I’d sign him again.
Shorter deal perhaps and not on the wages he’s been eying (though we don’t know, maybe that was just agent overreach).
I read people saying “no, we need someone more reliable”, but tbh I don’t know where that person comes from for a price we can presently justify. Strikers who are capable of (not even guaranteed) goals in the Premier League are hard to come by. DCL is on the fringes of that category and if relations haven’t completely broken down remains a reasonable option.
For me he falls into the same category as McNeil. Is he what we want for the longer term? No. But will he work if supplemented by a bit of solid transfer business around the squad? Yeah. If we can use him better and if he stays fit. Gambles both, but we’re not out of the ‘beggars can’t be choosers’ club just yet.
We should resign, as sell on value is worth something by itself, but just like everything for the next year or two DCL shouldn’t be our only option. And for me that’s the position we’re in right now; we can’t spunk money on proven quality / reliability (that comes still later), but we can (finally) get more comparable bodies in so that an injury to DCL doesn’t leave us playing [Poor language removed] like Broja or Beto.
And, y’know… but some crosses into the box.
Shorter deal perhaps and not on the wages he’s been eying (though we don’t know, maybe that was just agent overreach).
I read people saying “no, we need someone more reliable”, but tbh I don’t know where that person comes from for a price we can presently justify. Strikers who are capable of (not even guaranteed) goals in the Premier League are hard to come by. DCL is on the fringes of that category and if relations haven’t completely broken down remains a reasonable option.
For me he falls into the same category as McNeil. Is he what we want for the longer term? No. But will he work if supplemented by a bit of solid transfer business around the squad? Yeah. If we can use him better and if he stays fit. Gambles both, but we’re not out of the ‘beggars can’t be choosers’ club just yet.
We should resign, as sell on value is worth something by itself, but just like everything for the next year or two DCL shouldn’t be our only option. And for me that’s the position we’re in right now; we can’t spunk money on proven quality / reliability (that comes still later), but we can (finally) get more comparable bodies in so that an injury to DCL doesn’t leave us playing [Poor language removed] like Broja or Beto.
And, y’know… but some crosses into the box.
