NoLimits01
Goran Bunjevcevic
Has he had a call up to the full Dutch international squad yet?
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Transfer Tittle-Tattle
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Has he had a call up to the full Dutch international squad yet?
DeanoAustin
Christian Ziege
If this is true, our recruitment policy is a joke.
What’s changed in 4 months that he wasn’t worth a punt on loan but is now worth 40m of our money? If football experts in our club couldn’t see he had the tools to do what he’s done for Leicester, they’re in the wrong job.
Also, Sessegnon at 25m is an absolute bargain.
ricky2tricky4city
Tom Huddlestone
Thought someone said that Poch passed on him?
If that's the case can't see a U-turn. (Rightly or Wrongly)
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
He has now proven he can hack it?
Dont know much about him myself but do recall many people here saying he was lightweight and wouldnt fit in the Pl...
DeanoAustin
Christian Ziege
I’d expect our scouting network to know he could do that from watching him before. It’s one thing a fan saying it, quite another if our scouting team is doing the same.
Glenda's Legs
Les Ferdinand
Maybe we weren’t so keen on a short term loan without any commitment or first option at the end of it
DeanoAustin
Christian Ziege
Option of a loan for a player who can cut it in the league in a position where we are woefully short?
The only acceptable excuse is we weren’t keen then and we aren’t keen now for whatever reason. I could accept that. But if we’ve changed our thinking based on 3-4 months, it’s pretty amateurish in my view.
I fail to see what the downside of a loan for him was as we had got rid of Dembele and short on CMs. If it had worked out great he would have bedded in before signing him permanently, and at worse he was always going to be better quality than what we had available eg Skipp...
Glenda's Legs
Les Ferdinand
Not disagreeing rather just speculating that might have been why we weren’t so keen. Loans don’t really seem to be our modus operandi.
Being kept out by Eriksen.
If we could get that then we should be biting their arms off.
Very limited played who will only go down in value and would fund a good portion of Wan Bissaka
Sitting on my porcelain throne using glory-glory.co.uk mobile app
Agreed, always the risk with no guaranteed option to buy that we could be gazumped. There was talk that Monaco wanted him in the shop window, could see the fee going above £40m as well with a few clubs looking to rebuild.
On the flipside he would have been handy today, we lacked creativity and he would have helped in games like that. Same with the Brighton game.
thfcsteff
Terry Dyson
We have no idea what his personality type is TBH. I do agree that he has turned out to be pretty good. I was certainly one of those who did not think he would hack it.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
We should definitely go for him but there would be a long list of potential suitors for him.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Ajax are quite disciplined about only selling 1, at most 2, key players a year. There isn't going to be a Monaco-style exodus
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
Thats one of those cop out answers though, isnt it?
"Well are YOU questioning the manager? Think YOU can do a better job?" type things...
If scouts/transfer committees were that fool proof there would be no bad transfers would there? And our share of duds over the years suggests these decisions are as much guesswork as anything. Same for all clubs.
Like I say, I dont know the player well - but when he was linked those familiar with him almost universally stated he was talented but too lightweight, and some even cited lazy.
Clearly there must be something to that, you would have to be pretty incredible to see that player and decide actually he'll do just fine in the PL seeing how he performs in France....
Winks injury issues
If he has a release clause they have no say
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Although they aren't legally binding outside Iberia