Will hopefully get a good send off. Been an amazing player for us. Paid 5 millions of his own fee just to get it done, and then repaid the the other 30 odd million by being a absolute hero.
Very happy Pep came in and made him a player that is on everyone lips during his last couple of seasons here, and not just the unsung hero he was from day one.
Will be missed, but part of sustaining succes is knowing how and when to replace these kind of players, I can see a spree coming
I kind of doubt Riyad Mahrez is breaking any news on a throwaway YouTube segment but if this is Ferna’s last season I would be much more concerned about losing his leadership and dressing room presence than his production on the pitch. Losing Vinny, then Ferna and David Silva in consecutive seasons is a lot of experience walking out the door.
If he were leaving, I wonder if he'd be retiring too?
Whatever happens it'd be criminal not to have him around in some capacity when he's done, assuming Fernandinho would be open to it. Kompany was always the leader, but Fernandinho was/is the wise figurehead. I think that's just as seldom occurring in the game as any major positive kind of influence so it'd be tough to replace immediately.
I've just watched it,the question was who announced in the summer this would be their final season,mahrez says dinho and dave,dinho in his final year of his contract,i think he meant that
Dinho just recently said he feels good and is not going to stop playing yet,pep says all contract talk is going to wait till the summer
Ah... didn't know this. Perhaps this explains the lack of a CB signing last window. Still... I can't imagine that we planned to have him regularly start at CB; as a backup to CB/DM, sure... but as a starting CB...
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