Transfer Rumour Salomon Rondon.

[Jimishorts]

 

[MrD]

He’s on 28k in China, bruv

Is that all?! god he must be skint

 

[Paul Rideout]

He's got his money from playing in China. Hopefully he comes on a team-friendly deal. Would be a great back-up striker for us.

play for YTS salary.

 

[Chozz]

He's no Josh King...

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

Christ! I've seen better defending at Under 10s level! How the hell did Benitez manage to finish so low down the league if this is the standard?

 

[Toast]

 

[degsy]

Christ! I've seen better defending at Under 10s level! How the hell did Benitez manage to finish so low down the league if this is the standard?

He works for pay - they paid him, just like we do...that was the only reason I ever went to work, somebody offered to give me mortgage and beer money.

 

[ExpatinBangkok]

He's basically a slower version of Tosun.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

He's basically a slower version of Tosun.

No. He's strong, can control a football, has a footballing brain and an okay (though not spectacular) goal record in leagues outside Turkey. And I'll wager that despite never being blessed with pace, he's still faster now at 32 than Tosun was at 22.

Rondon not a world-beater, but Tosun is genuinely one of the most sorry excuses for a footballer I have ever witnessed.

 

[Lineker]

I’ll never forget that coming together with McCarthy, horrendous accident but iirc he was genuinely torn up about it.
If he is coming and he’s still got a bit about him, I think he will be an effective option from the bench.

I became a rondon superfan that day. Not literally, but I've always had the time of day for him since.

 

[Zatara]

Salmon Condom and Sean Longshaft. Just what you need to cheer yourself up after a 4-0 drubbing.

Salmon Condom

You dont see that everyday...

 

[Tubey]

No competent DoF in the Premier League in their right mind would sanction a deal for a 32 year old who in his last transfer simply took the pay day in China.

It can't be any more obvious that this is a mercenary. How hasn't Brands learned his lesson by now? What next, throw £20m at Oscar on £200k a week just to really hammer home how useless he is?

This is clearly a Benitez request signing, but FFS he's the DoF, you just say no to it.

I'll be the first to admit that the Rondon at Newcastle was a useful player. Not a world beater but not abysmal. But that China move disqualifies him as far as I'm concerned; it's a dreadful transfer if it happens.

 

[deipnosophist]

I rate @ForeverBlue92 very highly as a contributing member to this excellent forum. Yes, he deservedly carries reputation around being a massive swordsman...but let's leave the 'Fit Birds' thread out of this for now. If @ForeverBlue92 is a supporter of Wisdom Rondon coming aboard...then so am I

 

[JLW]

I have been asleep for 8 hours and wake up to 13 pages of this! ?

 

[Bluestar]

No competent DoF in the Premier League in their right mind would sanction a deal for a 32 year old who in his last transfer simply took the pay day in China.

It can't be any more obvious that this is a mercenary. How hasn't Brands learned his lesson by now? What next, throw £20m at Oscar on £200k a week just to really hammer home how useless he is?

This is clearly a Benitez request signing, but FFS he's the DoF, you just say no to it.

I'll be the first to admit that the Rondon at Newcastle was a useful player. Not a world beater but not abysmal. But that China move disqualifies him as far as I'm concerned; it's a dreadful transfer if it happens.

DoF and manager have to sign off on the deal. The general standard in China may be poor, but that doesn’t mean he is. That is for the DoF to assess.
The cost of the deal has to be right. We need a second striker that the manager trusts enough to actually use for next to no money. That seems to be the reality. If he is on a short deal, it may be ok.