Quote from: cdbearsfan on April 29, 2022, 10:13:48 PMIs it not more that they're not allowed to sign anyone? Or is that all sorted now? This isn't rhetorical, I haven't been paying much attention to football lately as the baddies keep winning.They're not allowed to sign anyone *right now*, but they've known how long his contract runs for since he signed it. Clubs that want to keep a player don't let it get to the last year.
Is it not more that they're not allowed to sign anyone? Or is that all sorted now? This isn't rhetorical, I haven't been paying much attention to football lately as the baddies keep winning.
He has the same amount of contract left as Salah, I reckon Liverpool want to keep him.
Quote from: cdbearsfan on April 29, 2022, 10:21:36 PMHe has the same amount of contract left as Salah, I reckon Liverpool want to keep him.Salah is looking for budget-breakingly astronomical wages. I doubt Kante is (by Chelsea standards).
That's the kind of hard nosed nous this club has been missing for too long.
Give him ten grand a week and make the rest up in vouchers for local attractions like Warwick Castle and the back to backs. Then keep calling him in for extra training so he never gets the time to use the vouchers.
If he wants to go to the Black Country Living Museum it’s just over the road from me and as a member I have vouchers for mates’ rates for him.
If someone offered 50 million, I assume they would see him as better than someone they already hadHow many teams have that money to spend on a player that a few on here want to ditch ?Certainly not the cause or root of all of our problems
Quote from: chrisw1 on April 29, 2022, 07:30:26 PMQuote from: Hookeysmith on April 29, 2022, 03:50:55 PMFirst out the door for me would be McGinn as for the last 3-4 seasons he has defined our midfield and every configuration has had him in it somewhere - to varying effect and in latter seasons that effect has been quite negatively.It is time we looked at something elseWhat has defined our midfield is a lack of a DM and our repeated failure to address it. Lets see what this team is capable of once we plug that huge hole.That's my take on it too. Yes, McGinn has been disappointing this season, but he's still shown flashes of what he's capable of and I do not want us writing off players until we've seen them playing with eleven square pegs in eleven square holes. I'm also accutely aware that form is temporary, and he is in bad form. He's not a bad player. I'm not certain he will be able to step up a significant level with a proper DM behind him, but you know damn well that if he moves somewhere that plays a bit more to his strengths he'll make our decision to let him go look foolish. I suspect Gerrard knows full well what McGinn would be capable of in a team of his choosing, so if he stays this summer I'd expect him to play a big part next season. He's British, reasonably successful at International level, and now well established in the premier league - if we're looking to move people on to create space and generate funds for a rebuild, he'll be one of the first to go if Gerrard doesn't 100% fancy him.
Quote from: Hookeysmith on April 29, 2022, 03:50:55 PMFirst out the door for me would be McGinn as for the last 3-4 seasons he has defined our midfield and every configuration has had him in it somewhere - to varying effect and in latter seasons that effect has been quite negatively.It is time we looked at something elseWhat has defined our midfield is a lack of a DM and our repeated failure to address it. Lets see what this team is capable of once we plug that huge hole.
First out the door for me would be McGinn as for the last 3-4 seasons he has defined our midfield and every configuration has had him in it somewhere - to varying effect and in latter seasons that effect has been quite negatively.It is time we looked at something else