Of course not. But we may be in a position to finally sell him for large amounts. If, let’s say, Chong yields us 20m in transfer fees, it will be a good contribution towards our incoming transfers.
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We can’t get £20 million for Lingard who’s player at the highest level and on the back of probably his most consistent period form wise in his career so we’re not getting £20 million for Chong on the back of a loan spell at a Championship club, I’d love for that to happen but it’s not.
It works differently. Lingard is on astronomical wages, while Chong is on modest ones - so it’s easier for buyers to buy Chong than Lingard
I agree with your reasoning but Chong needs to be a contender for championship POTY to command a 20m fee.
Chong wage is by no means modest. I remember he signed new contract not long ago worth 30k per week, for a youngster without any first team experience, its huge.
It'll be Neves!
As ridiculous as it sounds, tomorrow’s result could have a major say in whether we progress another deal before the end of summer.
Whilst I think we have approached our transfers In a more methodical way since Ole came in, it still feels as though we have a knee jerk in us, both fans and management.
Whilst I think we have approached our transfers In a more methodical way since Ole came in, it still feels as though we have a knee jerk in us, both fans and management.
it’s still about 4 times lower compared to Lingard
This attitude is why we suck at selling players. James price is the highest it will ever be. We will struggle to sell him next season when he has not featured much and more people realise he's not good enough for this level. We have Sancho, Pogba, Greenwood, Rashford, Mata and Elanga for the 2 wing positions. We can even keep Amad if we want. Just sell him ffs.
We don't sell young players no matter what, we don't sell academy players no matter how old they are, we don't sell star players, we don't sell first team players who can be upgraded and we don't sell squad players.
Who the feck then we can sell? Coaches?
This with James and Lingard is mind blowing
Who the feck then we can sell? Coaches?
This with James and Lingard is mind blowing
Think we might even go to 2 more before deadline . Neves and Trippier if we move some on.
Chong has been sensational in his first Birmingham-matches. If he continues like this - we should consider taking him back next season.
Let’s face it, does it matter if we sign someone else before deadline day?
Ole won’t start them until Xmas anyway
Ole won’t start them until Xmas anyway
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Please sign a midfielder before the end of the window.
We should be panicking a bit. I hope we are. Doesn't mean I want us to buy someone shite for the sake of it, but surely we can't go the rest of the season with these options.
Forget that I am all for buying for the sake of it after seeing that shite today
We are doing nothing unless we sign a midfielder of some kind in the next few weeks.
No truer thing has ever been said and perhaps today woke up those thinking all was hunky dory after beating Leeds
Saw someone talking 20m for Chong.
Unbelievable.
He'll go for 2m down the line I expect. If that.
Unbelievable.
He'll go for 2m down the line I expect. If that.
In fairness we haven't even once started our 2 actual signings yet.
Until those 2 are bedded in we can't really judge the improvements of what we've already done.
maybe the draw was a blessing in disguise
Indeed. We’ve known this for months.
Our deeper midfield options are McTominay, Fred and Matic. Let that sink in.
Can we make this happen please!
Would be the case if our manager didn't have such a blatant blind spot to the problem
Oh I don’t know, someone once said to me after the birth of my first child “You’ll never have peace of mind again” and that’s right up there with “Martial is shit”
He certainly was today
It's not going to fix our atrocious midfield though mate, people are talking about missing McTominay and that he's the best we have, the latter part I think is a fair shout but he's a bench player at any true top side. We basically have 3 midfielders, McFred and Matic who is changing CM to Corpse Midfielder at this point, as VdB is clearly not fancied and Pogba is finally being used as an attacker. We are short of depth and quality in this area of the team.
Yes we could do with a worldly in there.
But we were never making 3 huge signings in 1 summer. I'm still amazed we got 2 done.
But he’s addressed he’s wanted one
Maybe but today shows he hasn't got the luxury to wait for a year
Mourinho got 4 and did Lvg get 6 in his first season and 4 in his second? We got Varane for less than we paid for players like Mkhitaryan, Fred and AWB, surely there's £35M in the kitty for one of Neves/Bissouma/Camavinga.
Quite simply Jesse has to be sold in the next 9 days, surely Leicester or West Ham can find £20m
Yep and we all knew that. That’s why I think draw could be a blessing in disguise.
People always talk about games at the end of the season being decisive but no, two points dropped today are just as important
It seems Clingard's delusion is the biggest stumbling block.
Ugh I feel sick just thinking about no midfield buy
Look at Chelsea playing Jorginho next to Kovacic. Both technical, but not defensively anything strong. Look how having two ball carriers and press resistant players can work even if you don't have a DM available right now. We're so reticent to do anything other than play with a defence first midfield that we scare ourselves out of being able to use good technical midfielders to run a game.
Yeah bang on pal and it's a damn shame
The game was frustrating to watch from our perspective. Jorginho and Kovacic repeatedly took the ball confidently with their first touch and moved it on. Our midfielders can’t do that with any sort of consistency and it’s why we consistently struggle against aggressive teams like Southampton today.
Well he has been quoted this week as saying he has been told no a few times in relation to transfers so whilst it is not Mourinho levels of toys out of the pram I think he is pretty clearly signaling that he has made it clear to the board he wants Trippier and a new midfielder and it is now out of his hands.