Transfer Rumours The Summer “Have We Signed Anyone Yet?” Thread

Didn’t someone show recently his passing stats were really high %?? I thought I saw that here, or maybe on television.

 

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2019/st-etienne-looking-at-mario-lemina/

Translation - Lemina’s agent writes off to St Ettiene after Man U and Arsenal ignore his texts.

 

If Mario put more effort into playing football, rather than pimping himself off, we'd have quite a player on our hands. What a massive disappointment he has been.

 

Cedric wanted by a few clubs, can see bids coming in soon.

 

He'd be a good one to shift - expensive back up

 

He's rarely dominated the midfield for us since he has been here and the team has been pretty poor for the period he has played. Not all his fault but we have picked up since he has been out injured.

 

He'd probably be better off in Ligue 1 TBH.

 

Ah, so that must mean his passing is bad

 

Well if it had been better we might've dominated the midfield and won a few more matches. I'm not a great believer in stats anyway, I prefer my own judgement on such matters and Mario and Oriel never gelled in the middle at all.

 

How many complete midfielders do we have though?! When we played Man U after being terrible all season up until then he dominated Pogba. It shows he can perform on the big stage and I think during our top echelon days he would have been a real playmaker. To say Juventus let him go because he was not good is incorrect they just had Pogba, Pjanic, Khedira and Matuidi too!

 

It seems like there is quite a few links about teams wanting out players coming out... Lemina, Carillo, Cedric, Boufal... hopefully we can shift some and bring in a couple.

 

I don't know what I feel about him as he is a player I am really on the fence about. I think he is talented but he has not produced enough for us. He would be a good acquisition for anyone and had it within himself to be a significant player. I don't feel injuries have helped him but I think he has been too inconsistent for us.

 

Ref Mario

Even the problematic injury was shrouded in mystery. Probably because there was other things going on.
I just hope we get our money back, if not, keep him & see if we can get him to take it seriously.

 

Peculiarly, I can think of one manager who could get the best out of him, if given the opportunity.

 

How long was he out with the mystery stomach injury? Six months?

 

He has the ability within himself and I think he is actually far better than someone like Boufal who I don't consider to be a team player. Lemina is a bit if a luxury for Saints and there are other midfielders in the squad whose input is more effectual.

 

To be honest, I did not expect Lemina to be a player who would be leaving and there were plenty of others in the list in my head who we would be keen to off load. I am surprised that Hoedt has not gone and thought Cedric would have been snagged up. The departure of Austin is more drawn out than I had thought although I could never see him playing in the Premier League again. We seem to be quite slow at offloading players this summer. I wanted to see the departures to get more money in to invest but also to ensure that the likes of Hoedt would not pull on a Saint's shirt again. Just think he is well short of the standard required and retaining him is too much of a risk.