I doubt Jake will be sat there haggling back and forth, that's what agents are for. All Jake has to do is turn up for a medical and sign a piece of paper. It doesn't matter where he is for terms to be agreed. Telephones and emails exist anyway.
I disagree Ben. And if jakes sale enables us to bring in specialist players for those positions then it has to be considered good business?
We need a right back and a winger more than anything.
We started our last away game with two midfielders playing centre half. Jake was one of them.
We currently have 3 centre halves who all returned from injury last week. One having to play out of position at right back.
Jake's versatility means he should be the last midfielder we're looking to shift.
The meagre size of the squad should have determined that bringing players in prior to selling them was the priority.
Unfortunately Ehab is a ****puffin.
We needed a right back in the Summer even if only on a six month loan.
Get a winger, get a right back, get what else you need. Then sell.
We started our last away game with two midfielders playing centre half. Jake was one of them.
We currently have 3 centre halves who all returned from injury last week. One having to play out of position at right back.
Jake's versatility means he should be the last midfielder we're looking to shift.
The meagre size of the squad should have determined that bringing players in prior to selling them was the priority.
Unfortunately Ehab is a ****puffin.
All of our players clearly know how to tackle.
Ehab finally seems to have grasped the nettle and is going along with what MS feels needs to be done but why did he not see that in July players needed to come in?MS wouldnt stick around if Ehab was being a "****puffin"
Huddlestone showed in that game that he could cover as an emergency CB.
The club obviously hasn't the money to spend on new players so has had to sell a player that can command a good fee to bring in another couple.
I just hope this was explained to MS when he was offered the job.
Might be worth a punt on Harry in midfield, he can pass, drive us forward,tackle,dribble and has a good engine and just might pop up with the odd goal now and again.Who else currently gives us any bite in midfield?
And FFS don't say Meyler.
We'll need to replace Jake, so our other midfield options are largely irrelevant in this instance and Dio isn't a Premier League footballer.
Jake leaving could be the making of Tom.
It will give him more game time and he could flourish in making that position entirety his own.
As for having only the three centre backs, isn't Junior fit now?
Ehab finally seems to have grasped the nettle and is going along with what MS feels needs to be done but why did he not see that in July players needed to come in?
cos in the summer we didnt have a great manager that had identified the players that we needed to push on as a PL club..
it was almost like we were planning for relegation.
Well silva obviously thought jake was not part of his plans so he probably said let him go and we can bring the type of players i need the 2 we need to buy and the loan.
He obviously wants to make his task easier and doing this he maybe thinks will make it easier.
We're not a selling club.
I don't like the owners but we all know what he meant when he said this.