Totally agree with you. But this is not a spat between coach and player that has led to a transfer request. This is simply a player who is engineering a move.
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[Football] Leandro Trossard **Sold To Arsenal 20/01/2023**
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Thanks for sharing this
Or that he had decided to move some time ago and that the WC was going to be his shop window. The interest didn't flood in, so he began to agitate for a move.
I don't see anything about the way our club operates to suggest a player who needed support wouldn't have got it.
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Unless he’s driving barefooted with a boot full of toblerone
Kalimantan Gull
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I don't disagree that he would like to move up in the game, he's made that clear many times - but it's a stretch to go from there to this completely unprofessional behaviour before the transfer window had even opened.
I imagine he got himself in a very bad place where he didn't care about anything, regardless of the clubs efforts to offer support. I've seen it. I've experienced it, most of us have at one time or another. He just did it in a very high profile environment with a manager who found an early opportunity to show who's in charge.
Ah, just speculating, but I do find it hard to believe this was a calculated effort to get a move.
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He could be going to see Shrek in Dundee
Icy Gull
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Lallana could give Trossard some advice on how not to leave a club 
Be interesting to see if Bloom allows him to leave in this window, would seem best for both parties but I wouldn’t discount him being forced to wait until the summer and ostracised from the squad, as an example. But, do we need a bad apple stinking the place out? I guess a lot will depend on how the rest of the squad feel about him and his actions so far.
Be interesting to see if Bloom allows him to leave in this window, would seem best for both parties but I wouldn’t discount him being forced to wait until the summer and ostracised from the squad, as an example. But, do we need a bad apple stinking the place out? I guess a lot will depend on how the rest of the squad feel about him and his actions so far.
Uh_huh_him
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Looks like Glenn's Prem League goals record is safe for a while yet.
No one wants to break it!
No one wants to break it!
Uh_huh_him
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Yeah agreed, can see Bloom digging his heels in if clubs look to take advantage of our unhappy player.Lallana could give Trossard some advice on how not to leave a club
Be interesting to see if Bloom allows him to leave in this window, would seem best for both parties but I wouldn’t discount him being forced to wait until the summer and ostracised from the squad, as an example. But, do we need a bad apple stinking the place out? I guess a lot will depend on how the rest of the squad feel about him and his actions so far.
I'm sure TB would listen to sensible offers £30m+ but there is a fair chance that recent antics have lowered prospective offers considerably.
ewe2
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Bet they all make up and he signs a new contact….
Jimmy Grimble
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Anyone else moved onto the stage of feeling excited about who we might sign to replace him? I reckon RDZ would prefer someone quicker than Trossard up there.
Mustafa II
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Massive respect to De Zerbi to how he is handling this so far.
It's difficult to know exactly how much truth is in what we are reading, but it sounds as if Trossard is having a bit of a mental crisis. It's not normal behaviour and it's not at all charactaristic of him.
It's admirable how De Zerbi continues to offer his support.
Really hope, like De Zerbi suggests, that their relationship comes back stronger after this, and he remains an Albion player.
It's difficult to know exactly how much truth is in what we are reading, but it sounds as if Trossard is having a bit of a mental crisis. It's not normal behaviour and it's not at all charactaristic of him.
It's admirable how De Zerbi continues to offer his support.
Really hope, like De Zerbi suggests, that their relationship comes back stronger after this, and he remains an Albion player.
Facundo is the replacement
Perfidious Albion
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Ok, no one is really surprised and we must accept that he wants to leave. So let him then.
The team is playing well without him , Mitouma has been a revelation. Let’s cash in , get the most that we can and move on .. That’s life..
The team is playing well without him , Mitouma has been a revelation. Let’s cash in , get the most that we can and move on .. That’s life..
Or he spent weeks with a dysfunctional Belgian squad watching Hazard get his way every time, despite Hazard being a shadow of his former self, in a single city full of other top players and agents who could easily tap him up
Very little quality cover if Karou gets injured though. We're weaker with Trossard not in the squad obviously. And equally obviously, he doesn't want to be here.
Nobby
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But it's happened - and it's out there - this is not people making up stories.
Unfortunately, there are now two options
1. Stick him in the reserves and let him stew for the rest of his contract.
2. Get the best price possible but do not be bullied by his agent or him
He's finished with the Albion. He won't want to play for us - he has engineered this, not the club.
One of our best players - but only for one game in three.
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I agree with Dwayne here. This was probably why Facundo was signed. The writing has been on the wall for some with WRT Trossard. If he was happy he'd have signed a new contract.
Whether his replacements are ready or not is another question. They might not be.
Mitoma, I think is almost irreplaceable anyway. He's my player of the season so far.
Uh_huh_him
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Trossard's closing statement:
"It is therefore important that Brighton cooperates with a potential transfer during this period and shows a benevolent attitude, which is beneficial to both parties."
Sure. Tell Tony how to handle transfer negotiations.
That'll do it.
"It is therefore important that Brighton cooperates with a potential transfer during this period and shows a benevolent attitude, which is beneficial to both parties."
Sure. Tell Tony how to handle transfer negotiations.
That'll do it.
Icy Gull
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The chances of benevolence from the club are very very slim I reckon, this agent didn’t do his homework did he?