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Midz wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:11 pmExactly. These players aren't involved or don't get game time because they're not good enough, if they were they'd be playing regularly.rodders999 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:03 pmI remember when he joined Real Madrid in 2015 and he was supposed to be the next big sensation.
He's played a grand total of 264 minutes for the them in La Liga in the 6 years since
The Norwich guy looks good for £40m and he's proven. Let's not waste more money on another hopeful / reject.
Hold on midz - the norwich guy is proven in the championship where as the kid at real madrid shone in last seasons spanish top flight. It should also be said that he joined real madrid at 15 years old so rodders comment about him being there 6 years is technically accurate, but doesnt tell the full story in the context of his lack of game time.
I should also point to the likes of cesc and pique who werent good enough to play for barca when they were kids and came over here where they flourished.
Likewise gnarby didnt shine here and got fcuk all minutes but we seen how that worked out - people will point at wenger and claim that he fcuked gnarby over and that is of course true, but how do we know that zidane is doing the same with this kid ?
For the record I dont know anything about this kid so dont know if he is good enough or not, but I do know that writing him off based on the above criteria isnt right either
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There have been a couple of interesting articles in the last few days which have talked about the £190M we've lost on out of contract players (including Mustafi this coming summer) which is pretty damning. We have been bad at negotiations for years there is no doubt but what is worrying is that with Wenger gone from the club for 2 1/2 years we still seem no closer to resolving this problem. It will be interesting to see if things improve when Garlick arrives 
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Just the sort of player we should be looking at, young with something to prove and a sell on value if it doesn't work our. Loan with option to buy would be the deal to do , being Norwegian probably helps as most are premier league fans , hope we beat sociadad for his signaturemcdowell42 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:32 pmExclusive: #AFC make approach to Real Madrid for Martin Odegaard. Madrid considering. Arteta big fan & Odegaard keen on regular first team football. Not a given, other interest in him. More on @SkySportsNews
Also will take some pressure of Emile
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Martin Ødegaard is ‘tempted’ by Arsenal’s bid. Real Sociedad have been in advanced talks to sign him & this has been the player’s priority for months, but Arsenal’s offer has made him take hours/days to reflect. He will decide his next move with his family. [@FabrizioRomano] #afc
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Andre Santos. Francis Jeffers. Chu-young Park
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I doubt Madrid will do anymore loans deals with us after complaining about Mr Roundabout not getting enough game time
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I just find it unbelievable how badly this club has been run. It is as if they work in a completely different reality to the rest of us. What other business would allow the loss of millions of pounds worth of assets and then try a PR spin on how much money we save in wages when the players finally depart. It's like me giving away my van then trying to convince the wife it's ok I will save hundreds of pounds on fuel that I won't use,o by the way I need to buy a replacement. No one appears to be held accountable for the losses, they are just quietly let go with their reputations intact.GoonerMuzz wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:14 pmThere have been a couple of interesting articles in the last few days which have talked about the £190M we've lost on out of contract players (including Mustafi this coming summer) which is pretty damning. We have been bad at negotiations for years there is no doubt but what is worrying is that with Wenger gone from the club for 2 1/2 years we still seem no closer to resolving this problem. It will be interesting to see if things improve when Garlick arrives
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IW8Goalmachine wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:23 pmI doubt Madrid will do anymore loans deals with us after complaining about Mr Roundabout not getting enough game time
But I thought he had turned all that around?
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OneBardGooner wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:18 pmIW8Goalmachine wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:23 pmI doubt Madrid will do anymore loans deals with us after complaining about Mr Roundabout not getting enough game time
But I thought he had turned all that around?
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rodders999 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:03 pmI remember when he joined Real Madrid in 2015 and he was supposed to be the next big sensation.
He's played a grand total of 264 minutes for the them in La Liga in the 6 years since
Was watching ssn a while ago and found out that he has been out on loan at different clubs for the past 3 seasons - last season he was on loan at sociedad and the 2 previous seasons he was on loan in the dutch top division, and he played almost every league game in those 3 seasons. In summation he was on loan when he was 21 years old, on loan at 20 years of age, and on loan at 19 years of age, so he was only at madrid between age of 15 to 18 so it is no big surprise that he hasnt played much for them.
The thing that would bother me about this isgning is that it doesnt address a need in the team - people say that we would be in trouble at the number 10 spot if smith-rowe gets injured but at least we have smith-rowe to play that position whilst we have no proper player to play the 8 position alongside partey. Would signing this guy limit smith-rowe's game time and thus limit his development, and if not why would this guy leave madrid due to a lack of game time, only to find himself getting splinters up his arse on our bench ?
Le cock made a habit of buying players in positions where we were alright and to the detriment of other positions - is history repeating itself ?
