[Albion] Bart Verbruggen SINGS a 5-year deal

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£70 Million plus add ons.

 

[The Fits]

He’s going to be a great keeper but he’s way more replaceable than some other players (Baleba, JPVH, Mitoma for starters) and I don’t think we’d stand in the way of a young player moving to Barcelona or Bayern. Really don’t think it would be a huge loss and anything over 60million is pretty nuts for a GK in the current climate.

 

[tstanbur]

Same, I’ve watched quite a bit of him in the league and he makes some great saves but he is very error prone, as expected for such a young player. He’s some way off being ready for the PL

You’ve just described Bart

 

[jcdenton08]

You’ve just described Bart

Nonsense. Bart is more than good enough for us, a team pushing for Europe in the top half of the PL. Beadle isn’t, yet, with his limited experience in a lower division and a fair number of mistakes playing against second tier players, rather than the some of the best in the world.

 

[tstanbur]

Nonsense. Bart is more than good enough for us, a team pushing for Europe in the top half of the PL. Beadle isn’t, yet, with his limited experience in a lower division and a fair number of mistakes playing against second tier players, rather than the some of the best in the world.

I didn’t say Bart wasn’t good enough.

I meant the “young player who makes
great saves but is error prone” part which was the majority of your post.

Bart had very little experience when we signed him.

 

[P.C. Beard]

Sell him for 70m and get big Jace back in where he belongs.

 

[Jovis]

I like Bart but 60m looks good, I’d be very happy to pinch Hermansen from Leicester when they go down. I suspect he’s Chelsea bound though.

 

[Weststander]

The Telegraph are reliable on transfer talk. £60m would be great business.

But such a shame to lose a star player about a year and a half into his first team time with us. So little time, just as a rapport with the supporters is developing.

 

[Hiheidi]

60million is pretty nuts for a GK in the current climate.

I doubt they are going to pay £60 m. The article just says he's £60 m rated - assume that's rated by Bloom. Wouldn't that price make him the third most expensive keeper ever, and more than Barca have spent on all transfers in the past year. The reality is that they will probably lowball us with a £25 m offer come Summer and try to unsettle Verbruggen / get him to agitate for a move.

 

[Drebin]

If that price being suggested makes it easier to keep one/any/all of Mitoma, Pedro, Van Hecke or Baleba, then I would consider it good (albeit not ideal) business.

I would love to go into next season with an unchanged squad (perhaps a new CB), but I don’t think it will happen.

 

[Sea Cider]

Will be world class in due course. Let's hang on to him please!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Some decent shot stopping today but have not been convinced at all for a few games now on his ability to command the box. Seem to freeze and stay on his line for crosses and we were lucky to not concede. Confidence maybe but needs work.

 

[tigertim68]

Would be good if he could actually save a penalty

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Would be good if he could actually save a penalty

It would.

He's not done bad overall, but the great majority of keepers having got to that last penalty would have kept it out.

 

[Oh_aye]

Some decent shot stopping today but have not been convinced at all for a few games now on his ability to command the box. Seem to freeze and stay on his line for crosses and we were lucky to not concede. Confidence maybe but needs work.

Agree with Han Solo who mentioned it somewhere today. He's frequently a bit of a nightmare with high balls into the box. Seems to have some mental block, should have dealt with another few today and nearly put JpVH in the shit busy not coming for a bouncing through ball that had 'just deal with it keeper' written all over it.

He gets a total pass for the pennos for me as its a thankless thing. Their keeper saved two soft penalties.

He could be great, but currently he's 'quite good'

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Agree with Han Solo who mentioned it somewhere today. He's frequently a bit of a nightmare with high balls into the box. Seems to have some mental block, should have dealt with another few today and nearly put JpVH in the shit busy not coming for a bouncing through ball that had 'just deal with it keeper' written all over it.

He gets a total pass for the pennos for me as its a thankless thing. Their keeper saved two soft penalties.

He could be great, but currently he's 'quite good'

There was an awkward bounce around the penalty spot in the second half and they pretty much had a 1 on 1 and he looked like he just froze on the line.

Not going to slate him on penalties but just an observation / worry!

 

[Oh_aye]

There was an awkward bounce around the penalty spot in the second half and they pretty much had a 1 on 1 and he looked like he just froze on the line.

Not going to slate him on penalties but just an observation / worry!

Hes done it on many occassions. He's dead young so hopefully it can be coached. His propensity to punch, catchable balls in the air also grates.

I feel mean now, as he's obviously quality but I think most people have noticed it.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Have decided to rationally blame his agent for today. Barca, Madrid, Bayern??

Blokes an absolute joke at pens

 

[trueblue]

Blaming any goalkeeper in a shootout is pretty pointless really. Every one should go in. It’s a bonus if they don’t.

 

[jcdenton08]

Blaming any goalkeeper in a shootout is pretty pointless really. Every one should go in. It’s a bonus if they don’t.

Fans need a scapegoat. It’s all the same posters who do this whenever we lose, because they’re a mixture of WUM’s, man-babies and blokes upset that we lost (and usually quite drunk).

Most will have disappeared again come Monday morning after sobering up.