He has sat at home for a majority of his five years with us, a nightmare of a signing but sh1t happens.
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Nathan Ake
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Wouldn't surprise me if Ake leaves for Chelsea if they promise him more game time. He's at a crucial stage in his career plus there is plenty of competition for playing time in the Dutch national team in the back 4. Obviously I'd prefer to keep Nathan. He generally plays well and seems a good presence in the locker room.
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Hopefully he stays, with Stones made of glass he'll get games
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Doubt the lad himself wants to rely on that.Hopefully he stays, with Stones made of glass he'll get games
What is great about this thread is that it clearly shows the dilemma we have. Personally, I am in favour of the introduction of academy players and many, many threads call Pep out for his failure to introduce them. However, here we have a thread devoted to the potential sale of our fourth choice centre back, and yet a number of posters are loath for that position to be occupied by THB, Callum Doyle or Luke Mbete. Now, these are some of, if the not THE, most highly rated defenders in the youth game. If we cannot trust one of them to pick up the mantle of the fourth choice CB in our team, we have absolute clarity on the issues we face. Personally, I would absolutely give one of them the nod if Nathan decided he didn't wish to stay. I would like it to be Luke, personally, but they are each very good prospects.
Of course you can. Happens all the time.You can’t pay a player off if found not guilty, especially as others won’t touch him with a barge pole… he’d have a claim for restriction to practise, should we force the issue!
Was in the papers yesterday that juventus are paying Aaron Ramsey off.
I just think if you can get £50m+ for your 4th choice CB you should recycle some funds back in. Dias, Laporte & Stones are 3 top class CB’s and aslong as we get a proper LB (which Ake did have to cover a few times) then why would we want somebody so valuable sat on our bench when we could better reinvest those funds?
Because the club want to win trophies. Not online business accolades.
I’d hate to lose him but if they offer 50-55m City just take it and run. Plenty of good 4th choice CBs out there.
When was the last time City 'took the money and ran' for a player midway through his contract?
It also makes no sense keeping a £40m defender on the bench just in case you need him for 5 - 10 games max per season.
Our other three centre backs are all world class
if we don’t trust the kids then bring in a veteran for a couple of seasons until they are ready , someone like Thiago Silva at Chelsea
He played in half our games last season.
And even if it was 5-10 games, it isn't just about being a body or a number there, a player has to actually perform there.
Ake can, and does. A kid can't, otherwise he'd be in the first team.
That's the difference between winning trophies and not. That was the difference last year, without Ake and some of his big performances in some pretty big games, we would have won fuck all. That is why the club bought a 40m international to be one of 4 defenders for 2 spots.
That is why this 'cash in on 4th choice and give his minutes to a kid' claim that a few seem to be making just plain wrong.
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