What does everyone think about the merits/demerits of signing Ade on a permanent deal?
+ He has the joint second-highest number of PL assists.
+ His work-rate has been excellent - he frequently tracks back and dispossesses opponents, leading to counter-attacks.
+ He has experience.
+ Functions well as a lone-man. Indeed, it could be said that we should try and stick more balls on his head in the final third!
- His finishing has been pretty shocking & his touch has also been generally poor. Only 11 goals from a massive number of chances. Even the chances he has put away have been largely shocking.
- He currently has an astronomical £170k wage bill & his stock has risen, so a sizeable transfer fee is likely.
- Second-season syndrome? He has a track-record of form tapering off after his debut season for a club.
I personally would like to have him around the club, but only as a last-resort if we can't find a AAA striker who can take us to that next level. With the amount of chances we create, we should be banging in the goals: how many would we have had this season with RVP in our squad . . . ?
+ He has the joint second-highest number of PL assists.
+ His work-rate has been excellent - he frequently tracks back and dispossesses opponents, leading to counter-attacks.
+ He has experience.
+ Functions well as a lone-man. Indeed, it could be said that we should try and stick more balls on his head in the final third!
- His finishing has been pretty shocking & his touch has also been generally poor. Only 11 goals from a massive number of chances. Even the chances he has put away have been largely shocking.
- He currently has an astronomical £170k wage bill & his stock has risen, so a sizeable transfer fee is likely.
- Second-season syndrome? He has a track-record of form tapering off after his debut season for a club.
I personally would like to have him around the club, but only as a last-resort if we can't find a AAA striker who can take us to that next level. With the amount of chances we create, we should be banging in the goals: how many would we have had this season with RVP in our squad . . . ?