wormy Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 best have an option to buy Hope this is reliable AND with an option! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Hopefully with an option/obligation to buy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Omg something to feel good about after hearing the Rondon news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Excellent news, if true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 When's the Grim Ryder rubbishing it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Excellent news if true. Hopefully it's with an option to buy. 1 step towards Rafa signing a new contract too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Well it was the only way he was coming back this season. He's invaluable though so I guess small mercies and all that. Please sir fatso, may we have some more? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Great to have the two players that made a huge difference 2nd half of last season. More work needs to be done though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Reliability? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 We finished the season with him so getting him may seem like all we are doing is standing still, but had we started the season with him we would have had an even better season than it turned out to be. He was a huge player for us and I’m excited by this if it’s true. He can only get better under Rafa. Kennedy replicating his performances and stats over a full season is a player we could never afford or be able to compete for. As much as how Chelsea hoover up talent and harvest these quality players who they never use seems wrong to me, I’m thankful in this instance because it allows someone like us to loan one of their talents and go onto hopefully sign him permanently, taking advantage if you like. Hopefully he will become another ex Chelsea player who makes the ‘look who they had on their books and have fucked up over’ list that has Salah, De Bruyne and Lukaku among others showing a mockery of their recruitment policies. I’d go back to Chelsea and try and get Loftus-Cheek and Abraham off them either on loan or permanently. Players with obvious chinks in their game, but hugely talented and young, players someone like Rafa can develop into top players because they have the right attributes and players who would transform our team. I’d rather spend 20m on Abraham for example than this player from France we are linked with whose stats may be better, but Abraham has all the attributes such as pace, mobility, energy, work-rate and a fair bit of skill that would benefit our team so much. Whether he is someone who can score lots of goals I don’t know, but Rafa since joining has taught me that goals are not the be all end all. It’s how a player fits how we play and what strengths he has that can help others. What I love about our current team is it’s work-rate, it’s pressing, it’s ability to counter attack and it’s ability to adapt. The players did ever so well last season, but their lack of ability or average ability means we can only be a certain type of team and Rafa throughout his career has always looked at making his team better at the things he values and wants to see. He has done that with a lot of the current crop, but he can’t keep polishing a turd as disrespectful as that may seem given how well our players have done and how much they have improved. Anyway, Kennedy is a huge step forward. Fingers crossed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Make sense because of the uncertainties re Conte / Sarri. If they want him back they can do it in mid season. We likely have an option to buy him next season then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Make sense because of the uncertainties re Conte / Sarri. If they want him back they can do it in mid season. We likely have an option to buy him next season then. Hope we wouldn't agree to a January termination clause. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Yeah there was rumours of an option earlier on in the week IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 You can only loan one player from each club so that rules out LC and Abraham on loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Get in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 You can only loan one player from each club so that rules out LC and Abraham on loan. Didn’t we try for both Kennedy and LC last season on loan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 You can only loan one player from each club so that rules out LC and Abraham on loan. Didn’t we try for both Kennedy and LC last season on loan? LC was in the Championship season I believe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 We can try for Rashford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 You can only loan one player from each club so that rules out LC and Abraham on loan. Didn’t we try for both Kennedy and LC last season on loan? LC was in the Championship season I believe. Are you sure about that rule? I cant see it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 You can only loan one player from each club so that rules out LC and Abraham on loan. Didn’t we try for both Kennedy and LC last season on loan? LC was in the Championship season I believe. Are you sure about that rule? I cant see it. It's in the Premier League Handbook. They are: - Premier League clubs may not register more than two players on loan at any one time. - The maximum number of loans registrable in the same season is four, and, under no circumstances, shall more than one be from the same club at any one time. - Premier League clubs cannot loan to another Premier League club a player they have acquired in the same transfer window. - A Premier League club may loan not more than one of its goalkeepers to another Premier League club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Ryder like lightning on the denials Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Oh aye. Anyway. Douglas (who is sound) seems confident FWIW: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Year loan? So we go through all this again next year then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Year loan? So we go through all this again next year then I'm certain that this one will have an option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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