Donyell Malen

[Demitri_C]

Getting a player of his quality with CL and a full international for 20m odd i think is good business especially  in janaury

[paul_e]

I’ve obviously not watched a lot of Dortmund but he’s still averaged a goal every 3 games hasn’t he? If it hasn’t worked out for him that’s still pretty decent.

He was good for 3 seasons, getting a decent amount of starts and with a solid record for goals and assists (roughly 1 in 2 across the 3 years). He's struggled for game time this year though because they have Adeyemi and Gittens that they're leaning on a lot more (probably because getting younger players up in value to sell on is their business model).

[PaulWinch again]

Ah interesting thanks, so would suit all parties probably.

[Smithy]

Interestingly, it looks like he spent a couple of years in the Arsenal youth system.  Obviously never got close to their first team, but it's not like the demands of the English game will be new to him.

[villa for life]

It seems it took him quite a while to settle at Dortmund. If he comes, hopefully he’ll settle quicker and have an impact this season.

[Dave]

It seems it took him quite a while to settle at Dortmund. If he comes, hopefully he’ll settle quicker and have an impact this season.

He did have Haaland ahead of him in his position for the first season he was there though.

[eamonn]

Interestingly, it looks like he spent a couple of years in the Arsenal youth system.  Obviously never got close to their first team, but it's not like the demands of the English game will be new to him.

Emery would have first come across him then, right?

[Somniloquism]

Interestingly, it looks like he spent a couple of years in the Arsenal youth system.  Obviously never got close to their first team, but it's not like the demands of the English game will be new to him.

Emery would have first come across him then, right?

No, they missed each other by a year.

[Olneythelonely]

Interestingly, it looks like he spent a couple of years in the Arsenal youth system.  Obviously never got close to their first team, but it's not like the demands of the English game will be new to him.

Emery would have first come across him then, right?

I looked at their wiki pages (because it’s my first day back at work and I don’t want to do any) and it doesn’t look like they crossed paths.

Edit - Som, clearly as bored as I am beat me to it

[Rigadon]

Yes mostly RW, but he can play across the front. If you want to see how he does as a right-winger, look at the highlights of the Real V Dortmund where he scored and then setup.

Cool, thanks.

[Rigadon]

A lot of the clips on his showreel are him playing quite centrally or on the left? Is he actually a right winger?

He's spent time across the front three, mainly depending on who else he was playing with. He started as a winger, but in his second season in the first team at PSV they started playing him centrally as their striker (Mitroglou, once of Fulham) was being rubbish.

In his last season as PSV he was their main striker, with Gakpo (now Liverpool) and Madueke (now Chelsea) either side of him and he pinged 27 goals in.

Dortmund then bought him as back-up / eventual replacement for Haaland, but they had about four or five other players all competing for that role, so didn't get much of a look in, and was in and out of the team for 18 months. Since then, he's found his niche playing on the wide right of three with a big striker in the middle.

Sounds promising, cheers

[85kota]

Interestingly, it looks like he spent a couple of years in the Arsenal youth system.  Obviously never got close to their first team, but it's not like the demands of the English game will be new to him.

Emery would have first come across him then, right?

I looked at their wiki pages (because it’s my first day back at work and I don’t want to do any) and it doesn’t look like they crossed paths.

Edit - Som, clearly as bored as I am beat me to it

Pull yer finger out you lazyarse. Workshy oafs are a major reason this country is on its knees.

[LeeB]

Interestingly, it looks like he spent a couple of years in the Arsenal youth system.  Obviously never got close to their first team, but it's not like the demands of the English game will be new to him.

Emery would have first come across him then, right?

I looked at their wiki pages (because it’s my first day back at work and I don’t want to do any) and it doesn’t look like they crossed paths.

Edit - Som, clearly as bored as I am beat me to it

Pull yer finger out you lazyarse. Workshy oafs are a major reason this country is on its knees.

Time of post, 4pm.

[Olneythelonely]

Interestingly, it looks like he spent a couple of years in the Arsenal youth system.  Obviously never got close to their first team, but it's not like the demands of the English game will be new to him.

Emery would have first come across him then, right?

I looked at their wiki pages (because it’s my first day back at work and I don’t want to do any) and it doesn’t look like they crossed paths.

Edit - Som, clearly as bored as I am beat me to it

Pull yer finger out you lazyarse. Workshy oafs are a major reason this country is on its knees.

Get back to work then, you weirdo.

[eamonn]

Olney could have made millions on Snapchat if his rat-video had gone viral a few years later so I think he deserves to be slothful every early January from now to 2065.