pascell
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No, he's utterly useless and wouldn't have even started in the Villa team we played last night.
fecking hell, we finally have a manager who knows what he's doing, it's so great.Tweet
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It's also up to the player. He might do a Lingard and sit out his contract for year so he can get his choice if clubs.Why would you just release him though? There are surely clubs out there who'd still pay something like 5-10mil for him if you took up the 1 year contract extension.
Just like we did with Matic, Jones, Mata, Bailly, Romero, Pogba... Oh, wait.Why would you just release him though? There are surely clubs out there who'd still pay something like 5-10mil for him if you took up the 1 year contract extension.
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We can't keep stockpiling unwanted players. The very real risk of handing our contract extensions is that you are unable to sell and end up accumulating cost with no benefit. We need to get rid of players we don't need so that we are able to replace themWhy would you just release him though? There are surely clubs out there who'd still pay something like 5-10mil for him if you took up the 1 year contract extension.
Bit harsh imo. He doesn't have an obvious place in the team so dont disagree. Ultra defensive replacement for Bruno who provides a similar level of energy in that position? Its probably a more natural role for him than replacing Eriksen or Casemiro. McTominay has been playing well this season but if his contract was up in the summer i wouldn't be shouting sign him up immediately either. He has a few advantages over Fred in that regard thoughExcellent.
Tbf at the end of last season I would have said that Fred is the only real CM we have. However with Casemeiro and Eriksen joining and us still needing more quality in midfield this season has become a show down between which of our ex starters get to stay a squad player and it seems Mctominay has won that battle as Fred has had an atrocious season and deserves to go.
You could find a more solid squad option in any teambin The championship.Of course he should get a new deal. A more solid squad option you will not find.
The issue is whether to release on a free or offer a cheapo contract and try to sell laterThere are far more important problems in this team to deal with than Fred.
That is a weird thing to say.feck. No. I’d rather have Fellaini back.
He’s allegedly on £120k a week so £6m gone if nobody will pay that for him. Might as well stick the money on a horse at those odds.Why would you just release him though? There are surely clubs out there who'd still pay something like 5-10mil for him if you took up the 1 year contract extension.
It’s not. I’m saying one of the most maligned players we have had is preferable to keeping Fred.That is a weird thing to say.
What are you basing your speculation on? Fred is not a reliable option from the bench, and that is the only role he will play, therefore: get rid.I think its a No brainer. Unless we have a free agent ready to come we cannot afford to release Fred. I dont think we have a January budget and i expect that our summer budget will be enough to buy a striker and a right back. And thats it
We have this problem consistently where other clubs don't even want our players on loan because they don't want to pay his salary. Giving him a 1 year extension just makes us fall into that trap again.Why would you just release him though? There are surely clubs out there who'd still pay something like 5-10mil for him if you took up the 1 year contract extension.
Hmm I will be hopeful of it but we still have to remember Joel Glazer makes all the decisions around here so he might end up keeping Fred here for "protect the value" reasons like Phil Jones. Which is absolutely crazy when you think about it.Tweet
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You would have to ban him from passing.If we can ban him from shooting. He’s a decent back up.