Miguel Almirón: Bid of £10m to be Accepted from Atlanta United (Hope)

[thomas]

welcome hyem, son

[Mike]

Love him to bits.

[wormy]

31 minutes ago, PRL said:

My memory is shit these days but was there a brief period under Rafa when Miggy, Perez and Rondon were almost like a budget HBA, Cisse and Ba? One of the few times during the Ashley era we had a genuinely exciting attacking outlet. 

 

Yeah he really gave the team a shot in the arm when he arrived for the second half of Rafa's final season. Just the fact that he was prepared to run at players was such a novelty and even though he didn't notch goals or assists then either, you could see the work he was doing that led to others getting the glory. Plus I seem to recall him being a whisker away from getting that glory himself enough times that it was becoming a bit of a meme.

 

I wonder if more time with Rafa would've unlocked more in him longer term. But we all know what happened next.

[Dancing Brave]

2 hours ago, Yorkie said:

Adore the little fucker and personally feel he's been so much more than just that purple patch. He's provided some amazing moments across his time here and otherwise made huge contributions to some good, bad and great teams. If he's going back to Atlanta I hope that works well for him and he leaves as a cult hero as far as I'm concerned.

You nailed it.

[MagCA]

 

[Ben]

4 hours ago, Elliottman said:

Miggy out, money used for DCL as backup to Isak. Good business. 

 

Did you see his open goal misses for Everton last night ? he couldn't hit a barn door with another barn door

[Colos Short and Curlies]

Similar to JDT he came within a whisker of scoring on his debut, I do wonder if their stats would have been better had those goals gone in. JDT of course has the Shearer injury in play, but Miggy has the fact he has been played out of position for most of his time here

[Ben]

I'll always remember his performance against the Makems, when he saw how far they were pushing up against him I sure he just started with that lovely smile.

[B-more Mag]

 

[Stottie]

Played well for us in the periods where he was not serving a clown-car manager, so thank you and good luck to him. Probably the best pressing forward we've had, which would still matter a lot more if the team as a whole had not leveled up to the extent that it has. Never stopped running. Great smile and an almost hilarious lack of English. I wonder if he speaks any Geordie.

 

As a word of right wing caution, Mbeumo is currently on what looks like a hotter goal streak (yes, goals scored exceeding expected goals) than Miggy was in 22-23 or on-loan Willock in 20-21. Another player banging in way beyond xG this season is yes, good ol' Chris Wood. Be careful what you wish for.

[PauloGeordio]

Miggy on fire 🔥 

[Kanj]

The CL clinching patch of bangers + PSG (h) banger. Always smiling, even when he was sold a dream under Rafa and had to deal with Bruce. 100% committed, ran his bollocks off, lovely man on and off the pitch. Miggy it's been a pleasure. Hope you smash it in MLS again. 

[SteV]

1 minute ago, Stottie said:

 

As a word of right wing caution, Mbeumo is currently on what looks like a hotter goal streak (yes, goals scored exceeding expected goals) than Miggy was in 22-23 or on-loan Willock in 20-21. Another player banging in way beyond xG this season is yes, good ol' Chris Wood. Be careful what you wish for.

Take your point, but tbf Mbeumo passes the eye test as well. 
 

You just have to watch a Brentford game to see he’s generally one of the most threatening players on show. That much was evident at the end of the cup game at our place, where they went from looking virtually toothless, to quite dangerous as soon as he came on.

 

You watch a Forest game, and whilst you might appreciate the work Wood puts in for team, you don’t really think he looks that much of a threat until he scores.

[Elliottman]

43 minutes ago, Ben said:

 

Did you see his open goal misses for Everton last night ? he couldn't hit a barn door with another barn door

 

Eddie does magical things to players. 

[black_n_white]

Don’t know why but I’d prefer to sign Dibling over Mbeumo.

[SEMTEX]

Lad is 18. We need someone who can play there now, not in 2028.

[joeyt]

Atlanta able to spend more money this January than we have in 18 months

[Stifler]

Just now, joeyt said:

Atlanta able to spend more money this January than we have in 18 months

No real PSR over there.

They have spending caps, but have allowances for designated players.

On top of that, the newest MLS paid a £500m franchise fee, £150m more than what PIF bought us for.

[Stottie]

5 hours ago, Elliottman said:

Miggy out, money used for DCL as backup to Isak. Good business. 

 

Dunno if serious, but DCL has similar numbers to Bournemouth era Callum Wilson, who actually played in a higher scoring team. If Eddie could get NUFC era Wilson out of him, he'd be useful. 

 

Out of contract in the summer, so last chance for Everton to get anything for him. Its not as if Everton have much PSR headroom to say no even if lowballed. Since weird swapsies are all the PSR rage, one option would be to loan them Wilson himself because he is "back in February" (!!)

[Andy]

31 minutes ago, Stottie said:

 is currently on what looks like a hotter goal streak (yes, goals scored exceeding expected goals) than Miggy was in 22-23 or on-loan Willock in 20-21. Another player banging in way beyond xG this season is yes, good ol' Chris Wood. Be careful what you wish for.

 

Does "goals scored exceeding expected goals" not generally just translate to "is a better than average finisher"? Obviously some players will go through purple patches but I feel like this kind of stat can be interpreted multiple ways. 

[Ameritoon]

I would have always liked Miggy anyway, but getting 10m for him right now makes me like him even more.

[Ghandis Flip-Flop]

1 hour ago, Colos Short and Curlies said:

Similar to JDT he came within a whisker of scoring on his debut, I do wonder if their stats would have been better had those goals gone in. JDT of course has the Shearer injury in play, but Miggy has the fact he has been played out of position for most of his time here

Remember both Mitrovic and Luque having similar very near misses on their competitive debuts and thinking the same too. Mitro in particular was definitely trying too hard to score at times in the first season 

[Paully]

1 hour ago, Colos Short and Curlies said:

Similar to JDT he came within a whisker of scoring on his debut, I do wonder if their stats would have been better had those goals gone in. JDT of course has the Shearer injury in play, but Miggy has the fact he has been played out of position for most of his time here

That would have been a fantastic goal that - great one touch build up and the chip over the keeper bounced back off the post! 
 

You can’t not love Miggy! Never gave less than 100% and always had a beaming smile on his face! The spell when he turned into Messi was something else! 
 

Although his stats don’t prove it, he transformed us under Rafa’s last half season and we looked great going forward with him, Rondon and Perez! 
 

Great memories of his two goals at West Brom in the FA cup just before lockdown and his song absolutely belting out from the away end! (See below!).

 

and that goal vs PSG!

 

All the best to him and he’ll always be welcome back at SJP! 
 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 16:28 by Paully

[BrickTop]

Opening our CL account last season against PSG cements him in NUFC folklore for me. Hasn't stopped running since he joined under Rafa. If you do leave, all the best Wor Miggy! 

[timeEd32]

He deserves more credit for the 2022/23 season than just the pre-WC purple patch. He scored in the first game back against Leicester, had assists in both the LC QF and SF, and had the only goal in a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth during our worst patch. And then he scored what I think is one of the biggest goals of that entire season -- no wins in almost 2 months in the league, losers of three in a row in all comps including the deflating cup final, relegated to a bench role for the first time all season, 1-1 v Wolves with 15 minutes to play, and up steps Miggy.