You must have missed the part where I said he has a reputation for only playing when he feels like it. Putting that aside, Bergwijn was not here last summer, and Son (as erratic as he is) is our most dynamic forward.
You are a real hoot, you know. You first came to my attention as a loud voice in the wilderness who valued workrate over all else. And look at you now; still with the hated for athleticism (you roundy fucker, you), but you have taken things up a notch of nuttiness by getting semis for players who think pressing is for other people.
I think Laurens was talking bollocks. Turning up infrequently was not one of Fekir’s issues IMO.
I don’t hate athleticism, but it’s fucking pointless if it’s housing a dimwit.
In an ideal world all players would be athletic, genius, workaholics, but I’m realistic enough to know that’s not going to be available to us and most players we get will be compromised.
A) I don't think Fekir is as lazy as you do
B) There are a few players who’s upside can payoff their compromise well enough to justify it - I think at 20m he’s one of them.
There are players I’d have ahead of him, who are more complete, (Brandt, Havertz, Sancho, Sane etc) but most are out of our reach or budget (but I do like Eze and hope we bring him in - but he's raw). I wouldn’t want a team of Fekir’s, but with our bunch of bumbling fuckwits, for 20m, he’d be a quantum upgrade on the likes of Alli, Moura, Lamela, Bergwijn in terms of intelligence and can play CF too.