When he finds himself in a happy environment, like at West Ham when he shot them to their highest ever finish with 9 goals in 16 games he can be unplayable. The difficulty is clearly that the circumstances for that happy environment are quite specific. He has also shone on and off for MU and...
Well yes, you asked ‘what universe’ - the universe where RDZ believes he can unlock former potential. He may not of course, but it’s not out of the realms of possibility. Welbeck is a great come good story for us.
Errr...yes I thought that was pretty obvious.
Personally I think mixing our investments in predominantly relatively unknown young players with the occasional big club / international player toward the back end of their careers is a nice balance to have.
I got the impression both Lallana and...
You don't need to amend anything. If he came on a free, you've automatically saved a transfer fee, so there would be ways of working a deal that kept him in the wage structure but perhaps used a signing on fee, loyalty / performance bonuses etc.
Anyway, all hypothetical. Would I welcome him...