The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - THE STAYING ALIVE EDITION - 9th January

[Shadydan]

It's got very little to do with AVB I think. If the kid is getting better offers elsewhere, he'll not sign the contract we are offering him.

This is like Fryers in reverse.

Sreyrf?

 

[Huddlestone22]

I would probably plump for Damiao myself, but honestly don't feel BC's opinion warrants a facepalm. Damiao is hardly proven at the highest level himself. In hindsight I will remove my dislike, think that was harsh.

I just thought it was a bit far-fetched that he'd honestly think Pritchard signing a new contract would be a priority over signing an established Brazilian forward. I understand Damiao is only playing in the Brazilian league but you have to take into account that the league is improving year by year and he's got a good goal scoring record.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

Personally I'm not uncomfortable with the gametime given to Pritchard by AVB. I feel he should have a bit more patience. It is very rare for a man of his age to be playing Premier League football for a club competing for a CL place. And regular football at that age does not always turn out well for the player's future career.

 

[Mouse!]

I'll be gutted if we let Pritchard go. I've been bragging to my Arsenal mates about his talent.

It's strange that we've never loaned him out - I know he's quite slight and we might have worried about how he'd cope, but we loaned out Tom Carroll a couple of times and he's even slighter - if a bit taller.

I hope we really make an effort to keep this kid, give him a long-term contract and start integrating him into the squad!

 

[Hoopspur]

watch this and tell me if there's anything there that would make you think he has the potential to be a 10m player.

yeah it's just an 8 minute clip but those things are always the best stuff and even Iversen looked half decent in his, so if he can't impress in a highlight reel then sorry i'm very skeptical. and yeah Palace don't want to sell in this window so they can play hard to get and that probably inflates his price even further. knowing Levy's eye for value i'd be very surprised if we bought him. then again, Levy did pay 15m for Bentley...

Most of that clip was when he was 18/19 years old. Sorry, but there does seem decent potential there tbh. For a sensible figure (some have mentioned £6m) or even more then he must be worth the gamble at that?

 

[Viggspur]

Pritchard - If the club only gave him a one year deal then they can't rate him that highly. He's nowhere near the 1st team at the mo and i'm sure the coaches know more about his qualities than any of us, so if he leaves then so be it... We haven't made any massive blunders recently with letting kids contracts run down who have actually turned out to be top draw so I'll trust the club on this one.

Zaha - £20m is ridiculous! anything over £5m is too much to be honest. The boy looks to have some raw talent but you wouldn't pay £20m for most established premier league players...even Lennon or Nani probably wouldn't command that sort of fee and are far superior players imo.

 

[andyp8080]

Sorry guys

Ive let you down.



No-one has Pritchards number to ask him

he is a young footballer who works only a few hours a day

he must therefore be on twitter??

 

[CJMurray]

he is a young footballer who works only a few hours a day

he must therefore be on twitter??

He is, but he's hardly going to divulge sensitive information about his contract situation to a stranger on a social network.

 

[mill]

City with all their millions had a 17 y o goal scorer Saturday we had dead man walking hudd in front of Carroll. Can't see the kids getting much game time soon

 

[$hoguN]

I did mention that Calejon from RM might be a possibility

Do you know if we would be looking for a loan or permanent deal?

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

Hmmm, Zaha or Belhanda for roughly the same money. Now, that's a tough one, I really can't decide which way we should go, I'm being pulled in both directions here.

No. Wait. I'm not.

 

[tttcowan]

So Ades off then, can anyone remember the last transfer window when a striker hasn't been our top priority? I honestly can't... Wasn't Jol in charge?!?!

 

[razor1981]

Adam Suter on twitter says he reckons we will receive bids for Adebayor and added that "Conte likes him a lot".

 

[thenickh]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...target-Leandro-Damiao-linked-with-Inter-Milan

Inter president Re: Damiao: "The future of the player? When we get an important offer, we will evaluate it. But to sell in January, this would have to be a very, very attractive offer."

Come on Levy... ATTRACT HIM!!

 

[andyp8080]

He is, but he's hardly going to divulge sensitive information about his contract situation to a stranger on a social network.

yeah it was a joke

 

[Misfit]

Adam Suter on twitter says he reckons we will receive bids for Adebayor and added that "Conte likes him a lot".

Good. All in for a striker then DL. No excuses. Profit and big wages shifted. Replacement or GTFO.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

The 10m proposed Zaha fee is a great example of why I'd be gutted if we sold Pritchard.

 

[andyp8080]

Adam Suter on twitter says he reckons we will receive bids for Adebayor and added that "Conte likes him a lot".

sorry if i'm being dense but who is Conte?

 

[Misfit]

yeah it was a joke

Does. Not. Compute.

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[mill]

It'd be interesting to know how many of Pritchard's next gen contemporaries have had game time for their respective clubs