KeiranShikari

Hardly serious detective work but I don't see any fanbases talking about Frese on Twitter. Maybe he just fancied a long holiday before signing somewhere. If he was signing here perhaps he (and the manager) would be fine leaving it an extra couple of weeks as he knows the system/processes/culture ect.

To be honest pro athletes getting smashed just a couple of days before such a massive should really be grounds for dismissal. Wonder what our contracts will look like going forward.

As a fan of my family members not being smeared across the pavement the laws and punishments for drunk driving is stupendously lax. Other than people that do it and just assume they won't hit anyone I really don't get why so many people defend it/don't care.

Might have. Certainly not going for a drive to cool off though. 🙂

If It was Sara he should be deported too.

He and the PFA would fight it and win it easily. We played him a couple of days later and were happy to sign Barnes, who also has the crime on his record. Personally hope he falls down his stairs after having a few whilst on holiday. Or he sorts himself out but I'm guessing he probably won't do that.

100% this. He stood out more thanks to his role in the side and the fact he got to show his versatility as well as the overall quality dropping though. Good player that's been a great servant to the club, won't be as missed as some might think though imo.

Presumably that's Idah's replacement sorted.

I guess what I'm saying is I doubt the club are selling against their will. If they didn't think we could replace for the fee+his wage then I'd be surprised if they sanctioned it.

My guess would be that it's very much a good deal for all parties involved. If the club wanted to keep McLean I'd be shocked if he was kicking off about it.

Fair, less than others are suggesting then. We've shown that we're happy to price clubs out of our players in the past, clubs more tempting than Roma too. As you say, we'll see. I genuinely think we've locked him behind silly money. If we're expecting to sell Sara I don't think we're selling our other key midfielder.

It will be a nominal fee and they'll know that we're looking to reduce our wage spend and bring down the age profile of our squad. I bet it's only a couple of million. I said yesterday that I think we'll sell around the squad in order to keep Sara, obv I think this is obviously a part of that.

Class player for us over the years (even if he's more of a jack of all trades/glue guy to steal a yank phrase) but I can absolutely see why we're happy to sell, and it's not anything to do with his ability. He's presumably a top earner and still has a couple of years on his deal. Even if we're only getting a couple of million for him that frees up budget for a couple of more specialist midfielders.

It means I've spent too much time on Twitter over the last couple of weeks. Shall correct myself going forward.

https://x.com/pinkun/status/1807805918202966259 Confirmed, Sara is staying forever. I'm sure he appreciates Hernandez for that.