Alejandro Garnacho - discussion thread

[Ads]

Guessand must be offered. When the nippers are getting minutes and he isnt, fairly clear what is happening. If we can ship him, we'll get another winger.

[Dogtanian]

I'm guessing Guessand hasn't, or has only just, returned from his break. Ivory Coast were knocked out on 30th June, so three weeks off would have him back this week. So probably not ready to play in pre-season even if he is back at Bodymoor.

[andyh]

Won’t Guessand still be on leave after his efforts at the World Cup ?

[paul_e]

Guessand must be offered. When the nippers are getting minutes and he isnt, fairly clear what is happening. If we can ship him, we'll get another winger.

If that's specific to last night I assume he's not even back training yet given he was at the world cup. We do need to do something with him though, either sell up or see if he can work as a 9/10 because he didn't look comfortable on the wing and was better at Palace playing much more central.

[Dogtanian]

According to the Express & Star;

"Those players involved at the World Cup have been granted at least three weeks off, with John McGinn, Victor Lindelof and Evann Guessand not expected back until before the club embark on their tour of the Far East."

[Dave]

Guessand must be offered. When the nippers are getting minutes and he isnt, fairly clear what is happening. If we can ship him, we'll get another winger.

If that's specific to last night I assume he's not even back training yet given he was at the world cup. We do need to do something with him though, either sell up or see if he can work as a 9/10 because he didn't look comfortable on the wing and was better at Palace playing much more central.

And while the idea that he might come back, be rehabilitated and be useful might seem ridiculous on what he showed last year, 12 months ago I don't think many of us would have predicted the Buenaissance that was to come either.

[paul_e]

Guessand must be offered. When the nippers are getting minutes and he isnt, fairly clear what is happening. If we can ship him, we'll get another winger.

If that's specific to last night I assume he's not even back training yet given he was at the world cup. We do need to do something with him though, either sell up or see if he can work as a 9/10 because he didn't look comfortable on the wing and was better at Palace playing much more central.

And while the idea that he might come back, be rehabilitated and be useful might seem ridiculous on what he showed last year, 12 months ago I don't think many of us would have predicted the Buenaissance that was to come either.

Yep, indeed. I'm not saying he will but if we aren't moving him on then we need to give it a go because it's a lot of money doing nothing otherwise.

[Sexual Ealing]

It's worth a try. All our strikers are rubbish!

Edit: a rat has looked up from its lunch outside Snappy Snaps as Olneythelonely's fag is extinguished by the steam from his ears.

[Drummond]

Here's a little highlights reel. Including footage from last season. This is the sort of play we wanted to see from Bailey, Guessand and Sancho.

[LukeJames]

Garnacho and Maatsen down the left certainly gives us some much needed pace, probably the fastest left side in the League. Not so sure of the defensive side of it though.

[Olneythelonely]

It's worth a try. All our strikers are rubbish!

Edit: a rat has looked up from its lunch outside Snappy Snaps as Olneythelonely's fag is extinguished by the steam from his ears.

It was the rattiversary last Thursday actually. Someone at work got AI to reimagine the scene. I’d post it but I can’t seem to add a pic. Shame.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Having slept on it, I'm really struggling on us spending €50m on a player that will need major rehabilitation especially when there's very little evidence he'll ever be worth it. The same goes for Nicolas Jackson. I appreciate Unai loves a project but he'll already have his hands full trying to integrate all the new signings.

For €50m there's got to be better alternatives out there?

[Dogtanian]

Having slept on it, I'm really struggling on us spending €50m on a player that will need major rehabilitation especially when there's very little evidence he'll ever be worth it. The same goes for Nicolas Jackson. I appreciate Unai loves a project but he'll already have his hands full trying to integrate all the new signings.

For €50m there's got to be better alternatives out there?

I think the point is that he is potentially a €100m player available for a lot less than that. We can't spend that sort of money, so we look at the seconds and the refurb jobs, hoping that if we are clever we can get that player at a price that's doable.

It's a risk, but it's our most realistic shot at getting players above our current level.