Rony Lopes

[domalino]

Big if, but yeah that would be some bargain.

Yeah but the whole point is that if he doesn't make it we've spent very little on him.

 

[domalino]

This is the key point.

If Ronaldo was in our youth ranks at 18 he wouldn't get into our team and would never have ended up as one of the greatest players ever. We're hurting their development and thus they aren't becoming good enough.

And thus they're fucking off! Monaco will be a great club for him. They'll play him regularly, have a decent european run, and fight to qualify for the CL. I'm sure he'll excel there.

 

[Sergio Picasso Aguero]

Yeah but the whole point is that if he doesn't make it we've spent very little on him.

Hope he does, players that like to dribble and take players on are the best thing about football imo.

 

[Daz_Blue]

Maybe there's a buyback or first refusal? That would explain the confusion.



We only pay £12m for Roberts if he fulfills all his add-ons, in which case he'll be a first team regular.

Paid 4m up front did we not ?

 

[Falastur]

Completely agree. That's why probably he won't be here next season.

Not sure I agree. I think Soriano and Txiki are to some extent complicit in the freezing-out of youth. If they really want to force youths to be played they could've left gaps for them in the squad and signed less players, but they never do that.

 

[Neville Kneville]

It's absolutely not the case that every player has to be a world beater either.

If they can fit in the team & do a good enough job, vs the opposition on the day, then they are good enough.

 

[Damocles]

And thus they're fucking off!

Indeed but the issue that nobody here is talking about is not so much losing Rekik, Lopes and Denayer which would be an incredible shame but not the end of the world. It's the fact that when the next 12 year old Messi is eventually discovered somewhere and every club is chasing him, his parents will look at our record and not see a club committed to bringing through young players and will see other clubs that offer all we do as well as this.

It isn't so much the problem of losing these players specifically, it's also the rather larger problem of being able to attract potentially world class young players into our Academy in the future.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Not sure I agree. I think Soriano and Txiki are to some extent complicit in the freezing-out of youth. If they really want to force youths to be played they could've left gaps for them in the squad and signed less players, but they never do that.

You have heard Pellegrini asking for two top players in every position. They are giving it to him.

 

[Goater=Legend]

Why did we promote him to the first team only to get rid of him a few weeks later?

 

[BlueDejong]

disgusting...