DDG not going anywhere ...?

As busby said, begovic has had a poor season.
Although I think it is partly bcos he has had his head turned.

If we have to lose out on a 20mil transfer fee for Madrid in order to send a msg to them and the rest of the football world that we would not be bullied it will be worth every penny IMO.

comment by Robb Lannister - King of the Wildlings (U20351)
posted 27 minutes ago
I wanted us to cash in on Ddg but now with him running down his contract and us being minted I would prefer us to keep him one more season and show people we won't be shafted anymore.
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We can't realistically sign a long term replacement as well as keeping him here. If we keep him for the sake of trying to show we won't be shafted, we will have to replace him next year and going about business that way won't do any good for the team considering DDG may well be a bit peed off.

We need to think of the club and be sensible yes but we also need to be realistic and remember we are dealing with people, not pixels on a computer game. DDG has kept quiet and gone about this very well.

I really do think we will grant him his move, provided we can replace him.

Fans talk about letting players rot in the reserves or whatever as much as they talk about play swap deals. Does anyone really think we're going to refuse to sign a replacement, tell DDG that he isn't moving because we don't want to get shafted anymore and he is to shut up and perform or be dropped/something similar.

That is nonsense, could upset the dressing room and also prevent other players signing in future

comment by the GINGER PRINCE'S apprentice (U13920)
posted 1 minute ago
As busby said, begovic has had a poor season.
Although I think it is partly bcos he has had his head turned.

If we have to lose out on a 20mil transfer fee for Madrid in order to send a msg to them and the rest of the football world that we would not be bullied it will be worth every penny IMO.
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It will also send a message to people wanting to join the club.

comment by Robb Lannister - King of the Wildlings (U20351)
posted 40 minutes ago
I wanted us to cash in on Ddg but now with him running down his contract and us being minted I would prefer us to keep him one more season and show people we won't be shafted anymore.
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But you wouldn't mind us spending £100m on Bale

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I meant it would be a good thing. Players seem to think they've a right to forget they signed a contract when madrid come calling.

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 22 seconds ago
I meant it would be a good thing. Players seem to think they've a right to forget they signed a contract when madrid come calling.
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whoops, sorry!

comment by MARK (U1449)
posted 35 minutes ago
comment by Robb Lannister - King of the Wildlings (U20351)
posted 40 minutes ago
I wanted us to cash in on Ddg but now with him running down his contract and us being minted I would prefer us to keep him one more season and show people we won't be shafted anymore.
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But you wouldn't mind us spending £100m on Bale

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Yeah, but we gain a top player. We get rid of DDG whether it's for £20 million or nothing and either way we lose a top player.

I really don't care about the clubs money. It's not mine and i'm sure with these huge sponsorship deals we have a lot of it. All I care about is whether or not we have good players. Whatever it costs, Bale would be brilliant for us. So would keeping DDG for another season.

comment by The Iron Tulip's Philosophy (U17867)
posted 3 hours, 35 minutes ago
I expect Lloris to come in as a replacement. He wants CL football and has a buy out clause allegedly.

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Except he doesn't.

Not read all the responses yet so apologise if it's been mentioned before.

Let's say we refuse to sell DDG and let his contract run down - what if his performances drop due to not being happy at being refused a move to Madrid. That is also a big risk to consider.

He may or may not have stayed longer than he wished to but his performances up until his last match for us has been fantastic mostly. The big question would be can he retain his top form for another year knowing he has his big move chance for Madrid gone for the foreseeable future?