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Ian Maatsen

Bob stark said:
He is just too small and too weak to play fb. He lost every physical duel. 
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Did well ( ish) but once he started to get tired his lack of physicality became a major issue.

He won’t improve us if he comes off the bench and just can’t see him being first choice for any games

 
terraloon said:
Did well ( ish) but once he started to get tired his lack of physicality became a major issue.

He won’t improve us if he comes off the bench and just can’t see him being first choice for any games
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He simply can't cope with any physical duel. You want your defender to dominate attacker physically not the other way around. 

 
just said:
He's a certainty for a sale in January.
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Yes him turning down the move to Burnley in the summer hasn't helped at all because Poch's treatment of him  the areas he has been used in, and the stuttering performances he has put in in these differing roles, have, if any, decreased his value, particularly when looking at his pre season form and the amount that Poch was using him.

Whilst I don't disagree with any of the comments about Maatsen this season, for me it's another major question mark over Poch, simply due to how he was using him in the pre season matches to then completely ditch him.

I agree he needs to be sold but I suspect we have probably lost 10m of market value on him now.

 
Gutless lightweight.  You can be small physically but to add a lack of guts with that too is criminal.  Always pulls out like he is going to get hurt.  Should have scored last night if he had more guts and I partly blame him for their goal for the same reason.  The way he s### himself when the ball came towards him for the Brentford second goal earlier in the season said it all for me......

 
And some fan’s calling for him to play at FB 🤣🤣 am glad they are not on our coaching team🤣

 
Dortmund are after him apparently. 

Burnley offered 31.5mill for him in the summer, Dortmund less than half that I reckon.

 
Hasn't really impressed whenever/wherever he's played, replacing him with another youngster like Gnonto to me seems like a no brainer.

 
Think it’s best he moves on. Doesn’t say much if he gets picked RW over his preferred LB position. Also, if we get tight I’d rather see Gusto cover LB than Maatsan play. 

 
Doesn’t have a future in a top EPl side as a LB and not good enough to be a forward in my opinion.. so if someone is willing to pay 20-30 mil quid it should be a no brainer..

 
He'll be off to Dortmund for £25m.

Fast forward 3 years and he'll be off to Man City / Real / Bayern / Back to us for £75m.

 
Gonoir Beniashile said:
He'll be off to Dortmund for £25m.

Fast forward 3 years and he'll be off to Man City / Real / Bayern / Back to us for £75m.
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I'd be amazed if that second bit happened.

More likely he ends up like Lamptey has at Brighton, where the qualities he does have still don't get him a regular game. 

Not many players we sell end up being great somewhere else. Certainly none I can think of since De Bruyne and Salah were sold anyway ... 

 
Sexyfootball said:
I'd be amazed if that second bit happened.

More likely he ends up like Lamptey has at Brighton, where the qualities he does have still don't get him a regular game. 

Not many players we sell end up being great somewhere else. Certainly none I can think of since De Bruyne and Salah were sold anyway ... 
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Everytime we sell an U25 this same narrative gets peddled.

 
Sexyfootball said:
I'd be amazed if that second bit happened.

More likely he ends up like Lamptey has at Brighton, where the qualities he does have still don't get him a regular game. 

Not many players we sell end up being great somewhere else. Certainly none I can think of since De Bruyne and Salah were sold anyway ... 
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Yes - maybe, maybe not. But it will be interesting to see how Maatsen gets on after a couple of seasons playing left back in the Bundesliga.

Tomori will doubtless get a big money move after impressing in Serie A. We're also linked with buying back Guehi. Obviously we already spent big on bringing Lukaku back, and then there's Nathan Ake - impressed at Bournemouth and got a big move to City. Livramento is now at Newcastle and looking good after we sold him for peanuts. It's not only the De Bruyne and Salah transfers.

 
Maatsen is pretty sure to leave. His age and minutes pretty much dictates that. I would probably try to sell him. 

 
Gonoir Beniashile said:
Yes - maybe, maybe not. But it will be interesting to see how Maatsen gets on after a couple of seasons playing left back in the Bundesliga.

Tomori will doubtless get a big money move after impressing in Serie A. We're also linked with buying back Guehi. Obviously we already spent big on bringing Lukaku back, and then there's Nathan Ake - impressed at Bournemouth and got a big move to City. Livramento is now at Newcastle and looking good after we sold him for peanuts. It's not only the De Bruyne and Salah transfers.
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I'd put Tomori, Guehi and Ake in the "good" category rather than "great". Personally, I wouldn't re-sign any of them. Livramento certainly has potential, but nothing we could have done to keep him anyway as he was dead set on leaving. Not sure we need to discuss what we all think of Lukaku LOL

 
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