Player Watch: Moussa Sissoko

[spurs mental]

He had a couple of good games for us. Always tried hard and gave his all. Sure he couldn't kick the ball but Poch obviously liked him for his effort and you can't ever fault that. Wish him all the best if he does move on.

 

[daryl hannah]

He had a couple of good games for us. Always tried hard and gave his all. Sure he couldn't kick the ball but Poch obviously liked him for his effort and you can't ever fault that. Wish him all the best if he does move on.

Does Poch like him enough to NOT loan him to Wolves or whoever? It's more likely that he had a clause in his contract about playing time before the world cup. I prefer this speculation.

 

[Khilari]

Would make a good acquisition for a mid-table side but not sure he’d want to go.

 

[Saoirse]

If the Wolves rumours are true, then great. He will no doubt score against us this season... oh well. On the bright side it opens up a nice HG slot for Grealish, who appears to be a significant upgrade.

If it's a loan deal he can't play against us.

 

[ravo]

If it's a loan deal he can't play against us.

I am very much hoping it's a sale.

 

[mark87]

Oh god please let this happen.

Nice guy, good professional, but no where near good enough for us.

 

[Paolo10]

He's not that bad, he's just not quite good enough for our squad...the frustrating thing is, many could see that he wasn't anything special, but he was still signed even though Pochettino wasn't exactly enamoured with the move from comments in his book.

Hopefully this has legs, but you have to wonder who's going to be the new whipping boy when things aren't going right.

 

[hughy]

He's never given less than 100% for us in a game. Fantastic work rate.


However... I think we as a club are a level or two above his ability. Would thrive at a Palace/Bournemouth/Brighton. Just hope someone is happy to pay up, Levy won't take a loss.

 

[mark87]

He's never given less than 100% for us in a game. Fantastic work rate.


However... I think we as a club are a level or two above his ability. Would thrive at a Palace/Bournemouth/Brighton. Just hope someone is happy to pay up, Levy won't take a loss.

No way on this earth will someone pay 30m for him, I'll eat a shoe if they did now.

 

[hughy]

No way on this earth will someone pay 30m for him, I'll eat a shoe if they did now.

I probably worded that badly. I'm not expecting £30m back (doubt we've even paid that), but to at least recoup a fair amount on him. If it's a permanent move we are hardly going to let him go for anything less than £15m I'd think.

Would be interesting to know what we've paid for him to date.

 

[GutBucket]

He could be useful in midfield 3 IMO but I won't be sad if we sell him.

 

[punkisback]

He's never given less than 100% for us in a game. Fantastic work rate.


However... I think we as a club are a level or two above his ability. Would thrive at a Palace/Bournemouth/Brighton. Just hope someone is happy to pay up, Levy won't take a loss.

Disagree, i don't think he has. I remember countless games where he's ducked out of a challenge or jogged back instead of tracking man.

 

[Saoirse]

I probably worded that badly. I'm not expecting £30m back (doubt we've even paid that), but to at least recoup a fair amount on him. If it's a permanent move we are hardly going to let him go for anything less than £15m I'd think.

Would be interesting to know what we've paid for him to date.

Reportedly it was a £30m transfer fee, and then £80,000 a week for two years so far, so £38m.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Would make sense for a lot of clubs outside the top 6. 28 years old, strong, fast, tall, athletic, very premier league experienced and also an experienced international with a top nation. Can play box to box or out wide and is good at dragging the ball up the pitch. Also see’s a lot of ball and doesn’t give it away, albeit is unadventurous with it. For a safety first side, an experienced athletic French international in his prime who works his arse off and rarely loses possession could be the difference between competing or not in the games v the top 6. Hell, Mourinho has always had a Sissoko type in his squads.

With the exception of mainly Everton, I could see Sissoko improving the first team at every side from Burnley down in last year’s table.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Would make sense for a lot of clubs outside the top 6. 28 years old, strong, fast, tall, athletic, very premier league experienced and also an experienced international with a top nation. Can play box to box or out wide and is good at dragging the ball up the pitch. Also see’s a lot of ball and doesn’t give it away, albeit is unadventurous with it. For a safety first side, an experienced athletic French international in his prime who works his arse off and rarely loses possession could be the difference between competing or not in the games v the top 6. Hell, Mourinho has always had a Sissoko type in his squads.

With the exception of mainly Everton, I could see Sissoko improving the first team at every side from Burnley down in last year’s table.

Have you sent this to the club's player sales department? You should. Or put it on playerbay.co.uk as it would sell him to me.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Have you sent this to the club's player sales department? You should. Or put it on playerbay.co.uk as it would sell him to me.

I’m a recruiter, my livelihood depends on my ability to accentuate someone’s positives and relay their negatives in a non damning way.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

I’m a recruiter, my livelihood depends on my ability to accentuate someone’s positives and relay their negatives in a non damning way.

Oooh. Do you do wives?! (Quickly checks over shoulder to make sure slap is not incoming)

 

[Living Legend Colm G]

If it's a loan deal he can't play against us.

Balls! If it's a loan we should definitely beg the Premier league to let him play against us

 

[wrd]

Truth be told I'm a little confused by people worrying about him leaving saying we will be left short, I mean firstly he looks injured anyway but we've all be clamouring for some movement, then finally we get some potential movement so we can shift players and brings in we are now scared of being left short? Can't have it both ways.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Oooh. Do you do wives?! (Quickly checks over shoulder to make sure slap is not incoming)

Wouldn’t date. If your wife is anything like mine, she’ll find a way to twist the positives into negatives before I’ve started. Just this morning my helpful suggestion became a row after she turned it into patronising bossiness.