Great DM at breaking up play and getting stuck in he’s only short but essentially is another absolutely dog in midfield
He’s not that bad in the air for his height he’d be a very very very good premier league player just wage won’t be cheap so depends how the club view it transfer fee is cheap enough
I don't think we'll move for Rongier tbh, I would be ok with it but he doesn't blow me away - not really the profile I think we need. Although experienced and french is something I'm expecting one of our incomings to be.
I don't think we'll sign him either based purely on the fact he's been linked. I think a player being linked to us makes him less likely to join
he is our best Centre back unless we are signing two or three more then it’s a cert he will start unless injured of course
Also devil's advocate but does Regis Le Bris think Ballard is our best centre back? O'Nien started every game when fit and Ballard didn't. Ballard wasn't a cert to start when fit in the championship so I don't think we can say he's a "cert to start when fit" in the premier
He certainly rates him highly from a defensive aspect, once we weren't trying to control game Mepham got binned off. I'm not sure if I'd be more surprised to see Luke or Dan starting the first game.
I'm always sceptical about the "beat competition from" that journalists say. It's likely we were the only club to agree a fee with Brighton and agree wages with Adingra.