things will always be changing, maybe we had a plan, things changed he fell into plan at last minute too late etc etc
we certainly need to get busy in some key areas though as so far we are almost identical to last year (Trossard swap for Jose) and Clarke as a squad addition.........
all I can remember is the excitement before the game with Cardiff losing....Then us being woeful giving Shelvey the run of all of Brighton and Hove for 48 minutes..painful
Interesting that Naylor in Argus has him down as the winger option to challenge the other wingers (obviously) no mention of no 10 role at all...(seems like Trossard is the option to cover/replace jose...)
I assume we would still be in market for new No10 as well based on that!
5 year deal....happening tomorrow!
https://twitter.com/HLNinEngeland/status/1143194052894105608
Almost a done deal. Leandro Trossard and Brighton & Hove Albion have found an agreement over a 5- year contract. Player will travel to England tomorrow to finalize the deal. #bhafc (@KjellDoms /...
as things stand...
we offered required fee and have it accepted.
Player gets married at same time.
Players agent flies to England for 1st round of talks without player.
Talks to continue today
club confident and in Pole position
Player wants to move to South coast...
Seems ok so far!
Or maybe by just saying returned without agreement in place it lets the conspiracy theorists begin...Id imagine its more to do with wedding scenario and hopefully all will be resolved in coming days.
Supposedly he is keen to join and obviously if the player was staying in Belgium over the weekend (wedding etc) he was never going to sign immediately. It is probably more of a case of the agent returning to Trossard with the Brighton offer and then negotiate from there.. I would have imagined...
Even CH said last season prices have gone up and he would naturally expect transfer record to be broken..Obvious we needed to create more goals (and score them) Trossard will be part of Evolution not revolution process.. We naturally are keeping the striker and attacking midfielder situation...
In HLN paper today
Leandro Trossard is getting married today with his girlfriend Laura Hilven. The couple also has a son of two, Thiago. A big step on a private level, but also sporty, Trossard is close to a new challenge. The transfer of the 24-year-old flank attacker to the Premier League...
Makes sense in one way, however also worth remembering we stayed up by the skin of our teeth, hardly had a shot let alone score a goal and had the attacking pace of a snail, so I cannot believe we will hold sizable chunk of budget back...Jan would be too late!