The Prophet Posted Sunday at 15:50 Share Posted Sunday at 15:50 11 minutes ago, St1pe said: Can some stat person tell my why Juve are interested in a player who can't get a game for us? He's a good player, who did very well at Bournemouth. Unfortunately, he's down the pecking order here and we need to consider offers for our squad players. At least the lads who buzz off writing players off won't be proven wrong on this occasion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted Sunday at 15:55 Share Posted Sunday at 15:55 4 minutes ago, The Prophet said: He's a good player, who did very well at Bournemouth. Unfortunately, he's down the pecking order here and we need to consider offers for our squad players. At least the lads who buzz off writing players off won't be proven wrong on this occasion. I think he’s a better centre back than a full back for sure. I still haven’t seen anything to suggest he’s Juve level unless there’s some data to suggest he’s got something they’re lacking. Or I guess he’s a young English cb out of favour and one good season for them and they’ll double their money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted Sunday at 16:05 Share Posted Sunday at 16:05 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted Sunday at 16:06 Share Posted Sunday at 16:06 Just now, SUPERTOON said: Just sell Eddie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted Sunday at 16:06 Share Posted Sunday at 16:06 Didn’t they learn from Boumsong ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted Sunday at 16:09 Share Posted Sunday at 16:09 (edited) I'm not sure he is a better CB than full back tbh. The West Ham game he didn't look comfortable in the position at all, reading of the game particularly aerially looked really poor. Possibly a player that would suit a back three. Edited Sunday at 16:09 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted Sunday at 16:13 Share Posted Sunday at 16:13 In the lead up to his free agency, he was linked with some Italian clubs. Prem defenders have had a good time over there, and so are valued in that league. Not looking bad signing him at all now. I liked him at Bournemouth, but with Botman back now and Burn still going so strong, there's room to allow him to leave. Any sale will be pure profit, which is massive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted Sunday at 16:14 Share Posted Sunday at 16:14 Selling Huijsen and replacing him with Kelly is some going like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted Sunday at 16:14 Share Posted Sunday at 16:14 (edited) I know he had his critics for the West Ham performance, and other than that I haven't seen enough him to think he's worth keeping, or that he's going to be able to displace any of the 3 centre halves in front of him, and even as a left back think we have enough cover and potentially be better with a livra or tripps playing there instead. Surely (as long as decent enough fee) moving him on would be a good PSR flip, considering he was free, regardless of also getting his wages off the bill, which may be higher than average given he was signed on a free? Edited Sunday at 16:15 by TK-421 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunk Moreland Posted Sunday at 16:15 Share Posted Sunday at 16:15 Just now, Menace said: Selling Huijsen and replacing him with Kelly is some going like Especially considering they sold Huijsen for less than they might end up buying Kelly from us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted Sunday at 16:17 Share Posted Sunday at 16:17 I'd be absolutely livid. Huijsen looks like he's going to be a superstar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted Sunday at 16:20 Share Posted Sunday at 16:20 3 minutes ago, KaKa said: In the lead up to his free agency, he was linked with some Italian clubs. Prem defenders have had a good time over there, and so are valued in that league. Not looking bad signing him at all now. I liked him at Bournemouth, but with Botman back now and Burn still going so strong, there's room to allow him to leave. Any sale will be pure profit, which is massive. I just worry that we'd need to buy another LCB not this summer but next, with Burns age, and at that point as well Schar will be 1/2 years older too so could mean a lot of transfer activity needed to give us 4 decent CB's. Having said that, considering our FFP position, selling someone we got on a free for circa £15m who hasn't impressed in their cameos is good business I'm torn on it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted Sunday at 16:23 Share Posted Sunday at 16:23 Zarabyni has been the star CB for Bournemouth this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HayDen Traces Posted Sunday at 16:23 Share Posted Sunday at 16:23 1 minute ago, janpawel said: I just worry that we'd need to buy another LCB not this summer but next, with Burns age, and at that point as well Schar will be 1/2 years older too so could mean a lot of transfer activity needed to give us 4 decent CB's. Having said that, considering our FFP position, selling someone we got on a free for circa £15m who hasn't impressed in their cameos is good business I'm torn on it Botman is lcb. We dont need another, just another utility player like Krafth who can play any position across the back 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted Sunday at 16:27 Share Posted Sunday at 16:27 I do think he'll ultimately settle down and become a very solid replacement for Burn as the versatile squad defender. That said, if there's decent money to be made off selling him now it'd be foolish not to take it IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted Sunday at 16:28 Share Posted Sunday at 16:28 1 minute ago, HayDen Traces said: Botman is lcb. We dont need another, just another utility player like Krafth who can play any position across the back 4 I disagree, I think you need 4 good CB's if you want to go deep in Europe / the 2 domestic cups and not have a significant performance drop off Having said that, Burn is doing excellent at the moment, I was talking about the year after next where I imagine Burn won't be enough for a team with CL ambitions, and thus we'd need an alternative to Botman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted Sunday at 16:35 Share Posted Sunday at 16:35 5 minutes ago, janpawel said: I disagree, I think you need 4 good CB's if you want to go deep in Europe / the 2 domestic cups and not have a significant performance drop off Having said that, Burn is doing excellent at the moment, I was talking about the year after next where I imagine Burn won't be enough for a team with CL ambitions, and thus we'd need an alternative to Botman Burn, Botman, Schar and new right sided CB in summer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted Sunday at 16:47 Share Posted Sunday at 16:47 9 minutes ago, ExiledGeordie said: Burn, Botman, Schar and new right sided CB in summer? Yeah I agree, I'm saying for the season after next where Schar and Burn will be 1.5-2 years older I know I know, we're not there yet etc... I'm just saying if we sell Kelly then we will probably need 2 more CB's in a couple years, on top of the RCB this summer Having said that, maybe selling Kelly makes sense if it's a good fee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Mag Posted Sunday at 16:47 Share Posted Sunday at 16:47 I love Schar and in particular his passing range and ability on the ball. I'm afraid though both he and Botman lack pace. You can get away with one not being the quickest but two is an issue. As Schar is the wrong side of 30 i'm afraid it's him who needs replacing. A quick decent right sided centre back is a must in the summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted Sunday at 16:57 Share Posted Sunday at 16:57 1 hour ago, St1pe said: Can some stat person tell my why Juve are interested in a player who can’t get a game for us? Gonna go out on a limb here and say the story is absolute bollocks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted Sunday at 17:00 Share Posted Sunday at 17:00 6 minutes ago, janpawel said: Yeah I agree, I'm saying for the season after next where Schar and Burn will be 1.5-2 years older I know I know, we're not there yet etc... I'm just saying if we sell Kelly then we will probably need 2 more CB's in a couple years, on top of the RCB this summer Having said that, maybe selling Kelly makes sense if it's a good fee This is where Paul Mitchell needs to be earning his money. We should have one more year of Burn, so this summer bring in a youngster on the cheap that will have a year to bed in and take over from Burn as backup in 2026. I was hoping we had that in Alex Murphy tbh but I've heard nowt about him all season in terms of what they make of his chances at the top level. This is in addition to a RCB who will be ready to start immediately as Botman's long term partner, of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted Sunday at 17:00 Share Posted Sunday at 17:00 (edited) Given it's been reported by multiple reliable journalists, and Juve's sporting director previously wanted to sign him for Napoli, I'd say it's definitely not absolute bollocks. Whether the fee is enough for us to sell or the player goes for it is another thing entirely. Edited Sunday at 17:01 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted Sunday at 17:02 Share Posted Sunday at 17:02 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted Sunday at 17:07 Share Posted Sunday at 17:07 Crazy this, I'm thinking maybe he's not just an average centre back, what have other clubs seen in him that I haven't Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted Sunday at 17:12 Share Posted Sunday at 17:12 1 hour ago, St1pe said: Can some stat person tell my why Juve are interested in a player who can’t get a game for us? Because they don't categorize players as 'shit' after a few games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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