So Palace are the frontrunners according to Benge but they want a loan first. Doesn't look feasible if Nelson doesn't sign an extension.
Who will you be adopting for your next son if Reiss does go? Omari Hutchinson perhaps?
So Palace are the frontrunners according to Benge but they want a loan first. Doesn't look feasible if Nelson doesn't sign an extension.
I'm adopting 4 more. Hutchinson, Taylor-Hart, Richards, Cozier-Duberry.Who will you be adopting for your next son if Reiss does go? Omari Hutchinson perhaps?
I think its 4 loanees, you can't loan more than 1 from the same club however.Think Palace already have 2 players on loan, which is the maximum allowed at any 1 time so they'd need to purchase Reiss or send Mateta back a year early.
Turning your back on Azeez and Patino just like that.. shame on you!I'm adopting 4 more. Hutchinson, Taylor-Hart, Richards, Cozier-Duberry.
They were never my sonsTurning your back on Azeez and Patino just like that.. shame on you!
Checked the rules....I think its 4 loanees, you can't loan more than 1 from the same club however.
So Palace are the frontrunners according to Benge but they want a loan first. Doesn't look feasible if Nelson doesn't sign an extension.
We have more chance of getting a bigger fee as compensation for developing him than we do from our clowns selling him tbf.So they want to loan and sign him on a free if he's good
They were never my sons
Please dont say that on here our academy players are absolutely nailed on destined for greatness.Top clubs don't wait on their academy players to become top players.
We have Saka and Esr from the academy as core members of the team. We've Bellerin in there also. There aren't many other top teams operating with more than that and there is a reason for that. Most academy players simply aren't good enough or ready for that level.
I think with Azeez, he is as good as he wants to be - I think him having good physical attributes is more a secondary characteristic compared to his technical quality, which I believe to be considerable enough that he could be a CL level midfielder. Sometimes I just don't think he gives it 100%, I've seen him dial it in too many times. He should in theory be a lay-up and I've seen enough to suggest that he's getting over that side of his game - that said at this stage, with Lokonga looking a very strong capture, Azeez's position is less secure than it was a few months ago.Don't recall you ever hyping up Patino, but you were pretty high on Azeez for a while. I like Azeez, but I am not going to lie, I rated Musah over him. Musah just had this overwhelming physical potential, while still being competent technically. Azeez has good physical gifts, but I don't see him as a stand out athlete. His technical level and intelligence will need to be really high for him to become prominent here. I am actually pretty high on the Lokonga kid, I like what I have seen so far. He has the look of a natural. Just makes everything look easy, high level technique. Some of the passes he completed against Chelsea were quality.
If Nelson goes to Palace, he’s probably riding bench there also. Signing Willian messed up his development. He should of at least been sent out on loan last season.
I rated Musah highest of that class like @Geofranco , because he looked like a potential world-class talent as an explosive, technical 8, but the way Valencia is developing him, and the lack of focus on his technical and tactical development as a central midfielder, it is currently looking to me like Azeez might actually be the better prospect. As an interior wide player Musah's potential is a lot more limited, for me, and it will be harder and harder to develop him as a midfielder the more this goes on. Azeez as you say really has everything to be a top CM.I think with Azeez, he is as good as he wants to be - I think him having good physical attributes is more a secondary characteristic compared to his technical quality, which I believe to be considerable enough that he could be a CL level midfielder. Sometimes I just don't think he gives it 100%, I've seen him dial it in too many times. He should in theory be a lay-up and I've seen enough to suggest that he's getting over that side of his game - that said at this stage, with Lokonga looking a very strong capture, Azeez's position is less secure than it was a few months ago.
Patino has the benefit of more time on his side - he has the technical quality and combines it with the requisite intelligence and (surprisingly) aggression to make it work. Which is one of the reasons why people like Patino so much. He's a bigger prospect than perhaps I have conveyed in the past.