He barely played in Benfica he was put on as soon as he arrived and had a stinker against united. He was then benched and barely never played anymore.
“They were quite interested and Hull have good connections with Turikye because of their owners. I went out and had a look but, at the time, I didn’t feel like it was the right thing for me, my girlfriend and I have a dog as well," Longman told LondonNewsOnline. “It put some thoughts in my head about playing abroad. But when Millwall came up, it was a no-brainer. I spoke with George Honeyman as soon as I found out Millwall were interested. He told me how unbelievable it is down here. It was even more incentive to get the deal done. It was a great opportunity and I’m back home down south. I’m happy it’s happened. I needed to get some minutes, I wanted to be in the Championship and I want to come and prove myself. “Minutes are the most important thing. If you’re not playing, you’re not getting any better. For me, that’s a key thing that I have been brought up on – you need to be playing. Throughout my career, wherever it takes me, I want to be the best player I can possibly be."
An interesting point from Tans latest interview: Philogene buy back is only available to Villa if we’re in the premier league.
Is any buy back at an agreed price I wonder. Lets say when we get promoted they want to buy him back, do we quote £25 million...?..
Buy backs are at a set price, that's the point of them. What you're suggesting is just any normal transfer business.
I enjoy the comedy of this scenario, but in all seriousness, I wonder whether the buy-back would transfer to another club if he was sold on, like how sell-on fees often do.
It doesn't, but obviously philogene would need to agree to it as well and there's probably a first refusal to Villa. Ie. If we still him to shelbourne for £1, Villa can buy him back for the same amount and get a handy few million for nothing
Maybe a gentleman's agreement between kane and spurs that he'll go to Germany, win some leagues and a shot at the champs league then he comes back to them to break the Prem goalscoring record?
Well if he gets the German thing done this year he's got a chance Also he's not really a striker that relies on pace and physicality so I see him playing until he can't be arsed to be honest
Yeah, he could go on like Ibrahimovic or Sherringham. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him around the top of the game til he’s 40. I’d say he’s still definitely got a good 5-6 years ahead of him at his peak.
