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2023/24 Abdoulaye Doucoure

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Chrismac said:
Doucoure had played the grand sum of 240mins under Lampard last season by the time Dyche arrived, from then to the end of the season whe was our most effective player.
Can say that he can't put two passes together and he's on £100k a week, but your argument falls down if you're blaming him for being one of the reasons we were in a relegation fight. He was key to us staying up last year, and we'll worth whatever salary he was paid for it, and is continuing the same form and level of effectiveness for Dyche this season.
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We've been in two relegation fights in his 3 years here. We bought him after he got relegated with watford.
We're clearly holding him back. Just a matter of time before Carlo takes him to Madrid.
 
Chrismac said:
So let's say he's currently on £120k a week, 6 months to run on his contract = £3m give or take.
We extend for an extra year and bump weekly to £140k (guess but cant see us going higher), he now has 18 months at £140k = £11m (additional cost to the club £8m for one season)
Now say we were to try and replace next summer instead of extending, and say we hit lucky and bring in 1st team starter for £15m over 5 years on £80k (as we're trying to get wage bill down), this would cost us just under £8m and would give us hopefully an appreciating asset rather than having Doucs worth zero come summer 25.
That would be what Red Kev would be thinking in normal times... but we're completely skinto and are likely facing a transfer ban so we need to make do.
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blueboy72 said:
I doubt dyche wound go for a technical player in that position if he had 30mil. He will play doucoure, McNeil. Harrison behind the striker until he’s out of a job. Unfortunately we want lay a glove on the top 10 with them 3
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Around 1.5 seasons weve got to develop someone to take over from him.

A sensible move if we sign someone asap.
 


Our only player to have an over 80% pass rate on Sat.

Someone else who I haven’t rated particularly highly, certainly his technical ability, but his industry and energy is such an important factor. And he does that incredible knack of popping up in the right place.
 
MikeH72 said:
Was he? I assumed he was on about £80k or something. Surely he wasn’t on £120k.
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Thinks it’s between him and gomes as our highest earners … deli ali will run them close I reckon.

Have to laugh how bad our accountant owner is …
Tea lady is probably on 100k a year
 
Neiler said:
Wouldn't agree personally mate, we arent staying up either year without him, it rings true comparatively to results when hes in the team and not.
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Or maybe we wouldn’t be down there on the first place if we had someone that could score 7 goals a season and also be able to control and pass a football?
 
Tel001 said:
Or maybe we wouldn’t be down there on the first place if we had someone that could score 7 goals a season and also be able to control and pass a football?
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8 goals in half a season last year, and the 11 we played this, is very likely double digit returns over a full one in this role - which would take him into the higher returns of midfielders in the PL mate.
 

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