tim cahill
Player Valuation: £50m
Why would he do that? There seems to be a growing assumption that James is desperate to go. The way I see it is that Benitez wanted him out.
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No deffo not. Only thing I could imagine is that we might sanction him leaving to bring a major signing in during January. But why not wait until then to sell?
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
open till 22nd sep according to that https://en.as.com/en/2021/08/29/soccer/1630224255_602750.html
Are there any later transfer deadlines?
There are a handful of top leagues where they are still authorized to sign players after Aug. 31, with their respective transfer deadlines as follows:Sept. 7: Russia
Sept. 8: Turkey
Sept. 22: Mexico, Portugal
Oct. 18: Australia
It's a bit of both but more than Benitez, it's the club too
Club needed his wages off the books, Benitez isn't going to have him as a priority in the side and he'd have been happy to leave.
But he's here now so has to be used. If not, Benitez - who is clearly leaking stuff to his big Red mate Joyce, one way or the other - is an idiot.
I usually read nothing into social media, but apparently he has liked Mina's post saying he stays FWIW
Cheeky mid-October bid for James coming in from Canberra Convicts FC?
You don’t have to be a body language expert to tell he absolutely hates playing in this league. He’s been counting down the days til he leaves since about December imo.
Toffe3m4n
Player Valuation: £80m
I can't be the only one who noticed that James is wearing Mina's top there lol
Australia it is. Nice weather s..t league. Everything on his level!
Extremely good? LOL. That's why they did fall over each other to get him?
I don't think there has been spin against JR.
It appears that he doesn't fit into the managers plans and there is no doubt that the club would have appreciated the wage savings if he left but any of the negativity that I have seen have been instigated by JR himself.
The tweet about not knowing who the club was playing at the weekend, the cryptic messages on twitch which certainly created controversy if nothing else.
I remember some on here convinced he was going to Atletico based on a post by JR himself.
The situation about flying to Colombia last season before the final game of the season didn't help either.
These are all professionals, players and management alike... players will know and accept that a new manager may want to try something different and they will then try to move to someplace new.
I don't believe there need be any rancour or bad feeling. James clearly wanted to leave when his mentor left... I think if there is bad feeling anywhere it would be with James who would correctly feel that CA left him stranded.
I think there a couple of options now, the club and James reach a monetary settlement and cancel his contract, allowing him to sign for another club.
He sits on his contract for twelve months and barely plays..... which would not be good for his football career.
He knuckles down and convinces the manager he has a role to play.... I think this may be difficult as it will probably mean James having to get far fitter and work much harder than he has done .
I think that is correct.
In the space of a few weeks it seems to me that a lot of the anger against Benitez has drifted away and this is in part because of results but also because of the way he seems to be going about his job.
JR , as you say, will be the stick used by some to beat Benitez.
Deco
Player Valuation: £40m
Short memories here.
And why would he even want to go there mate.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Everyone was convinced Iwobi hated it here and didn't care either. And everyone is convinced Keane gets rattled easy. It's pseudoscience.
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