2023/24 Amadou Onana

[GoldenToffee]

He looks so much better without gana in the team. Breaking up play and driving forward with the ball is what he is good at. Technically he is okay but not enough for a more advanced centre mid position.

Fully agree, just a shame it took fate to shift the team around instead of a good piece of management. Kin Garner on the right wing for five games ffs with Gueye gifting goals every game.

Onana is much improved of late.

 

[Tramps_mate]

Contracted to 2027.

By season end hopefully weve got him tied down to 2029. Same for Branthwaite.

No mate..

Hell be sold in the summer. Hopefully not in January though..

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

He will leave in the summer but a brilliant player. If he develops his passing there's no reason he can't play high high level

 

[bluelife]

Fewer clumsy mistakes and more concentration when passing and there’s no doubt this lad will be the next Yaya Toure… somebody will pay big for him - we should be looking for Caicedo type money.

 

[jonnyboy316]

Fewer clumsy mistakes and more concentration when passing and there’s no doubt this lad will be the next Yaya Toure… somebody will pay big for him - we should be looking for Caicedo type money.

Developing well but I don’t see him adding goals to his game for the Yaya comparison

 

[chopper6]

I hate this acceptance of selling our bright stars.

Don’t get me wrong, I probably agree we will continue to sell the likes of him & Branthwaite because of the dire financial state we are in.

But it’s so frustrating when you can see a bright young spine of a team that most accept we then have to sell.

 

[Naylor56]

Fully agree, just a shame it took fate to shift the team around instead of a good piece of management. Kin Garner on the right wing for five games ffs with Gueye gifting goals every game.

Onana is much improved of late.

Now we just need to find a replacement for dacoure who has same work rate but more creativity

 

[Brownie]

Very much enjoyed him shouting "LOOK AT THE STREEENGTH!" as he powered away from Soucek towards the end of the game there.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Now we just need to find a replacement for dacoure who has same work rate but more creativity

Dacourt? And yes.

 

[Bedfordblue]

I like him a lot, but surely it’s only a matter of time before opposition wise up to his turns where he lets the ball run across him as he turns. Can’t believe he’s still getting away with it tbh

 

[banno]

I like him a lot, but surely it’s only a matter of time before opposition wise up to his turns where he lets the ball run across him as he turns. Can’t believe he’s still getting away with it tbh

It is called skill and kidoligy. They just don't know what he is going to do

 

[Tel001]

I hate this acceptance of selling our bright stars.

Don’t get me wrong, I probably agree we will continue to sell the likes of him & Branthwaite because of the dire financial state we are in.

But it’s so frustrating when you can see a bright young spine of a team that most accept we then have to sell.

It’s not acceptance, it’s just reality unfortunately.

We are in a huge mess financially and are hovering around the bottom of the table, if any decent team and I mean one of the “big 6” come in for him with a decent fee, he will want to go and we will accept the offer

 

[blueconverse]

Can't wait for the media to try and sell him and branthwaite in Jan

 

[Zatara]

Technically he's still got a way to go, but last few games have been his best spell for us.

He looks so much better without gana in the team. Breaking up play and driving forward with the ball is what he is good at. Technically he is okay but not enough for a more advanced centre mid position.

I dont undetstand about either point on 'technically'. His technique is well up there.

No mate..

Hell be sold in the summer. Hopefully not in January though..

He will leave in the summer but a brilliant player. If he develops his passing there's no reason he can't play high high level

Fewer clumsy mistakes and more concentration when passing and there’s no doubt this lad will be the next Yaya Toure… somebody will pay big for him - we should be looking for Caicedo type money.

His passing is quality. Just look at the assists he should have had start of season, the through balls he has in his locker like today when DCL was offside. For Belgium especially, very good

I hate this acceptance of selling our bright stars.

Don’t get me wrong, I probably agree we will continue to sell the likes of him & Branthwaite because of the dire financial state we are in.

But it’s so frustrating when you can see a bright young spine of a team that most accept we then have to sell.

The frustrating but necessary thing is that even if we sold for £125mil it would give us £106mil....£100mil would give us £86.6mil.

Due to his £33mil fee having the 20% clause on profit to Lille.

If we sold him we would surely need to use the money on 3 CM players. We only have Garner left at end of the season with both Gana and Gomes out of contract.

So it would be a case of Onana OR 3 new CMs so we have 2 starting and 2 to rotate.

We may even need to spread the money around due to lack of bodies so Onana = 3×CM + 1×RW + 1×ACM.

Would we be a better team with e.g Neil (Sunderland), Hackney (Boro), Wharton (Blackburn), Bakayoko (PSV) and Gnonto (Leeds)

Or keeping a future superstar in Onana?

A: Would those 5 players improve the team more than keeping Onana?

B: Would those 5 players values increase substantially more than Onanas' will over the next few years?

 

[Nymzee]

I like him a lot, but surely it’s only a matter of time before opposition wise up to his turns where he lets the ball run across him as he turns. Can’t believe he’s still getting away with it tbh

Yeh people quickly wised up to Arjen Robben chopping inside and shooting didn’t they