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This is a farce

Latest comment from Bordeaux manager. Paraphrased.
"I know him a little bit, but we have a group of specialists for that (presume he means recruitment team). We need a goal scorer and he scores goals. It is a physically difficult championship, you have to be very strong in front and have the quality of a goalscorer. He's a young player, knowing that a young player does not have that quality right now, he gets ready, he improves, it is fine. But he's a young talent."

So looks like he isn't even guaranteed 1st team football in a league that's championship standard at best.

Can only presume his family wants to drink Bordeaux wine and have a nice place to go on holiday. Bordeaux aren't going to be offering him massive wages imo.

Read more at: https://www.sunderlandecho.com/spor...sh-maja-as-he-nears-sunderland-exit-1-9556789
Bordeaux wine is lovely mind!!
 
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Sunderland have this morning confirmed the departure of top scorer Josh Maja, who has joined Ligue 1 side Bordeaux after a long and protracted saga over the player’s future.
Whilst various fees regarding how much the club are set to receive have been bandied around over recent days, it’s our understanding that the club are only set to receive around £1.5m from the deal - and the receipt of any future installments is dependent on a variety of factors and clauses which, of course, depend upon how successful Maja is over in France.
The kicker, however, is that the fee itself may not actually be placed back into the club’s coffers due to an outstanding payment that has still yet to be made to Bordeaux for the signing of Wahbi Khazri, who was brought to Wearside in the January transfer window of 2016 by Sam Allardyce.
Sunderland still owe Bordeaux a sum which is almost as much as they’re set to receive for Maja, meaning that the fee will not be available to Jack Ross and the club’s recruitment team to immediately inject back into the club.
That said, we believe that the club are still committed to bringing new players in before the window shuts, and that was always the case even before Maja departed.
https://rokerreport.sbnation.com/20...ansfer-and-departure-from-sunderland-revealed
 
This page seems quite bitter about Maja leaving. The standard in French football isn't the greatest and I think he's got a fair chance of being a success with Bordeaux. In footballing terms, Sunderland aren't on the same level as, Bordeaux, currently or historically. I can see why he's left, definitely.

The lad didn't let any of it affect his performances and he continued to knock them in regardless of the speculation. Good luck, Josh!
 
This page seems quite bitter about Maja leaving. The standard in French football isn't the greatest and I think he's got a fair chance of being a success with Bordeaux. In footballing terms, Sunderland aren't on the same level as, Bordeaux, currently or historically. I can see why he's left, definitely.

The lad didn't let any of it affect his performances and he continued to knock them in regardless of the speculation. Good luck, Josh!
Don't know where you get that from. They've won 6 league titles since 1881 whilst we've won 6 since 1890. And they average less in Ligue 1 than we do in the English 3rd tier.
 
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Don't know where you get that from. They've won 6 league titles since 1881 whilst we've won 6 since 1890. And they average less in Ligue 1 than we do in the English 3rd tier.
If you travelled around the world asking people if they'd heard of Sunderland football club or Bordeaux football club, I would imagine everybody would have heard of Bordeaux, but definitely not Sunderland. Bordeaux have played in Europe, a lot. They're known as quite a big club, in Europe. We aren't.
 
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This page seems quite bitter about Maja leaving. The standard in French football isn't the greatest and I think he's got a fair chance of being a success with Bordeaux. In footballing terms, Sunderland aren't on the same level as, Bordeaux, currently or historically. I can see why he's left, definitely.

The lad didn't let any of it affect his performances and he continued to knock them in regardless of the speculation. Good luck, Josh!
Not bothered about him he dosnt play for us
Maybe he will end up like Asoro
 
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If you travelled around the world asking people if they'd heard of Sunderland football club or Bordeaux football club, I would imagine everybody would have heard of Bordeaux, but definitely not Sunderland. Bordeaux have played in Europe, a lot. They're known as quite a big club, in Europe. We aren't.
Heard of Bordeaux, certainly, but the FC? More to do with the wine, matey :)