I don’t think it’s gone quiet as such, seems Delaney wants to go there and clubs are just haggling over a fee.
I’m imagining that either his price was too rich for us, or was only interested in a move to a more established Prem team.... as that interest clearly didn’t come he has chosen...
German paper quoting €25m which has meant Schalke and Dortmund have pulled out of the race to sign him.
Could be that Werder Bremen aren’t prepared to sell to a rival in the same league and the price is inflated because of that, but if true I can’t see us paying that much for him.
He is used to playing in a midfield 3 not a deep lying midfield 2...... he had opportunities to get forward from a midfield 3
So whilst you are right he hasn’t played as deep as we ask him to, he also has never played as a number 10. He is probably best suited to playing in a midfield 3 but we...
Propper has played twice as a no10... both for the Netherlands
He even said himself it wasn’t a position he had ever played before until he was asked to by the manager, his last two appearances have been back in a midfield 2.
He also never played it for PSV ... was part of a midfield 3
So on that basis we’d never have signed Ulloa the first time or Groß.... both are players we tracked for over a year before signing.
I’m also confused because we failed last summer that means a lack of imagination ? Surely it means we want him rather than we can’t be bothered to look for other...