david-avfc Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 I wouldn’t be trying to force him out, but if offers were there we’d have to consider it. He’s a decent player but the central midfielders under Emery are crucial in our build up phase, and I don’t think Dendoncker is naturally comfortable enough on the ball to do the job to the same effect as Kamara, Luiz or McGinn or presumably now Tielemans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 For me it depends on the offer. If we can get back what we paid for him id sell. He made a lot of appearances from the bench and id expect those to be much fewer. If we had an injury to Kamara i think Mcginn is now more likely to slot in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 He played an important role in arguable our two best performances of the season (Man Utd & Newcastle). He's a more than capable squad player. Keep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted June 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2023 Yes Donks! (Tielemans in there too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 On 12/06/2023 at 02:07, Delphinho123 said: Me too. I’m all for building a squad but we also have to balance the books somewhat. We have Tielemans, Kamara and Luiz who can play in the middle and also McGinn if he needs to. McGinn was brilliant in there whenever he played there this season. If McGinn moves centrally, one of our new wide attacking players will play, if not start. Lots of options. Not convinced Dendoncker is needed at all to be honest. Same goes for Chambers. Both are surplus to requirements for me. If both of them go, then we are left with only 3 senior cbs in the squad, and Diego Carlos is still coming off a major injury. If we sign another one, like Pau Torres, then cool. But I think having Dendoncker in the squad when he can cover midfield and cb is extremely valuable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) On 18/06/2023 at 01:43, alreadyexists said: Yes Donks! (Tielemans in there too) Not good enough even as squad player for us though according to quite a few on here. Edited June 21, 2023 by zab6359 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 In the Athletic article linking us to Tyler Adams it states that the club are willing to listen to offers for Dendoncker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 23 minutes ago, Wes said: In the Athletic article linking us to Tyler Adams it states that the club are willing to listen to offers for Dendoncker. Not surprised really, whilst he hasn’t let us down (Stevenage aside) when playing, but I don’t think he’s as mobile as Emery wants for that role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 He's a useful utility player to have but listening to offers is a good place to be at with him I think. If any halfway decent offer comes in, should be off quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 On 17/06/2023 at 18:43, alreadyexists said: Yes Donks! (Tielemans in there too) The Belgian midfield will be warming our bench next season! How times change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 14 minutes ago, Kingman said: The Belgian midfield will be warming our bench next season! How times change I expect Dendoncker to leave tbh. Depending on who we can get to come in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 9 hours ago, GlobalVillan said: I expect Dendoncker to leave tbh. Depending on who we can get to come in. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 10 hours ago, MotoMkali said: I mean he literally plays mcginn in that role when Kamara and Luiz are fit so you are chatting bollocks Which game did he play MgGinn in the defensive midfield role when both Kamara and Luiz were fit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 If we sign a replacement he will leave. If we don't he stays. It's not that important he's a quality player and any replacement will at best be a marginal increase over Donk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Donk gets stick but he started pretty much all our best footballing performances last season, Brentford, Newcastle and Man. United at home. Could've scored about 20 goals over those three games so not like his presence reduces our technical quality. I'm probably in camp as most others, happy for him to stay and play europa and prem games here and there but will go if we get in another good CM. You certainly don't sell him and replace him with Tim that's for sure. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) Club did a post dedicated to him on insta today, hopefully going nowhere. Edited June 29, 2023 by zab6359 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 4 hours ago, zab6359 said: Club did a post dedicated to him on insta today, hopefully going nowhere. They've been doing posts on a number of players over the break. Don't think it means anything specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich192 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Interesting. If we do sell, hopefully it’s for a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, Rich192 said: Interesting. If we do sell, hopefully it’s for a profit. I think we got him for a bargain as he had 1 year left on his contract and had a one year option to extend. Transfermarkt had him valued at €28m and we paid €15m. My guess is he's got 3 years left on his deal so any sale over £9.5m is profit. I think he'd get 14-16m in current market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Rich192 said: Interesting. If we do sell, hopefully it’s for a profit. A real shame this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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