Considering the wages paid, it probably just about breaks even.
Benjamin Stambouli signs for PSG
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Everlasting Seconds
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If he was the first, or among the first, CM(s) to leave. Then fair point.
He is not though.
In general yes, but only fixing salary and squad size cannot be the reason for this specific deal. After the sale of Holtby, Capoue, Paulinho & Stambouli, there must be somebody incoming specifically for CM. I'm good with replacing those 4 with 1. That's in line with what you are pointing out. (Which, to be fair, is a point we talked about also yesterday). I'm not good with this 4th deal at a low fee and a small profit only, unless that 1 guy is coming in.
Of course it's not a break even taking into account the cost of having had Stambouli employed for a year.
We are still overburdened with CMs. We probably want 4 core ones - Bentaleb, Mason, Alli and a new incomer. That still leaves us Carroll and Dembele surplus to requirements. There's also Winks and Veljkovic coming through in that position
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Names names names. I think we all know who we've got and where they can play. I also think we all know that everybody of those you just mentioned will not be with us for next season (inclusive of possible loans.
My one and only, quite simple point is, after having sold 4 midfielders, Stambouli being the last of them, I really do expect there to be 1 great incoming for that position.
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If there's truth in this PSG talk then I'd suggest it is the right thing to do, we bought him last year, we hardly played him last season and we are not going to play him this season yet he has been the model professional in his time here, he's earned it.
Sometimes you should do the right thing and rats to the revenue, the return on investment or any possible loss, which will not be much anyway.
Sometimes you should do the right thing and rats to the revenue, the return on investment or any possible loss, which will not be much anyway.
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Yes, very important as despite the sales we are still overloaded with good CM's with technical skills, even if slightly light on PL experience.
Clear that last season after hanging on for Schneiderlein until it was obvious he wasn't moving to us, Stambouli was the back up option. Nothing wrong with him as a back up option, but think he's less of a player than Poch had hoped and he's not kicked on.
We've plenty of CM's coming through the youth set up who look to have a much higher potential than Stambouli, so no point in hanging on to him.
I think its likely we'll have a good experienced CM coming in as its a risk not bringing one in - but no point in bringing in a CM who isn't top class (and the likes of McCarthy are borderline for me - I have high standards).
If we cannot bring in a top class CM, I think the combination of Bentaleb, Mason (last season's CM pairing) reinforced by Carroll (PL experience with Swansea and good at unpicking teams playing deep), Alli (who ITK says has surprised experienced players in training) plus Veljkovic (who's was higher rated than Bentaleb 2 years ago and has been ready for PL for 18 months, not played because we had too many expensive but mediocre CM's) - so that's 5 CM's - will probably be fine, although lacking in experience, and that's the risk Poch will be evaluating against bringing in the CM.
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I agree in everything you are saying, apart from one difference. If we can't bring in a top class CM, I personally would have kept Stambouli for one more season.
I agree. I think Stambouli was the back-up option to MS, and crucially was available for a cheapish fee last summer.
Then Poch and our coaches were able to watch him in training and in games for a full season, and presumably decided he wasn't quite what we needed and didn't have enough potential to be a project to spend another season developing.
We know from the Schneiderlin interviews last summer that Poch added lots of things to MS's game, even down to his body positioning to block off passing options in defensive situations. If Poch thought Stambouli could do the job we need, we wouldn't be letting him go for £5-6 million, which is nothing for a top flight CM these days, and looking to trigger Mario Suarez's £8 million release clause.
He always gave his all, and I wish Stambouli well at PSG, where he will likely be a deep squad player.
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If we wanted Suarez surely we would have gone in for him by now
I beg to differ. Paying wages to players who hardly play? I consider that as a liability, not as an asset.
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Not if he is below Rabiot and McCarthy in our list of targets.
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L'equipe saying this will be done tomorrow. 9 million euros, 5 year contract.
Guess he'll go straight out to join them at their pre-season camp in NY.
ETA: Suggestion he'll go the states directly for his medical.
Guess he'll go straight out to join them at their pre-season camp in NY.
ETA: Suggestion he'll go the states directly for his medical.
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I'd expect us to really get a move on with signing a DM when we sell him. The whole Stambouli thing has been so strange.
His transfer is announced about an hour after our initial interest was even reported, he then gets barely played by Pochettino, indicating he didn't really want him, and now he's being sold after one season despite not being too bad.
Weird. I mean, what was the point in the first place?
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Seems like it - final price will be about £6.2million.
Oh, saw a PSG ITK suggest that he'd be on around 150,000 euros a week - alright for some!
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150k in wages for Stambouli. Its such a joke
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