Zatman Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 15 hours ago, nepal_villan said: Very few were complaining when we signed the two players. Actually, most fans were quite giddy. I wasnt. We were signing a Barcelona and Everton reserve as Rafa saw right through Digne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david-avfc Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 18 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Back to Everton or France on loan , I'd say we will do well to get £60k wages and maybe a £2m loan fee. It is £5m saved this season which is something. But to save £5m we’d then have to buy another left back and pay them PL wages which overall costs a lot more than £5m, and we’re still stuck with the same problem a year down the line. Think it’s a case of sell him or utilise him. Hopefully a PL club makes the same mistake as us and buys him off of his reputation without any closer inspection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david-avfc Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) 16 hours ago, nepal_villan said: Very few were complaining when we signed the two players. Actually, most fans were quite giddy. This is why you need proper scouts and analysts to cut through the hype and reputations of these players and just see the players for what they actually are. The bizarre thing is we apparently had it with Lange and the gang but then decided to start signing players on reputation at the whim of billy big bollocks Gerrard who wanted to take over recruitment despite barely knowing his arse from his elbow Edited July 15, 2023 by david-avfc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 I don't think Digne is a bad player but he wasn't worth the outlay, especially as he seems quite injury prone. He's no-where near as dynamic as Moreno but he's as good a defender and can whip a better ball in from deep. I am not surprised we'd consider offers but equally if he stays around he'll have a big role to play this season given our extra Euro commitments. It's also not clear that Moreno is going to be fit to start the season, so we need a decent back up, whether that is Digne or someone else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 16 hours ago, nepal_villan said: Very few were complaining when we signed the two players. Actually, most fans were quite giddy. Maybe the examples of Coutinho, Digne and Traoré, should suggest that any player who struggled at Barcelona, is destined to disappoint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 15 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: We can’t afford to have squad players on 160k a week. He's clearly on double that. Stop undermining Digne. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 55 minutes ago, Zatman said: I wasnt. We were signing a Barcelona and Everton reserve as Rafa saw right through Digne Right through how? I don’t think Dignes a bad player at all. Doesn’t have any attitude issues from what I can see as well. He’s not a what we need in a left back atm but if he wasn’t signed on mad wages I’d have no problem with him being back up to Moreno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Just now, The_Steve said: He's clearly on double that. Stop undermining Digne. Think they are talking about his appearance bonus not his salary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: Maybe the examples of Coutinho, Digne and Traoré, should suggest that any player who struggled at Barcelona, is destined to disappoint? Not necessarily, digne was quality for Everton. Traore left as a kid. And coutinho had a really good season at Bayern the season before he came here Edited July 15, 2023 by IrishVilla10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted July 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2023 Digne is still a very good player and will start the season as our left back. No problem with that. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 12 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said: Digne's not a what we need in a left back atm but if he wasn’t signed on mad wages I’d have no problem with him being back up to Moreno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said: Right through how? I don’t think Dignes a bad player at all. Doesn’t have any attitude issues from what I can see as well. He’s not a what we need in a left back atm but if he wasn’t signed on mad wages I’d have no problem with him being back up to Moreno That he wasnt very good and a defensive liability. Everton sold Digne and sacked Rafa a few days later so Everton were also happy get rid No issues with his attitude Edited July 15, 2023 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, Zatman said: That he wasnt very good and a defensive liability. Everton sold Digne and sacked Rafa a few days later so Everton were also happy get rid No issues with his attitude I’m going to take the fact he was rated by ancelotti over the idea that rafa Benitez saw right through him to be honest. Who got sacked a week after he was sold. And we can’t pretend Everton have been well run the last few seasons either so that can’t be much of a reflection on Digne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 32 minutes ago, Xela said: Digne is still a very good player and will start the season as our left back. No problem with that. Nope, get rid of him and his wages, get augustinson back in... Seems to be a struggle with fans that this is the level of quality we will need in our squad to get anywhere Chelsea have the 2 most expensive left backs in football history in their squad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 25 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: I’m aware sir, but that’s the only issue with Digne as far as I’m concerned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: Nope, get rid of him and his wages, get augustinson back in... Seems to be a struggle with fans that this is the level of quality we will need in our squad to get anywhere Chelsea have the 2 most expensive left backs in football history in their squad Having 130k a week back up left backs or whatever are absolutely not where we are as a club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 19 minutes ago, Zatman said: That he wasnt very good and a defensive liability. Everton sold Digne and sacked Rafa a few days later so Everton were also happy get rid No issues with his attitude Everton were in financial turmoil, they needed to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 1 minute ago, CVByrne said: Everton were in financial turmoil, they needed to sell. So why did we give them 25m for a left back they were desperate to get rid of. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: So why did we give them 25m for a left back they were desperate to get rid of. Because if we didn’t Newcastle were going to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Everton were in financial turmoil, they needed to sell. The same window they spent 29 million and signed Alli which could have brought the spending up to nearly 70 million that window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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