Player Thread: Patrick Roberts

[squirtyflower]

An even better one

 

[Silva_Spell]

2 messi-esque goals ;)

 

[SWP's back]

18 months still confuses me.

 

[domalino]

 

[Craig]

Hope this clown of a manager doesn't take him off too early because he's full of confidence now and should get more of the ball now as the game opens up.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

We have the option to recall for a "compensation fee" in case he starts rooting up trees at Celtic.

In which case we'll most likely loan him to Galatasaray.

 

[CC1]

I always rated Roberts as the best youngster on our books. He played well for Fulham so I didn't understand why it was deemed he needed 18 months experience at Celtic. Why is he not learning his trade with us - especially as we were in 4 cups & had no fit midfielders.

I just hope Pep can get him back before the 18 months is up otherwise it will be 2 full seasons before we get to see him. His gait is definitely Messiesque. As they say.... If you're good enough you're old enough. He's wasted at Celtic.

 

[domalino]

18 months still confuses me.

I think it makes sense to me. You've got to make the deal worthwhile for Celtic, and next season Pep will have a lot of work on his hands with the defence and midfield.

There's only so many new signings and youth players Pep can integrate at a time.

He'll come back only 20 - and I expect there is some sort of break clause as well, but it might cost us.

 

[squirtyflower]

Doncha just love hindsight

 

[CC1]

We have the option to recall for a "compensation fee" in case he starts rooting up trees at Celtic.

I didn't realise this. However, what an irony - we have to pay to get back a player who was clearly the best of the bunch. We paid a tidy sum for him to Fulham. Hope we got a good loan fee. Anybody know??