Let him go man.
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I'll bet you he starts scoring goals again when he leaves us. No other team will even try to make him a midfielder they'll just play him off a striker and ask him to do the one thing he (was) good at.27 mil seems fair for Dele.
I find the negativity towards Dele rather strange. In our opening 3 games he was very good, playing outside of his normal position. Made some important defensive contributions and worked non stop.
The whole team didn't perform against Palace, and the turnaround in the 2nd half of the Chelsea game was due to Kante marking Dele out of the game.
Agree that against Woolwich he was woeful - but to be fair; so was the entire squad due to the tactics adopted.
4-2-3-1 seems to be our strongest formation. Son / Kane and Moura seem to be nailed on starters for now and Holjberg/Skipp are proving to be a formidable duo. So that only leaves 1 stop for GCL, Dele and Ndombele to compete. 3 very different players; with 3 different skills sets.
We saw against Villa that Ndombele just doesn't do enough. No tracking back, no showing for the ball - If he popped up with a goal or assist every game this could be forgiven, but for me he doesn't do enough to warrant a start.
Still a big role for Dele to play for us this season.
Levy: 80 million or forget about it
I thought after the first couple of games he was showing signs of wanting his footballDele is shocking
I've been saying it for the past year.
He got dropped and we play well.
He slows this team down. This is the problem. He can't pass , he can't dribble well , his shooting is appauling. What does he actually do?
Run about? I'll go down to Watford and ask for Sissoko back if you want someone to run about.
He can't change game and he can't threaten an opposition.
So so poor and anonymous recently and even against NS Mura didn't look great against a really bad team. He doesn't fit into this team. I wish this club and some of our fans (not really people on this forum but people on twitter , some journalists etc..) would stop thinking he'll come back or saying he's good. He's not and he's not coming back. He's been out of form not for weeks but YEARS.
He is going nowhere, no one will take him on 100 grand a weekI thought after the first couple of games he was showing signs of wanting his football
career back, but sadly that looks like it was was a false dawn….A move in January might be best for all parties.
Such a shame for a very talented promising player…When his career is over he will have regrets, and I hope he figures out who is to blame….
We said that about Sissoko too, getting that 100k a week or 10+ million in wages could be worth selling him for a modest transfer fee or simply tearing up his contract…He is going nowhere, no one will take him on 100 grand a week
He wanted to go on loan last year but was refused. Maybe a swap deal with somebody is an option. But the clubs he thinks he should be playing for probably aren't going to be interested in him and the clubs who will take him probably don't have players we want.We said that about Sissoko too, getting that 100k a week or 10+ million in wages could be worth selling him for a modest transfer fee or simply tearing up his contract…
I am sure Levy wanted a Loan fee and a decent chunk of his wages paid? And who in their right mind would pay a loan fee and 50k a week for Dele in his current state. 50k a week to watch him post on instagram and float around the pitch trying a back heel there.He wanted to go on loan last year but was refused. Maybe a swap deal with somebody is an option. But the clubs he thinks he should be playing for probably aren't going to be interested in him and the clubs who will take him probably don't have players we want.
My guess is he hangs around till the summer doing very little. Such a waste of a career though.
I want to be constructive on Dele but fact is, he hasn't cracked double digit goals in a season across all competitions in over 3 yrs. This is the same guy that scored 18 goals in the PL alone when he was 19/20 years old.
Quite a shocking fall/decline for Dele.