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2021/22 Lucas Digne

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We'll see, but I don't see how making it plainly obvious we want rid of him helps our negotiating position but Mr Benitez, ironically given his comments on ego earlier today, would rather make a point than put us in the strongest position regarding this transfer. If I was a betting man I would suggest the loan with obligation to buy that has been floated in the media seems the most likely outcome, which is a shame given we really could do with the cash.
I’m almost certainly giving our higher ups too much credit for forethought, but given I don’t think the outburst will hurt our negotiating position, I think we may have done it as a (vulgar) display of power by Benitez. If the player wants off anyway, and we’re not going to shoot ourselves in the foot over cash, why not put the spin on it that Benitez is in charge and won’t tolerate players who don’t want to run through proverbial brick walls for him?

If that is the case I think it’s a bit clumsy, but it’s my best guess.
 
I would confront any player who said he did not want to play for my club, no matter who he is.
The only person's word we have for it is Benitez. Let's choose to believe him for now.

Look at it from the perspective of Digne. The bloke who got the best out of you in Ancelotti has gone. The reason you signed a new deal (Brands) has gone. The playmaker who was able to play you into good positions has gone. Just as the striker you love to link up with is about to come back from injury, you get dropped from the team. You're 28, not playing in a side managed by a dinosaur who has taken us backwards so quickly it's actually impressive, and it's a World Cup year. Why would you want to stay?

If I was exactly who I am now, so an Evertonian (and a massive whopper, obvs) but a footballer, I wouldn't want to play for us.
 


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