I'm with the wider football world. I love Kayal, but Stephens is the midfield controller. Kayal the enforcer. With Stephens in midfield we almost never get overrun even against a midfield 3 or sometimes 4! He just has the ability to set the pace and start things off. His ability to be in the...
Yes, exactly that. There cannot be any pre agreement or contract from any other club until after 6 months remaining. Stephens would IMO be mad to agree a pre contract with a club that could well go down, and with the Albion looking good to go up then hopefully. The cost of replacing Stephens...
Stephens would be better waiting til summer, if he goes in January, it's because Brighton wanted to sell. We don't and Bloom has said so at the fans forum. So it's either gonna be the PL with us, or the PL for Dale with another club if we miss out again. I can see him staying if we go up. If we...