Transfer Rumour Maximillian James Aarons

[Nymzee]

Il never watch a youtube vid for scouting again after seeing Niasse and thinking we might have a decent player on our hands here

The Internet can be magical at times.

 

[BornBlue76]

Il never watch a youtube vid for scouting again after seeing Niasse and thinking we might have a decent player on our hands here

The only player I felt we got something totally different from his YouTube video was Bily.. he did have a left foot but I thought he was a pacy winger.. turned out slower than a cart horse.

 

[degsy]

I've heard the figure of £35M bandied about...seems a bit steep.

 

[JLW]

I've heard the figure of £35M bandied about...seems a bit steep.

It was the same asking price for Moise Kean/Allan/Doucoure/Godfrey, we never paid that for any of them, Brands pays 25mil tops.

 

[KaiserEFC]

I've heard the figure of £35M bandied about...seems a bit steep.

Always seems to be made up of plenty of add-ons when young players are involved these days. Plus Iwobi aside we actually seem to be good at the art of negotiation now!

 

[Brownie]

I genuinely don't know the answer, different stats sites and models calculate what a "big chance" is different and I personally haven't seen anything saying that, but it is certainly plausible.

That was from the official Premier League statistics provided by Opta. FWIW, I think the stats do suggest that his low number of assists is more down to poor finishing from his teammates than lack of creativity on his part.

 

[Chrismac]

That was from the official Premier League statistics provided by Opta. FWIW, I think the stats do suggest that his low number of assists is more down to poor finishing from his teammates than lack of creativity on his part.

Yeah there are numerous variables with stats, however i would have thought that no assists in 32 league games when your teams top of the league and are the 4th top scorers doesnt make great reading for an 'attacking' fullback.
However, I think at £25m its a low risk signing.
He's young, fast and seems comfortable on the ball. If he develops at even a decent level over the next few years could end up being a mainstay for a long time.

 

[n01efc]

If we can’t get Aarons then I would look at the Fulham right back, I thought he had a good game against us.

 

[MisterJ]

If we paid £35m and had solved the RB position for 5-8 years, money well spent?

 

[paulbefc]

... plays every minute of every game, rarely injured...

Another huge positive, for me.

We've got a number of key players who can often miss a good 20% plus of the season in Allan, Digne, James, Gbamin and need a few more reliable ever-presents to add to DCL, Richarlison and Doucoure, so we don't end up having to be as stretched as we have been at times this season, where we've been regularly been playing 4 centre halves as our back 4. As well as we did to handle the Coleman and Digne injuries, we did have to sacrifice a lot of attacking threat while our full backs weren't going past halfway.

 

[hktoffee]

Some source said he’s 5ft10 but he looks shorter then that on videos?

 

[catcherintherye]

Some source said he’s 5ft10 but he looks shorter then that on videos?

Unless hes had a dramatic growth spurt in the last year or so, there's no way he's 5 ft 10. Looks about 5 ft 8.

 

[BornBlue76]

It was the same asking price for Moise Kean/Allan/Doucoure/Godfrey, we never paid that for any of them, Brands pays 25mil tops.

Yep that’s my take. Shouldn’t cost more than Godfrey.. £25m done

 

[kev101]

Cba with any more miniature footballers

 

[Tin-Tin]

Same height as Digne isnt he? Although I'd rather have taller players, I dont think its a particular requirement for the fullback position. The fact that he has pace, energy, skill and attacking ability is a plus these days.

Not sure how good defensively he is but he's still young enough to improve a lot and Digne and Baines are/were not the best defenders