Fabian Schär

[Fak]

5 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

Just walked past him in the wild wearing his civvies. Such a handsome stylish hunk of a man.

 

In case anyone else ever sees him in public, here is some advice I found invaluable:

 

 

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Did you squat or run on the spot in front of him?

[nemtizz]

Greatly miss his diagonals 

[Infinitely Content]

Miss multiple areas of his game imo. He's still the best we have on the ball, both in terms of passing and driving forward, and we also miss his aggressive defensive style stepping up to win the ball back high and setting the tone. I appreciate Thiaw has been very good, but we were probably better with Schar and Burn in those early weeks.

[andycap]

Didn't this lad used to play right back for the Swiss now and again? 

[Kanj]

Thiaw + Schar would be a good shout tbh. 

[Andy]

I think we miss his leadership as much as anything. He is constantly bollocking people and demanding higher standards. We don't have enough of that on the pitch at the moment. 

[Ghandis Flip-Flop]

We definitely miss his distribution, Thiaw has been generally great defensively but his passing isn’t as good as Fab's

[The Butcher]

Let him go at the end of the season if he wants to. Be mad to let him leave in Jan.

[Fak]

Well that's put a downer on my weekend before it's even started. 

[Disco]

Always assumed he’d be off on a free back to Basel at the end of the season. Not going to be get more than a couple of mil as a fee so would be daft to let him go in January unless someone is lined up.

[Sibierski]

13 minutes ago, The Butcher said:

Let him go at the end of the season if he wants to. Be mad to let him leave in Jan.

 

If there's a circa £5m offer, he can go really, especially if we are able to bring in the young CB 6 months early in Jan.

[SteV]

1 minute ago, Sibierski said:

 

If there's a circa £5m offer, he can go really, especially if we are able to bring in the young CB 6 months early in Jan.

Would imagine we’d do well to get more than £500k given his age and contract situation.

 

Would find it hard to see us getting an offer that would outweigh having him here for the second half of the season.

[Fak]

3 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

 

If there's a circa £5m offer, he can go really, especially if we are able to bring in the young CB 6 months early in Jan.

 

Nobody is paying that for someone who will be 34 with 6 months left on his contract. 

[Dan]

Still the best defender at the club.

[JT24]

1 minute ago, Dan said:

Still the best defender at the club.

When did Thiaw leave?

[Barnes23]

I don't see why we can't consider an extension if he is happy to be a rotational option. Could just be sentimentality speaking but I don't think it is - his performances whenever he has played this season have been excellent. 

[Yorkie]

Unless the paltry transfer offer we'd receive from the Bundesliga somehow gave us incredible PSR riches I don't really see the point. Still an incredibly important member of the squad and we need depth.

[frankpingel]

Can't let him go if it leaves Lascelles and Krafth as our 4th and 5th choices. 

[Chapo]

Want him to retire with us 

[samptime29]

I think he'll win his place back soon.

[Fenham Mag]

People have short memories, keeping the experience of Trippier was vital (not letting him go to Bayern), no need to let them (experienced players) leave mid season for a pittance. 
 

Especially Fab, he’s fantastic and could easily play in 25 odd more games by the end of the season.

 

 

 

Edited November 14, 2025 by Fenham Mag

[Kid Icarus]

Thiaw's been very good, but Fab still has something that Thiaw either doesn't have, hasn't developed, or is reluctant to use and that's long diagonals. 

 

While we're in this state of not knowing how we're going to get better, little things like that can make all the difference, so it wouldn't surprise me if he started getting game time again soon.

[Rich]

If Fab goes, I riot.

[LiquidAK]

Please no

[GEFAFWISP]

Mustard.