There'd be no shortage of clubs with less disposable income than us willing to take a 10+5 mill in add ons gamble on him. We wouldn't touch Sturridge or Kompany but they'll be more than likely plying their trade somewhere next season and being handsomely paid for it.
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There'd be no shortage of clubs with less disposable income than us willing to take a 10+5 mill in add ons gamble on him. We wouldn't touch Sturridge or Kompany but they'll be more than likely plying their trade somewhere next season and being handsomely paid for it.
I'm going to leave this here. I rate him as a player, but we need a replacement. There's actually nothing more to it.
Players - Érik Lamela
Players - Érik Lamela
If he ends up not being able to play well & regularly, then selling him would be a smart gamble that paid off.
some, yes, and I got no problem with that at all, not trying to spoil any fun, just annoys me the other posts that are serious and slate a decent player without cause.
Awwww. Bless 'im.
Look, I don't want to sound harsh, but football is a cutthroat world. It's interesting you mention Adebayor, because he was with us four years and we got one good year out of him. At the end of his time the attitude was "get the cunt out". Lamela has pretty much delivered the same on balance, but, ya know, he's a nice lad and he gave us a year so let's just bundle him up in cotton wool! oh, and he "tries hard" (does he, do you watch him in training?).
If Lamela has personal problems or bad injury problems than I have sympathy for him and will give him the benefit of the doubt in that respect. But the club has to do a balancing act and can't keep around players that are ultimately bad value. Lamela is a high earning celebrity who, I'm sure, understands that if he doesn't perform or is always injured then, right or wrong, he'll come in for stick from the fans and tabloids. That's football, and if he has a thin skin he shouldn't be in the game. He must also realise that if he can't play then that puts his position under threat. No?
And if he goes on to start performing well and regularly while all of his replacements continue to perform like N'Koudou, N'Jie and Sissoko?
Dubious injury record is NOT the same as injured and not played a minute for what could be in the region of a whole year.
None of the players mentioned were injured at time of signing.
It's weird. People acting as though clubs never buy injury prone players.
City paid about 20m for gundogan.
No surprise that he is out for the season.
Lamela doesn't have a thin skin, he's played in 3 of the fiecest derbies in world football. He also isn't on crazy money (for a footballer...) like you seem to think he is.
Carroll was injured when Liverpool signed him. He'd fallen off a barstool and hurt his back...
Exactly. I would take that risk, you wouldn't. Well, you would take a risk on him staying fit & playing well again.
No right or wrong, just different opinions.
He wouldn't get the chance if we were managed by these muppets.
Why would we sell him were not going to receive big money for a player thats doubtful and in final year of contract, much better off taking a gamble with him. I dont understand some of you your acting like hes never going to play football again , he could easily be fit for all of next season for all we know. We will get more money for people like sissocko and nkoudou who we know are shit.
Carroll wasn't, Austin and Gündogan were.
Or let's go with Boufal. There were huge disappointments here in the forum when it turned out that he signed for Southampton. Well, he didn't feature in their pre-season games, missed a good amount of their first PL games and still looks completely out of shape. Dodged a bullet there.
I'd rather take a gamble on a proven player recovering from an injury than continue signing the shit we have been signing, yes.
I have to have an operation...I tried everything to recover but unfortunately my hip is still not 100% so I can't compete at the level I want to.
I'll face this challenge with a positive attitude and can't wait to get back with my team and be stronger.
Thanks everyone for your support!
He's on £3m a year. We've paid him 12 million since he's been here. He now wants double and he's given us one good year.
And for thick or think skin, how do you know what he's like? Is he a mate of yours? Perhaps he has developed mental health problems that need treating but that, unfortunately, might compound his ability to play. Perhaps he has developed a situation that he never previous faced. We just don't know. But what we, and Levy, know is how much he has contributed on the pitch and one good season out of four is not a good return and if he has major surgery, he may not even make the start of next season.
At what point do we put aside our like of a player and think overall about the team? I'm not saying get him out. But I am saying I will understand if the club decide to do so.
Nah I'm ok thanks.What's more unlikely is Erik Lamela leaving us on a free transfer after all the support we have given him as a club through his injuries and as fans during his tougher spells. Maybe go call people up on that point.
How do I know he has a thick skin? Quite fucking simple, he spent two years taking shit from his own fans and then went on to make them eat their words. Wouldn't have happened if he was the thin skinned pussy you make him out to be.
Completely different, obviously. Lamela is injured but doing everything he can to get fit and play, and when he does play he gives everything in every game, not just those he fancies. Ade on the other hand is the complete opposite, and it wasn't injuries but attitude that was the problem. He was also being paid a shit load more and was a bad influence on the team as a whole and had a history of doing this at his two previous clubs.
Lamela is young. He could well get fit for next season and play for us for another decade without problems. It wouldn't be cut throat to get rid at this stage, it would be moronic. If we are still having this discussion a year from now then I could see a business case for moving him on in that cut throat way but he's not been out long enough and hasn't even had his op yet for fuck sake. He may be completely better come the summer. It's just fans being fickle, that's what this is.