Chelsea are signing Cole Palmer for 45m.
Chelsea are signing Cole Palmer for 45m.
A rising star with lots of potential for two-thirds of the price they got us to pay for a total flopOriginally Posted by Marc Overmars
Chelsea are signing Cole Palmer for 45m.
Looks like Palace are interested in Holding.
Those silly sods
Can’t believe we haven’t got a buyer for Pepe. Not even from Saudi.
Heading towards a contract termination which would be a fitting end to the worst signing in the clubs history.
It’s weird, not sure we can blame Arteta fully for it. Just feels like he doesn’t have the best attitude. Would I keep him at the club? Yes I would. But he’s had a whole season on loan to prove himself and doesn’t look like it’s happened
In terms of the quality of the player, nowhere near our worst signing - even in recent times we have Mustafi, Runarrsson, Tavares, Xhaka (for the first five seasons) and for my money Zinchenko because of how his presence has allowed Arteta to abandon the LB altogether and undermine the team's performance
was Pepe worth what we paid? - ofc not, but in my mind there's no doubt he could have made a more significant impact if we'd had different managers overseeing him
Last edited by Mac76; 01-09-2023 at 09:35 AM.
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But for the price we paid, Pepe has to be one of the worst value for money signing we've made.
I could be wrong here, but Nice didn’t express any interest in signing him permanently did they?. I wouldn’t want to guess why that is, probably lack of money as we seem determined to recoup some of the money we paid for him. Ultimately it’s about separating the question is he one of our worst signings with is he one of the worst players to play for is?. Now in regard to the latter, the answer is definitely no. Definitely been better for us than Jadon Sancho, Angel Di Maria or Anthony has been for Man United without any shadow of a doubt.
But we spent 72 million on a one season wonder, and he’s been buried under the weight of expectation of that price tag. The fact that neither Emery or Arteta or it appears Lucien Favre or the young (word I’m not going to use because it made for a tiresome debate the other day) rated him either.
I can see why, he can be a good finisher, but he won’t come deep to win possession, he doesn’t have a brilliant first touch and sometimes doesn’t even bother to make runs to be found…he clearly has talent but is exceptionally lazy.
Despite all that, I’d keep him as a back pocket option as it would be better than shelling out to cancel his contract
Looking to bring in Joao Cancelo on loan for the season. I think that would be a very good move, actually a proper full back who can cover both sides.
Now obviously I think we need a striker but that’s not going to happen at least before January…but as much as I do get irritated with us signing defenders and neglecting other areas i think this would be a useful and needed player
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