Deco
Player Valuation: £40m
Wasn't sure there was.
If Allardyce/Walsh were on the way out months later, why support them?
I said before we signed him;
In short then, we weren't going down, we weren't going to win anything and he was always going to be a squad player because we always needed better than him to compete.
At the time Farhad needed to back him in some way.. we may have been safe but we hit decent form and there was still the slight chance of Europa.
The mistake was in buying Tosun really. We would’ve been much better off buying Andre Silva or Dembele (Dolberg in hindsight seems to have lost the hype).
In a game against the likes of Burnley or Watford, at 0-0 - last 10 minutes out of DCL, Tosun and Niasse on the bench, I'd prefer Niasse.
As poor a footballer he is, at least he offers something different.
I think most centre halfs would prefer handling Tosun to Niasse Niasse doesn't know what he's doing himself half the time...
Sooner both are sold the better like.
We could do a lot worse than having Niasse as back up for sure - if we were chasing a goal and needed someone to unsettle a defence then Niasse is much better than Cenk.
I’d prefer we shift both for any kind of fee though. If Cenk goes for £10m and Niasse we get £1m as a loan fee, and a combined £120k pw off the bill, it’s almost £20m extra in the bank than if we kept them.
Hypothetical fees of course but I’d rather the £20m and stick Richarlison up top if needed.