More respect for him if he's actually putting his career first and thinking about his development. He should find a club that wants to develop him as a central midfielder.
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More respect for him if he's actually putting his career first and thinking about his development. He should find a club that wants to develop him as a central midfielder.
He strikes me as the kind of hard working player that would buy into Klopp's philosophy as well. Not sure about him being a CM but it's a much better move for him.
Totally agree, it's clearly not about the money, he wants to play and he wants to play in his preferred role. Really though we've screwed ourselves over, we should have finalised negotiations early in the summer and if he didn't want to sign sell him then. Now we might be end up losing him for nothing next summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
Liverpool makes more sense for Ox.
I think a lot of people are judging our players by Wenger's pathetically lowly standards. Ox will rip it up once he's playing for a decent coach who can train a little bit of game sense into him. He needs structure and Klopp will give that to him in spades, without depriving him of his flair.
That's why Wenger has held onto Theo all this time. He fears how dangerous Theo could be if coached by somebody who wasn't a complete fucking moron.
Does this mean Lemar to Liverpool is dead, or are they going for both?
By the sounds of things we want Lemar, and Oxlade is our backup.
Based on not very much at all, I think Oxlade is more likely than Lemar given Monaco seemingly don't want to sell at all and Oxlade, despite having only a year left, is half the price and hopefully will accept less in wages if he's so insistent in joining us.
Lemar to Barca is the latest rumour.
Interesting triangle.
Considering the bullshit we saw against Liverpool, why hasn't Ox been given a proper run in the midfield? If that's what he is holding out for why not give him that chance before getting to this situation?
You know Wenger, he likes to stick to something regardless of the outcome, Xhaka seems to be the problem at the moment Wenger is insisting on playing despite his very underwhelming displays since he arrived.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
He's not the answer IMO, I'd have got rid and signe someone else or given Ox a chance personally.
He got his chance last season and he played quite well. So obviously Wenger dropped him. Wenger often tries to identify a player's best position so he can go on to play him elsewhere. I think he does this, possibly, because he's a complete fucking crackpot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
Again, credit to Ox if he pursues this path and gets his way. Sticking to his guns (excuse the pun) and rejecting contracts from us and Chelsea, a reported £220k, shows that he is serious about playing through the middle and developing as a player. Why on earth would Wenger think shifting further into a RWB role or even LWB would appease him? How stupid is he?
Ox is from a footballing family. His uncle and father played ball so I'm sure there are enough advisors around. Wenger must have known that too considering he builds close ties with families when signing kids. Seeing how serious he is about playing through the middle, it makes no sense to unbalance the squad by playing him out of position and not showing flexibility in an area we're really struggling in.
Always been against the square legs in round holes thing because this is what it results in. Players end up leaving and we just unbalance the squad for nothing.
Also, Wenger never learns when it comes to leaving it late in the day to offer a player a new contract. I'm convinced he's losing his memory. Theo went through the same and warned Wenger not to take him for granted and assume he'll sign anything in front of him. The club handle these situations so poorly and we were always going to arrive at this point. It's the final wake up call now.. With the team crumbling again, people now must see we're managed by an idiot.