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Player watch: Toby Alderweireld

mattdefoe

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He could even end up at Chelsea I have this feeling .

Terrible business if we can’t keep him, we have looked on the back foot defensively without him, to lose him , walker and potentially Rose is a massive step back in my opinion. We need to keep him
 

Lilbaz

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Apr 1, 2005
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He could even end up at Chelsea I have this feeling .

Terrible business if we can’t keep him, we have looked on the back foot defensively without him, to lose him , walker and potentially Rose is a massive step back in my opinion. We need to keep him

We don't deal with chelsea.
 
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He could even end up at Chelsea I have this feeling .

Terrible business if we can’t keep him, we have looked on the back foot defensively without him, to lose him , walker and potentially Rose is a massive step back in my opinion. We need to keep him
If he goes he won't go to Chelsea. Levy won't do business with them. The Modric transfer saga proved that. If he stays in the league either Manchester club is the most likely landing spot.
 

Chris12

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Surely the ridiculous release clause suggested by the agent is no less ridiculous than the release clause of £25m in one seasons time.
 

Led's Zeppelin

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Manchester clubs or psg are the most likely. Can't really see him go anywhere else.

For what it’s worth and based purely on the facts as we know them rather than the guesswork that’s masquerading as news, I can’t really see him going anywhere.

I’ll change my opinion when something persuasive comes up.
 
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Manchester clubs or psg are the most likely. Can't really see him go anywhere else.
Agree completely. I just don't want him sold to City. United is fine with me. They are a dumpster fire right now and Toby is not going to help them fix what ails them.
 

mattyspurs

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Jan 31, 2005
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The fact that no one's batted an eye lid in regards to Toby having a set back tells you all you need to know regarding our squad standing right now.
Exactly,

Look I love the guy, think that he is a wonderful defender. But we've coped very well without him,

I want this sorted one way or another, either sign the deal, or reluctantly we need to sell him for as much as we can get
 
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We’ve already done our succession planning with Toby and gave great RCBs for the next decade in Sanchez and Foyth, while Carter Vickers appears to have turned it around with this new loan too. I’d like one more season of Toby and then let him leave for that £25m clause as a 30 year old with a poor recent injury history.

Fact is, with his current wage being so ‘low’ anyway we can justifiably have him as a squad player for a year anyway, anybody we brought in to be our 3rd centre back behind Jan and Dave would command at least £50k per week anyway. We hold the cards, it’s up to him to play ball or not. Yes, he is better than Sanchez for now, but it’s not unrealistic to think that in June 2019 this will reverse. Up to Toby to commit his last hurrah at the top level to us, if he doesn’t then he’s playing with fire.

Of course, if we want to make more money out of him, sell him this summer, reinvest in a young LCB to succeed Vertonghen, it will be a slightly worse situation but not dramatically. However, for all intents and purposes Toby has become a touch redundant thanks to his injuries and Sanchez progression. In any industry, if a company can restructure to profess a young talent into the position of their superior and make a profit in the process without the product being negatively effected, it will.[/QUOTE]


Totally agree. Keep him, activate the extra year in the summer of 2019 and if anybody wants to pay £25m for a 30 year old then so be it, how much mileage will anybody get out of him then anyway??. We still would have doubled our money on him without paying daft wages over the 4 years he would have been here. That represents a better deal than paying him 150k now for 5 years when he'll be 34. Foyth and Sanchez will be that much better and we can concentrate on getting a LCB in to replace Verts. Sorted.
 

thebenjamin

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Jul 1, 2008
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Totally agree. Keep him, activate the extra year in the summer of 2019 and if anybody wants to pay £25m for a 30 year old then so be it, how much mileage will anybody get out of him then anyway??. We still would have doubled our money on him without paying daft wages over the 4 years he would have been here. That represents a better deal than paying him 150k now for 5 years when he'll be 34. Foyth and Sanchez will be that much better and we can concentrate on getting a LCB in to replace Verts. Sorted.

It's not that straightforward though. You'll be dealing with a potentially unhappy, unmotivated player who believes his employer is underpaying him. And at the end of next season we'll have no power over who he signs for, so if he wants to keep his family London, for example, he signs for Scum or Scummer. Which would not be good.
 

ValenciaYid

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Jul 17, 2008
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It's not that straightforward though. You'll be dealing with a potentially unhappy, unmotivated player who believes his employer is underpaying him. And at the end of next season we'll have no power over who he signs for, so if he wants to keep his family London, for example, he signs for Scum or Scummer. Which would not be good.

We wont allow it to drag out that long....He signs up or he goes this summer....
 

cozzo

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Jan 2, 2005
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Look! Even Barcelona lost Neymar, it hits every club. Ours is no difference. Players move on all the time.
 
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