Must admit I’ve only seen him play a few times, but never noticed much to rave about.
That’s not saying much, obvs.
Anyway, they apparently bought him only a year ago for €42m, and are now looking to offload after he failed to make his mark...
He is one of those players who you will notice more when he is missing from the team than when he is in it. He is a glue guy. I would like to see him develop into more of a catalyst, but he definitely gets more stick than he deserves. Low on the...
Well, as you are apparently so curious I was diagnosed with incurable cancer and retired early a few years after diagnosis when I relapsed so as not to waste whatever time lay ahead of me working my backside off. Thankfully due to continuing...
Some say that diagnoses are effectively curses.
Placebo/nocebo effects and all that.
Fair play to you for being bloody-minded enough to prove them wrong.
…he joined Everton for £1m, became a full England international & has been on PL contracts for 9 years.
I think it worked out extremely well for him :lol:
Christ. Bit of sweeping statement. I'd suggest Brits are way worse, more ignorant (see above), less refined and bigger helmets by far.
More Helmuts in Germany though 😉
Wouldn’t bother me this tbh. If they bought him back then it would be a significant profit for us.
And without a buyback clause they could just buy him back if they wanted anyway.
I just rewatched his 50 league goals video earlier - highlights reel and all that, but plenty of cool finishes earlier in his career.
He’s been a shadow of his earlier promise in recent seasons, unfortunately.
I’d be all over a move to Italy...