a club was more than happy to pay them despite him being a squad player. He's more established in his role than Rashford is, so I'd have no problem seeing him on 200k for 2 years. Point is, we still didn't replace him
. Daft.
Left the most nonsensical part of the post last I see.
No one would call him a coward because as I said he'd have culled 4 players which is still a fair bit in your first fecking window. He could drop Lukaku and keep him on bench to send a message and everyone is happy. Or he could have sold Lukaku and kept Sanchez, no one will call him a coward because we all know Sanchez is hard to shift fully with his wages. Instead we entered into a shitty deal for him where we still pay him to score goals for Inter.
When did I say world class? Here's a list of players that would 1) materially improve our squad 2) went for great value and 3) are in the positions we need:
- Ndombele (40m)
- Haller (40m I think too?)
- Lozano (40m EUR)
- Brandt/even Thorgan Hazard (combined 45m)
- Hakem Ziyech (decent release clause)
Whilst granting a couple may have not been achievable for unknown reasons, I can pick at least 2 that were open goals (Haller, Lozano).
You think Haller wouldnt have wanted to join us? Lozano? feck me you're so far up Ole's crack he can do no wrong for you isn't it
No one said we should challenge a league title this year. What the feck are you even on? Literally not a single person in this thread would think that this season.
