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im pretty sure laporte was fit and he was still picking stones and dias.

I think pre injuries he had the attributes to be the best attacking left back in the world but injuries have destroyed him he's not even the same player any more.

You have the same thinking the club has had. Hoping he'll suddenly become the mendy of monaco at somepoint. Post injuries hes lost his pace which is a big part of his game. Mendy is so bad now we would struggle to give him away for free.

i think him being on loan with us paying the bulk of his wages is the best case scenario for mendy

i agree with you im just saying that probably how the club is thinking. By the way we wont just need to give him away we'd need to convince him to take a pay cut or cover his wages somehow.

This won't work with mendy tho we won't be taking a 20 million hit it'll be more like 50 million hit plus we'd have to cover some of his wages. This is probably why the club were fine with letting zin go as we would get a nice fee out of it and it would be easy. Zin should stay over mendy as...

Theres no way he excepts being third choice hes one of the beat center backs in the world he can pretty much get into any team he wants. Im very worried he'll leave for barca or madrid in the summer.

no chance we get a fee for mendy mate no one in their right mind would pay for him with his wages and injury record. We would struggle to give him away without covering some of his wages.

i am bit worried the club will be to scared to sell mendy because of his fee but the main problem is finding someone who will take him on his wages.

getting rid of mendy is easier said than done. On zin i think hes fine as a back up but he no where near good enough to be first choice.

His standing was pretty low in his first season.

Those two things are pretty important?

he'll probably go back to left back due to him still being better than all the other options

Was also taking players on and actually using his pace. Pep needs to keep him on the right.

it was more needed when we we were a shambles pre dias since dias has been here and stones has improved hes not needed as much. The recovery pace is still very useful though against good teams with very quick wingers.