Perhaps we've got a sell on clause . . . .If only?
Ah well.
No sell on clause as we didn’t sell Adama he left after release clause met.Perhaps we've got a sell on clause . . . .
I thought they didn't meet the price but paid a similar sum in installments, which wouldn't have been written into the buy out clause?No sell on clause as we didn’t sell Adama he left after release clause met.
I love it when Boro fans are fully briefed on the finer details of a transfer, payment terms and clausesI thought they didn't meet the price but paid a similar sum in installments, which wouldn't have been written into the buy out clause?
Doesn't quite explain away that he can only muster a goal every 20 games himself for £30m+ valuation?If wolves had a decent striker he would have a lot more than 2 assists, some of the chances missed on Sunday where worse than Britts
He needs to scoring goals himself and not rely and some one else’s ability to benefit an assist. If your going to a top 5 club for £50m you need to be getting near double figures .If wolves had a decent striker he would have a lot more than 2 assists, some of the chances missed on Sunday where worse than Britts
I thought he had end product now?Whatever happened to the £100 swoop from Liverpool that never came?
2 goals and 2 assists in his last 40 Prem appearances is hardly setting the place on fire. Nuno must still see something in him mind. From the game against Utd he's still showing some promise. Could end up like Project Emnes.
I always thought his final balls were good, and with good pace, but Beckham couldn't pick out a striker in the box if there isn't one in the box, or if the "striker" is half asleep.I watched the wolves game at the weekend and he had clearly improved. He was fun to watch, his final balls were much better he did seem to drift out of the game in the last 30 minutes or so.
Also he had bulked up and looks massive.
He looked much better at the weekend than he did for us, which isn't surprising he is playing with better players and has continued to develop.I always thought his final balls were good, and with good pace, but Beckham couldn't pick out a striker in the box if there isn't one in the box, or if the "striker" is half asleep.
The last 6 months of Traore for us, he was unplayable, man v man, and that's why his average rating was way beyond anyone in the champo for that timeframe. His best asset is that teams had to double mark him, but we had no other options to take advantage of that benefit. We gained nothing with a man and hevantage elsewhere when the team was too slow and forced to be otherwise defensive due to limitations with the team.
Put him in a Man City, and he would rarely have to defend, or certainly not need to drop into his own half. He would also only need to play 70 minutes (due to strong, creative bench), and wouldn't be possible to double mark him as it leaves Foden or De Bruyne on his own, or the rest of the oppo end up knackered playing 8 v City's 9 remaining outfielders, which is a certain heavy loss in the second half.
I think the vast, vast majority of Traore's improvements came under Pulis. Nuno might have made him better defensively (or forced him to be more aware), but when that's at the cost of his main strength it's kind of pointless to most teams. It would be like changing Juninho into a holding midfielder. Wolves kind of got forced into that, as they had to play the way they did. He'll be better without Nuno, I think, and Traore should avoid following him if he wants to play his own game.