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Hard to tell when a player will begin deteriorating physically but I'd imagine Moussa will start later rather than sooner. His main deficiencies are in the technical department and those usually get better with age. I don't have a problem with this contract.
What?
"It gets better with age"? After 30? Are you serious?
Also I believe quite opposite - player who are relying on physique instead of technique and brain will suffer more, because physique starts deteriorating sooner.
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I have to say I am not as universally positive about this contract as some here.
He is 30 now, and we are tying him down until he is 34 (well technically speaking, contract will expire before he turns 34 but if he was to join another club, he would arrive there while being 34).
Of course it is nice that we eliminate possibility of losing him on a free, but in the context it just feels wrong that we are tying down "a decent squad player" yet we let walk players of higher quality of same age / younger (in Toby/Eriksen).
I like his dedication and he helped us a lot last season. But he is not a player to build our team around really.