Allan Saint-Maximin (now playing for Fenerbahce, on loan from Al-Ahli)

[maze]

18 hours ago, 80 said:

I keep hearing talk about big money for him. I imagine we'd do well to get £25m for him, forget £50m as some have said.

I did. It was simply based on rumours in different articles. Realistically, he’s worth around £25m. 

[Armchair Pundit]

I don't get his So Foot comments, he's got better players around him now than he did last season, yet his form's dipped. The only real difference for me would be Wilson not playing so not drawing players off him and giving him that much more space perhaps.

[macphisto]

18 hours ago, 80 said:

That's not a bad shout if Howe can see value in a player in a similar predicament. A Harry Maguire, say (not literally him, but you get the idea).

 

It is difficult to settle on his value, it's in the eye of the beholder.  He's living in football's uncanny valley. Can he make the crossing? I don't think so, but I hope he does.

I love your poetry!

[jackyboy]

I doubt if Crystal Palace would want him. I think it was Viera who got rid of him in France

[buzza]

15 hours ago, maze said:

I did. It was simply based on rumours in different articles. Realistically, he’s worth around £25m. 

If Chris Wood is worth 25M then I cannot beleive that we would take anything under 40-50M for ASM...

[SUPERTOON]

5 minutes ago, buzza said:

If Chris Wood is worth 25M then I cannot beleive that we would take anything under 40-50M for ASM...

Chris wood isn’t worth 25M though, we only paid that because of the desperate situation we where in at the time.

[buzza]

Ok, chris was overvalued.

But if Ivan Toney is going for 40-50 million (maximum: mid table striker) then surely Maxi would have to be sold for the same? Low to mid table "savior"

[STM]

You wouldn't sell Maxi for less than 40m. Fuck knows who would buy him at that price though.

[Ikon]

I’d easily sell him for 35m.

[JumpersForGoalposts]

31 minutes ago, STM said:

You wouldn't sell Maxi for less than 40m. Fuck knows who would buy him at that price though.

He's only worth what he's worth. I'd take 35m, as @Ikon said.

 

Same as Wood. I don't think he's worth a fee, but we were over a barrel in January, so had to pay over the odds.

 

Remember that Carrol cost liverpool 35m because they hastily needed to replace Torres.

 

As @Optimistic Nut said, he's exactly the sort of player who will be inserted into a team of cloggers to try and bring something different. He would stand out like a sore thumb surrounded by quality players.

[Big River]

 

good to see them dealing with this internally.

[STM]

Eddie's got the hose oot.

[mofo]

Honestly think Maxi is fine for us and exactly the level of player we need / can attract. Everything the lad does gets blown out of proportion. 

As soon as he gets the ball some fucker is screaming for him to pass the ball even if there is no one around him and no pass on! If he plays a poor pass the crowd is straight on his back, yet if any other player does it there is nothing said.  I know he is frustrating at times but without a doubt we are a better team when he plays. Against Liverpool he tried to keep it simple and IMO was worried to run at people in case he lost the ball and the crowd got on his back. Go back 50 or so pages and he was the best thing since sliced bread!

[Guest]

 

nowt to worry about

[Yorkie]

I wouldn't put it past him to come out with something in the vain of which it reads, but even so, whatever. I can't see it being that disruptive even if he was shit-talking. Shock as Maxi totally fancies himself. I think there are bigger issues to do with him than him may be upsetting Chris Wood. 

[Sifu]

He was still implying that the lack of "a Mané" is the reason for his low tally of assists/goals. While he didn't directly criticise the players around them, the sentiment was there.

 

If Howe and the squad are happy to put all of this behind them and move on, then all good.

 

ASM will need to word his answers better going forward in interviews mind.

[MrRaspberryJam]

1 hour ago, Ikon said:

I’d easily sell him for 35m.

 

No man, no!

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

13 minutes ago, Jack27 said:

 

nowt to worry about

 

Was told by someone ITK over the weekend his Twitter is completely managed by his social media team fwiw.

[Nine]

Solid back tracking from Maxi there, the team and manager will know he meant it.. if it was just an issue of context then what’s the need for a team meeting about it. 

[xLiaaamx]

Once the online dislike for him becomes commonplace on match days it'll be over for him. 

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[80]

1 hour ago, HUGZ said:

 

I will say, in Maxi's defence, journalists are often complete shits about chopping and changing an interviewee's answers to create a story. It would be interesting to hear the audio of the interview and see how it matches up with the published transcript.

 

That said, I have seen him say things not a million miles away from this in a previous lengthy French interview, so I'm guessing there's no smoke without fire.

[80]

2 hours ago, STM said:

You wouldn't sell Maxi for less than 40m. Fuck knows who would buy him at that price though.

Would you buy him for £40m? Is there no player in the world that you could buy for £35m that you would rather have..? Considering that's Bruno money. Those are ultimately the kind of questions to ask...

 

Bearing in mind Trippier and Targett between them would cost little more than £25m... Like with most things right now, I'm happy to back whatever Howe and the club think is the right choice.

[MrRaspberryJam]

Very good player (albeit who's out of form), daft comment, apology made and its accepted by the manager. Move on.

[Conjo]

1 minute ago, 80 said:

Bearing in mind Trippier and Targett between them would cost little more than £25m... Like with most things right now, I'm happy to back whatever Howe and the club think is the right choice.

 

Eh?

Targett will be ~£20m including loan fee 

Trippier will be ~£25m now that we are staying up.