[Albion] El-Abd WILL stay

Ninja Elephant · Jul 2, 2013

Adam El-Abd is going to reject Ipswich and an offer from Dubai to stay with the Albion.

Source: a current player whose Mercedes is in for an MOT...

Weretheweststand · Jul 2, 2013

Which player?

Mellotron · Jul 2, 2013

Weretheweststand said:
Which player?

El Abd. Don't you listen?

Ninja Elephant · Jul 2, 2013

Mellotron said:
El Abd. Don't you listen?

Boom boom!

The player mentioned his Merc in his profile in the programme last season, on the inside back cover. He allegedly went on to claim it would be announced within the next few days.

RM-Taylor · Jul 2, 2013

Dubai must be hard to turn down, he'd likely earn what his annual salary in a month there.

Oscar · Jul 2, 2013

Great news if true. One of my favourite players. It'll be interesting to see if he can hold down a first team slot ahead of Greer and whoever else comes in.

GingerBeerMan · Jul 2, 2013

He could do two years in Dubai and be set for life, I couldn't say no myself.

edna krabappel · Jul 2, 2013

El Abd was never going to go to Barnsley anyway, I don't know why anyone feared he would.

Ninja Elephant · Jul 2, 2013

I would be tempted by Dubai as well, but he is a married man. He can't do a Karl Fletcher and swan off for the money.

supaseagull · Jul 2, 2013

Oscar said:
Great news if true. One of my favourite players. It'll be interesting to see if he can hold down a first team slot ahead of Greer and whoever else comes in.

I think it will be interesting to see whether Greer and El-Abd can hold down a first team slot with the change of tactics we will be employing.

Cowfold Seagull · Jul 2, 2013

How l hope that this is true!. Apart from the Gus saga, this is the one thing that's worried me most during the summer. Apart from being my favourite player, (the man bleeds blue & white stripes), he is mega valuable to the team. If, (heaven forbid), he were to leave, he would leave a massive hole in central defence.

burnee54 · Jul 2, 2013

supaseagull said:
I think it will be interesting to see whether Greer and El-Abd can hold down a first team slot with the change of tactics we will be employing.

very this

stss30 · Jul 2, 2013

I know I'll get slated but I'm quite surprised we're offering him a new deal unless Upson is off elsewhere. Greer and Upson are pretty much guaranteed starters and Lewis Dunk will be pushing himself back into first team contention now all this court case stuff has been sorted I reckon.

Ninja Elephant · Jul 2, 2013

stss30 said:
I know I'll get slated but I'm quite surprised we're offering him a new deal unless Upson is off elsewhere. Greer ad Upson are pretty much guaranteed starters and Lewis Dunk will be pushing himself back into first team contention now all this court case stuff has been sorted I reckon.

To be honest, that was my reaction. I suspect that either we're investing heavily elsewhere in the team so need a cheap and reliable option to plug a centre back gap, or we're only wanting to spend on one centre back rather than two. Realistically, El-Abd and Greer are good enough at this level, Dunk too. We need a 4th to come in with some pace and/or experience but a left back and a central midfielder/winger would be my priorities.

mejonaNO12 aka riskit · Jul 2, 2013

stss30 said:
I know I'll get slated but I'm quite surprised we're offering him a new deal unless Upson is off elsewhere. Greer ad Upson are pretty much guaranteed starters and Lewis Dunk will be pushing himself back into first team contention now all this court case stuff has been sorted I reckon.

I'm not going to slate you, but I would suggest you certainly need 4 central defenders.

itszamora · Jul 2, 2013

stss30 said:
I know I'll get slated but I'm quite surprised we're offering him a new deal unless Upson is off elsewhere. Greer ad Upson are pretty much guaranteed starters and Lewis Dunk will be pushing himself back into first team contention now all this court case stuff has been sorted I reckon.

I must have missed the part where we signed Upson...

Greavsey · Jul 2, 2013

supaseagull said:
I think it will be interesting to see whether Greer and El-Abd can hold down a first team slot with the change of tactics we will be employing.

Have I missed something, do we already know how the tactics we'll be employing will effect centre back selection policy?!

stss30 · Jul 2, 2013

mejonaNO12 aka riskit said:
I'm not going to slate you, but I would suggest you certainly need 4 central defenders.

I'm not sure how close Rohan Ince is to stepping up either, I don't think he's that young and has always looked very good when I've watched the development squad.

itszamora said:
I must have missed the part where we signed Upson...

Hence why I said 'unless Upson is off elsewhere'.

stss30 · Jul 2, 2013

Ninja Elephant said:
To be honest, that was my reaction. I suspect that either we're investing heavily elsewhere in the team so need a cheap and reliable option to plug a centre back gap, or we're only wanting to spend on one centre back rather than two. Realistically, El-Abd and Greer are good enough at this level, Dunk too. We need a 4th to come in with some pace and/or experience but a left back and a central midfielder/winger would be my priorities.

Good point. Could very well be correct with FFP etc etc.

keaton · Jul 2, 2013

mejonaNO12 aka riskit said:
I'm not going to slate you, but I would suggest you certainly need 4 central defenders.

Indeed. At the moment we have two, it would make sense to have some dependable back-up even if we sign a couple of centre-backs

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