You can assume that Long will go but unless another Club is daft enough to want him and match his current wages we are stuck with him.
Silkeborg out-Knappering Knapper on Mattsson? We'll probably be told that Topic was the target all along.........
Having looked at information and compilations on both players, I would be happy with either. The price difference is only €900k, but the Transfermarkt valuations on both differ by €3.7m in Topic's favour(€1.3m vs €5m). He's also one year older (24) with 3 years experience in Portugal's top league. The final difference is that Topic is a DM who can also play as a CM whereas Mattsson is the other way around (according to Transfermarkt). Either would be good, but I'm happy with Knapper's decision.
As you’ve said about JHT we will have no idea either way, all we know is what and how things are reported…Topic’s name has been in the frame for the same length of time as Mattssons, who’s to say we haven’t been equally active in both fronts and now come to the decision to go in the Topic direction. I take it as a big positive that Knapper is prepared enough to have several irons in the fire so that he is able to pivot if necessary.
