I'm more confused than ever about what our best 11 and best formation are. Barco and Baleba definitley each bring something unique to the side, but you also have to fit in Gross, Mitoma, JP, Enciso. Barco looks though his best position might be left midfield in a 4-3-3.
This. Igor has contributed nothing offensively for us, so where was he for the 4th goal? I also have a problem with JPVH jogging back, because had both bust s gut it is possible they clear the rebound from Steele's save.
Barco would have learned more about top level football in that one...
I see it the opposite way. I think Albion will have been trailing Barco for a year or so, I think we deliberately didn't buy another left-back in the summer because we had our sights set on this guy, and we bought Igor and Milner partly to provide some insurance at left-back for the short-term...
I see The Sun were reporting City want to sign him then loan him to Leicester until the end of the season. Is he going to want to be playing in the English Championship when he's just played in a Copa Libertadores final, when fellow kids Buonanotte and Veliz are already in the Prem, and when...
It's been going on since the Hughton years. It's been 5 years since we recruited Gyokeres and loaned out Ben White to Newport County, 4 years ago we grabbed Burn, MacAllister, Sanchez, Connolly. Something was clearly going on at that point and went into overdrive in 2019/20 with Trossard...
Except that how many clubs have the sort of track record that we do in:
a) Giving that kid a shot at Premier League / European first team football
b) Using that route to produce a World Cup winner (MacAllister)
c) Using that route to producing the third biggest transfer in world football...