Yep said this the other day. If Talbi picks up an injury and we have to rely on Roberts for months that’s a massive worry. Full backs in the PL aren’t ****e like most of the championship and they will bypass him like he’s not even there going forward.
actually might have done, i know they used to play him out on the left loads because he had a bit of pace and wasnt "physical enough"
And Talbi isnt even a natural right winger as is, I think we will almost certainly look to bring in a 5th winger.
if Neil is not intending to sign a new improved contract, as has been doing these past 6-8 months of so, then the time to part ways needs to come sooner rather than later.
Yes he is a RW but can play LW aswell https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/-eu...ng-wonderkid-chemsdine-talbi/view/news/450423
I mean like i say, he isnt a natural right winger. He played on the right to accomodate their best player being their LW Tzolis - but throughout his youth career was predominantly a left winger and even played there whenever tzolis was unavailable. This does however mean that he is comfortable on both sides now, a useful option to have in the squad behind adingra on one side and to compete with a new right winger on the other. At least thats the impression I am getting from the Sacha quotes, the clubs statements, and how it looks like we are building the squad.
I was one. He was genuinely elite as a youngster until that injury. To attract him to us at that stage was remarkable I thought. I hope he can rebuild confidence somewhere, there is still a really good attacking full back in there I think.
I suspect people are taking the pi$$ since most of our signings (well all apart from Enzo) are African players
And he really wont stick around as 3rd choice either. His value is on the pitch, not in the stands, we would do the right thing by him and let him play somewhere else. Like you though I believe the club like him. Ceetainly all of our coaches have so far.
I will be very surprised if he is a starter due to the lack of goals/assists he has produced over the last two seasons , very talented player but does not produce enough on a regular basis to warrant a starting place .
It was interesting to find out that Henderson couldn't sign for anyone else until after the 1st July, due to paying tax because of the Saudi tax implication on his earnings.