2023/24 Ben Godfrey

[liamefc91]

Good luck to him.

 

[MACCA75]

Ticks the boxes for a back 3 but too weak in the air to be CB and too poor on the ball to make a good FB.

Having said that, a utility defender is always useful so we’ll miss him if not replaced.

 

[perth_blue]

Good luck, never whinged just got on with it.

 

[RomanReigns]

I will pay for his private jet

money well spent

 

[Gilbert..]

Great move for him. Interesting to see how it goes. Average ability on the ball but who knows it could be a Chris Smalling to Roma thing.
But good luck to him. One thing i did warm to him was his attitude.

 

[toffeemeister77]

So it's £8.5 million GBP then and not £12 million GBP.

 

[Runub]

Bergamo. I can think of worse places to live and work

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Bergamo. I can think of worse places to live and work

He'll have to watch his weight...Bergamo is renowned for it's food, apparently the best place for food in the whole of Italy. Which is saying something.

 

[Amokachi1995]

So it's £8.5 million GBP then and not £12 million GBP.

Seems to change in every report mate. BBC have it as £10m GBP. Quite an important difference really.

 

[Thomasc]

Quality under Carlo, there’s definitely a player there.

Quite sad to see him go as had big hopes for him after his first season. Especially as we are still stuck with Holgate and Keane.

CL football for him next year, he’s the one laughing.

 

[toffeemeister77]

Seems to change in every report mate. BBC have it as £10m GBP. Quite an important difference really.

I bet in the UK we just assume it's GBP even thought it Atalanta.

 

[hallamblue]

….this weakens us defensively. Not massively but I think his departure weakens us. Saying that, with 12 months left on his contract, it’s a deal that’ll suit all parties. It won’t take much to utilise that money to make us stronger, Issa Kabore at City has been linked and I think he’d be a terrific addition.

It’s an almighty bonus that Kabore hasn’t got his own thread

You should be relieved,you thought he was the second coming of Kevin Ratcliffe

 

[Neiler]

Why wouldn't he be, nobody is paying £70-80m for him.

Just all the evidence of selling our best young players for beards mate.

Not to put a downer out there, but all these deals we are working on, if some get over the line, the pipper will need to be paid.

Not saying that’s necessarily Branthwaite, but I wouldn’t say it definitely isn’t either.

 

[Eggs]

You should be relieved,you thought he was the second coming of Kevin Ratcliffe

…I did, I thought he’d be terrific. Physicality and pace at a time when we had virtually none. Let’s not forget, he received an England call not long after he joined but it was watching him in that game at RB it was glaringly obvious that he lacked the quality in possession to play at that level.

He was certainly not the signing I thought/hoped he would be but that’s the way it goes.

 

[Furey1878]

Best of luck to him. Really thought we had a player on our hands in his first season but some bad luck with illness and injury all mixed in with manager and club turmoil reduced his chances of nailing down a starting spot.

He's spent the last 2 years more coming in and doing a job, sometimes good, sometimes bad, but he has never lacked effort and commitment. Hope it works out for him abroad!