2023/24 Dele

[matty1878]

all i know about this thread is

he’s fit but we can’t afford to play him

as we’re scruffs

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

My alternative theory is that Dyche is saving him to play the (6?) games when Gana goes to the AFCON

 

[Kever10]

Sell him to Wigan or someone we have a good relationship with on a free transfer 1st of Jan, with a 1st refusal buy back clause. Let him play a few low level games to get his fitness up, then buy him back on Deadline day for £1m, which covers them for his wages and a sweetner for doing us a favour, along with a loan of 1 of our youngsters for the rest of the season.

Spurs get nothing, Wigan get a star player for a few games and we get Dele back, hopefully fit and raring to go for the 2nd half of the season, for a total outlay of about £500k having not paid him for a month. All potential contract clauses are gone. Daniel Levy fumes.

If Dyche likes him, and he will know better than anyone if he is suitable and ready, and if he wants to stay and work for the team, there is noone we could attract/afford with his potential and ability for even a fraction of that price.

 

[irishgoose]

I’m still rooting for him.

 

[Bedfordblue]

I’m still rooting for him.

I imagine he’s quite happy doing his own rooting.

 

[Tel001]

is he not injured? Like physically injured? Meaning that he cannot play right now.

You literally know nothing about what’s going on for him and his desire to play football.

What we do know is that he is working on the grass now recovering from a physical injury. There has been zero comment about his emotional well being.

We also know he has played basically no footy for 2 years plus , has been frozen out by 3-4 different managers and was thrown out of turkey and criticised for his attitude while on loan

 

[Jacko93]

We also know he has played basically no footy for 2 years plus , has been frozen out by 3-4 different managers and was thrown out of turkey and criticised for his attitude while on loan

You mean he was criticised for not working hard enough? All while he has admittedly spent much of his time through that period heavily addicted to sleeping tablets?
I cant imagine for a moment why he was so lackadaisical.

 

[cjuk87]

You mean he was criticised for not working hard enough? All while he has admittedly spent much of his time through that period heavily addicted to sleeping tablets?
I cant imagine for a moment why he was so lackadaisical.

Footballers aren't human mate. They don't have feelings and sleeping tablets don't affect them. It's quite obvious that he just has a bad attitude, if there was something else going on, he would've done a brave, open, honest and upsetting interview.

 

[Marius57]

We also know he has played basically no footy for 2 years plus , has been frozen out by 3-4 different managers and was thrown out of turkey and criticised for his attitude while on loan

Who froze him out? Lampard didn’t, he played him.
Then Dyche, who has spoken very positively about him numerous times.

In regards to Turkey, he came back because he was injured, not thrown out. He has since then shared his trauma with the world. Which would explain his difficulties over the past few years. But he has also sought out help for that.

He is currently injured recovering. And I believe Dyche over the situation before I believe gammons on here.

 

[Sharpattack]

He’s finished. Send him back to Spurs.

 

[jazzy]

I imagine he’s quite happy doing his own rooting.
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Is that a gun or are you pleased to see me Dele?

 

[pfim]

If he's healthy he should be loaned out. Regardless of our financial position, half a season of Dele isn't worth 10 or 8 million.

 

[twoblue]

Sell him to Wigan or someone we have a good relationship with on a free transfer 1st of Jan, with a 1st refusal buy back clause. Let him play a few low level games to get his fitness up, then buy him back on Deadline day for £1m, which covers them for his wages and a sweetner for doing us a favour, along with a loan of 1 of our youngsters for the rest of the season.

Spurs get nothing, Wigan get a star player for a few games and we get Dele back, hopefully fit and raring to go for the 2nd half of the season, for a total outlay of about £500k having not paid him for a month. All potential contract clauses are gone. Daniel Levy fumes.

If Dyche likes him, and he will know better than anyone if he is suitable and ready, and if he wants to stay and work for the team, there is noone we could attract/afford with his potential and ability for even a fraction of that price.

Just checking? You had a solicitor look over this proposition?

 

[Eggs]

If he's healthy he should be loaned out. Regardless of our financial position, half a season of Dele isn't worth 10 or 8 million.

….you can only loan him out if;

a) another club is prepared to take him and pay him actual money;
b) the player wants to go to another club or even wants to play football.

He might have been there, but I didn’t notice him in the clips of the squad attending Alder Hey today.

 

[jazzy]

why are we bothering with this ?

Dele was finished as an elite footballer 5 years ago.

Kenwright was stupid enough to allow Levy talk him into a ridiculous deal.

Dele has been paid handsomely by EFC and apart from 45 minutes against Palace has produced nothing.

That may not be his fault but it a fact.

Time for everyone to move on.

Good luck to Dele , he looks very happy in the photo and why wouldn't he be.