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Babayaro was a typical Souness signing. Utter shit.

Just checked transfermakt, he actually played 30+ games in three consecutive seasons across all competitions before last season. So while the injury history is still alarming its not quite Woodgate level

Think he said he would live up here when he finished playing.

I wouldn't take any of those 'injuries' before last season listed on Transfermarkt with any seriousness. Just a very young player having their physical load managed in a good team. Up until last season he had played a lot of football for a player of his age anywhere, nevermind in a league that notoriously doesn't trust young players. I agree it's a risk as to whether he shows he can recover from last season's injuries. I would also say that up to now he's only really played in a back three.

That German number 4 looks older than me!

Exactly!

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In Bunce we trust!

Shit. Basically what Kaka said

If it weren’t for his injuries, all the big clubs would be after him. Could be a sneaky gamble like Livramento, but way bigger.

German player straight up after the ball goes in the net

Jonjo Shelvey out for a jog tonight. Must’ve kept his house up here. Looked a lot broader in build than he used to be. Next Fernando Torres incoming …

I imagine without the injury history he'd be very difficult to land as the competition would be fierce. Guess they'll be weighing up whether it's worth the risk to land a player of his calibre. We did sign Tino coming off a year out injured with an ACL tear, and if I recall correctly, he also had some injury troubles early on in his career. Been quite surprised at how well he's held up in that regard since he joined.

Think he means he missed 65 games in 4 seasons as shown above. he only managed 6 games last season and as of the last game of the season he was still injured. It would be a hell of a risk tbh and that’s not even considering the problems Botman has had too

Need this to break a deal is close a la Tonali style .an out of the blue deal like this is what we need

He started as a 10 one game vs Bologna I think. It wasn't successful though but his versatility is a big positive. Maybe he can be the Schar DM we all dreamed about.

Where have you got those stats from? From age 17-20 he played over 100 games which is almost unheard of in Italy for a young player to be trusted to that degree. He did have however just have two serious injuries. An ACL he got just before the Euros then a serious shoulder injury literally just after coming back. It's definitely a risk to sign any player who has basically missed a year of football - but we did it with Tino to success.

Thank you very much

On a positive note, he seems to be quite versatile, apparently also played as DM and RB last season

I’m sold on this one. Be furious if it doesn’t go through.

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He's 21 so I dunno if that's a good or a bad thing with his injuries. I'd probably guess good.

We don't need to sell for an actual profit to benefit though - just need to sell at above book value. Not that I'd be selling him though unless it's to bring in a transformational talent. Id like to think we could get more headroom benefit from selling Longstaff and Willock than Barnes, well maybe close to the benefit rather than more...