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Ian Maatsen

Straight 6 month loan with no option to buy. Weird as I thought we'd used up all our foreign loans.

Hope Maatsen does well for Dortmund, I like him as a player.

 
ducavis said:
Haven’t we used up all our foreign loan allocations? We shouldn’t be entertaining a loan move from Dortmund, they haven’t spent the Bellingham money.
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Haven’t read the regulations recently but I think as  Mattensen  is club trained player he doesn’t count in the number allowed.

 
If there is an obligation to buy, which sky sports website said this morning there isn't, then that makes sense.

If not it makes no sense to me. Sell or keep. Short term loan with no obligation is pointless. Our injury situation still means we may well need him on occasion do letting go for a handful of months with no real benefit to us seems daft 

 
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dansubrosa said:
Or he has a fantastic season at Dortmund and comes back a different player. We saw what they did for Sancho, Bellingham etc. We can dream.
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Sacnho is sh*t. So happy we didn't sign him before United did. There is a type of profile of player that doesn't work in the Premier League after being a success in Germany, Sancho is one of those players. Sancho, Kagawa, Werner, Havertz, Pulisic, they're all the same. Too lightweight, too soft, struggle against any team that doesn't play open or with a high line.

 
Romano saying he's signed a contract until 2027 but there's also a release clause that kicks in July 2024.

 
I am a CPA said:
Romano saying he's signed a contract until 2027 but there's also a release clause that kicks in July 2024.
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Sensible move, looks like it should get the Dortmund loan over the line. 

Going to be a lot of questions if he goes and lights it up over there though

 
Niall1905 said:
Sensible move, looks like it should get the Dortmund loan over the line. 

Going to be a lot of questions if he goes and lights it up over there though
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Lighting it up in the BL is a different thing to the PL. The list of BL stars coming up short in the PL lengthens by the season. BL is far less physical and defence can sometimes seem optional.

 
Niall1905 said:
Sensible move, looks like it should get the Dortmund loan over the line. 

Going to be a lot of questions if he goes and lights it up over there though
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I think it also has positive FFP impact somehow, though I cant remember exactly what it was.

 
I'm not even sure he's going to get many starts ... Dortmund are bringing him in, it seems, as cover for a ligament injury to Julien Ryerson, who was sharing left back duties with Ramy Bensebaini, who has played more minutes this season than Ryerson.

https://www.fearthewall.com/2023/12/11/23997562/borussia-dortmund-on-the-hunt-for-a-left-back-in-january#:~:text=Dortmund are now relying on,stay healthy) backing up Wolf. 

Despite the Bellingham cash, the club sounds pretty broke LOL

Good luck to him anyway !

 
dermott said:
Lighting it up in the BL is a different thing to the PL. The list of BL stars coming up short in the PL lengthens by the season. BL is far less physical and defence can sometimes seem optional.
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I agree, but logical thinking like that won't be matched by the media and the main fan base.

 
Good move for him, insane that he was essentially out 5th choice at left back this season, he just have looked awful in training.

 
Maatsen will be good in Dortmund. He is a good player. In Chelsea at this moment we have better players in his position the way Pochettino sees it. 

Good move to seal his extension. We will make a nice profit of him after his stint in Germany hopefully.

 
Scott Harris said:
Sacnho is sh*t. So happy we didn't sign him before United did. There is a type of profile of player that doesn't work in the Premier League after being a success in Germany, Sancho is one of those players. Sancho, Kagawa, Werner, Havertz, Pulisic, they're all the same. Too lightweight, too soft, struggle against any team that doesn't play open or with a high line.
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The Sancho situation isn't spoken about enough, many said he was the next ballon d'Or superstar, even I fell for a lot of the hype. I thought Southgate not selecting was very suspicious but given how sh*te of a manager he is I could well believe Southgate was just incompetent. 

No, it turns out Sancho was just ridiculously overrated. I agree, be careful signing superstars from that league. With that said, Dortmund are extremely good at developing players, there could be something to this loan. 

 
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