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Acheampong won't make it to the top level unless he adds some aggression to his game, I've been saying this for a while now. You can't be a defender and play as soft as he does, not a serious one anyway.

 
Acheampong won't make it to the top level unless he adds some aggression to his game, I've been saying this for a while now. You can't be a defender and play as soft as he does, not a serious one anyway.
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Needs to be sold to a midtable club with a buyback clause, somewhere he will play regularly for 2-3 seasons. We are not helping him by holding onto him, and not playing him. This is his make or break season.

 
Palace are interested in him. Want to buy him outright.

For Josh such a move really seems like a great step for his career Imo.

So long as we got both a buy back clause and a sell on percentage then I think a sale to them is a good idea.

Maybe 35mill fee, sell on of 20% and buy back active in summer 2027 through to summer 2030 for around 50mill.

 
Palace are interested in him. Want to buy him outright.

For Josh such a move really seems like a great step for his career Imo.

So long as we got both a buy back clause and a sell on percentage then I think a sale to them is a good idea.

Maybe 35mill fee, sell on of 20% and buy back active in summer 2027 through to summer 2030 for around 50mill.
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Ax for SD.

 
Palace are interested in him. Want to buy him outright.

For Josh such a move really seems like a great step for his career Imo.

So long as we got both a buy back clause and a sell on percentage then I think a sale to them is a good idea.

Maybe 35mill fee, sell on of 20% and buy back active in summer 2027 through to summer 2030 for around 50mill.
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Think we will need him, dont want to sell youngsters from the academy anymore as they turn out better than what we buy.

Newcastle will be upset they sold Anderson for 15 million, reckon us lot will feel the same should he leave. Cracking prospect.

 
Palace are interested in him. Want to buy him outright.

For Josh such a move really seems like a great step for his career Imo.

So long as we got both a buy back clause and a sell on percentage then I think a sale to them is a good idea.

Maybe 35mill fee, sell on of 20% and buy back active in summer 2027 through to summer 2030 for around 50mill.

Think we will need him, dont want to sell youngsters from the academy anymore as they turn out better than what we buy.

Newcastle will be upset they sold Anderson for 15 million, reckon us lot will feel the same should he leave. Cracking prospect.
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Why I'd want the buy back set in place. Same way Real Madrid tend to do things with youngsters they sell.

We need the funds to cover the losses we would take selling Disasi, Fofana, Badishille, Delap etc. As well as for strengthening the team.

If we need to do this so that we do get Wharton and Diogo Costa for Alonso then so be it.

If we can can sign them while only loaning Josh then even better.

But for his sake he either needs to be first choice here this season, or get a loan to someone like palace where he is first choice.

 
Palace are interested in him. Want to buy him outright.

For Josh such a move really seems like a great step for his career Imo.

So long as we got both a buy back clause and a sell on percentage then I think a sale to them is a good idea.

Maybe 35mill fee, sell on of 20% and buy back active in summer 2027 through to summer 2030 for around 50mill.

Why I'd want the buy back set in place. Same way Real Madrid tend to do things with youngsters they sell.

We need the funds to cover the losses we would take selling Disasi, Fofana, Badishille, Delap etc. As well as for strengthening the team.

If we need to do this so that we do get Wharton and Diogo Costa for Alonso then so be it.

If we can can sign them while only loaning Josh then even better.

But for his sake he either needs to be first choice here this season, or get a loan to someone like palace where he is first choice.
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The risk is we go into the season with defenders we dont rate or want to keep, been in and out on loan or to the bomb squad. Perhaps a loan, but I dont trust the scum who run us to improve the squad, we are already struggling to do that this summer. Outside of rogers, Not really sure we can say we've improved, added a little experience, but I think we're weaker ahead of this season.

 
Think we will need him, dont want to sell youngsters from the academy anymore as they turn out better than what we buy.

Newcastle will be upset they sold Anderson for 15 million, reckon us lot will feel the same should he leave. Cracking prospect.
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Well that is what you risk if you don’t play them. Does him no favour being 4th choice CB here.

 
Well that is what you risk if you don’t play them. Does him no favour being 4th choice CB here.
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Think we'll have enough games this season in the league to play him. Plus we're pretty injury prone. dont think we should be in the position of selling our best defenders.

 
He needs to play.

In a season with no Europe, we are better off giving that 3rd spot to Fofana, who'll likely rot on the bench given Lacroix+Colwill's fitness (knock on wood).

Acheampong would benefit from being at a side that will actually play him every week.

 
He needs to play.

In a season with no Europe, we are better off giving that 3rd spot to Fofana, who'll likely rot on the bench given Lacroix+Colwill's fitness (knock on wood).

Acheampong would benefit from being at a side that will actually play him every week.
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Fofana cant stay fit though and is a liability defending at the best of times, he'd be better off trying for a spot in the WRC

 
Agree that he's at the stage of development where he really needs to get regular game time and with no Europe that probably limits opportunities here, if so then would rather see him as a loan somewhere in Prem. Hopefully would work out positive as in the case of Colwill.

 
Fofana cant stay fit though and is a liability defending at the best of times, he'd be better off trying for a spot in the WRC
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Twat wasn't injured at all last season. The only time he was out was when Sanchez concussed him.

Lacroix doesn't get injured, and the defence needs to have Colwill, so whoever the 3rd CB is going to be is going to get scrap minutes. Rather that be Fofana than Josh.

 
Given we all have to be data scientists, the data set for Fofana's injuries looks like this - Id Say he's due a lengthy layoff again soon. Guy is a walking crutch waiting to happen.

Credit him, he's been injured for nearly 700 days since we signed him. This is why I'd keep Josh about, better defender emerging as well, can play right and centre back. Anyhow, For the accountants to work out becasue weve stopped being a football club

Season

Days

Injuries

Games missed

25/26

40 days

4

7

24/25

178 days

2

35

23/24

350 days

1

64

22/23

128 days

2

20

21/22

224 days

1

47

20/21

47 days

3

11

19/20

77 days

2

12


 
Coventry on loan doing the rounds.
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Sell and include a buyback clause. I don’t understand the club’s reluctance in selling him when they aren’t going to play him. No PL club is developing players for another club.

 
Sell and include a buyback clause. I don’t understand the club’s reluctance in selling him when they aren’t going to play him. No PL club is developing players for another club.
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Remember who their manager is.

 
We did the same thing with Mount and Tomori when he was Derby manager.
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I actually like the idea of loaning players in pairs to the same club, as one can have the other's back if anything goes south and puts a little more pressure on the managers to play at least one of them as it'd be really damaging to loan and then not play two players from the same club. Josh and Gittens/Mudryk at Coventry for example seems ideal. One defender and a fast player for a counter attack, even if he's only playing the sub role is already better than not playing at all here.

 
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