No he isn’t.
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No he isn’t.
Nope. He ran his contract down at Barca to join Malaga on a free transfer.
That's why his buy-out clause was so low (like 5/6 Million I think)
Scored a fair few belters for Malaga, I was certainly hyped about him.
Turns out he was actual quite crap there as well despite the goals. He has a habit of sticking his big toe through the ball every time he has even a slight glimpse of goal. He had a bit of a lucky season where a fair few actually went in (despite many hundreds being blasted a mile over the bar)
Like a Spurs era Andros Townsend.... Sandros Townsend...
Bigduke1234
Player Valuation: £10m
It’s the massive wages, it’s the absolute worst of our woeful transfer activity. How many has he scored for us? 2?
1. The consolation in an absolute stuffing.
Leylo
Player Valuation: £35m
Pete Townsend?
Who....
Kever10
Player Valuation: £15m
I'd like to think that come the summer, it's a clean slate for all that haven't yet had the opportunity to work under Ancelotti and still have time on their contracts, and so it should be. We have a small squad which has just gotten smaller, and if reports are to be believed, while we are not struggling for money, we are limited in what we can spend until we balance the books a little.
I would imagine outside of the core squad Ancelotti would like to keep, we will bulk that out with young or fringe players that can offer something over the course of a season.
That being the case, there is then an opportunity for Sandro, Dowell, Bolasie, Besic and Kenny to impress the new manager and try to adapt to his ways etc.
Narrow minded egotists like Koeman treated some players terribly, and that sort of thing festers and comes out in the attitude and spirit of the teams we have seen. This is definitely not the Ancelotti way.
I would like to think he will have a look and see what he has to work with. An astute manager may just see something in a player that he believes could be a benefit to the team. If he decides after working with them that they are not a fit, then we can look at moving them on.
The 1 thing that stands against Sandro in this respect is the amount of money he is on, and how much this affects our finances going forward. He is probably on the same amount as the other 4 combined, so unless Ancelotti sees him as being integral to his plans, he is a financial burden that we could probably do without. But if he sees something in him, that say puts him ahead of Kean and/or Tosun, then maybe he could think about working with him. He is only 24 after all, and Ancelotti worked with other players in the past that weren't top, top level, but utilised them because of what they brought to the team, like Inzaghi and Jon Dahl Tommasson.
They could turn out to be great finds under the right manager, with the right coaching. If not, they could be useful squad players. If not, we try and move them on.
But I wouldn't be surprised if there are players Ancelotti has already worked with who may be ahead of these incoming players on a list of players he is willing to sacrifice. 4 of them have already gone.
Leylo
Player Valuation: £35m
Carnt see him getting something out of sandro every one knows he runs around like his arse is on fire.
Kever10
Player Valuation: £15m
I've not been impressed with him either really, but then I've not seen him coached by a manager like Ancelotti.
The chances of offloading him for a fee seem minimal. It would just be nice if for once, we had a bit of luck in 1 of these situations instead of just being left with another expensive contract that runs down playing for another team.
pay Schneiderlin for a year?
thirdmantackle
Player Valuation: £35m
To play for another club
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