Nico González

[Lambert09]

19 minutes ago, Fox 4 Life said:

Bamba would be a much better signing 

wouldnt say no to sol bamba right about now 

[dmayne7]

Would be a great signing but given the current financial state, would seem crazy to spend £25m/£30m on him.

[Dahnsouff]

Curious stuff, this guy seems ok, but for that money is it not the far better spent on Tsygankov? Would love to know what data they use to identify this guy, must presume there is something specific that players such as González indicate would be a success.

 

Of course, this could be a fluff and nonsense link anyway and amount to squat. 

[Ric Flair]

4 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Curious stuff, this guy seems ok, but for that money is it not the far better spent on Tsygankov? Would love to know what data they use to identify this guy, must presume there is something specific that players such as González indicate would be a success.

 

Of course, this could be a fluff and nonsense link anyway and amount to squat. 

Tsygankov would be better all round, he's a machine and would cost less than £10m

[Safestandingfox]

8 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Curious stuff, this guy seems ok, but for that money is it not the far better spent on Tsygankov? Would love to know what data they use to identify this guy, must presume there is something specific that players such as González indicate would be a success.

 

Of course, this could be a fluff and nonsense link anyway and amount to squat. 

Transfermarkt have him as out of contract in the summer, wonder if there is an idea to wait for him? 

[StanSP]

1 minute ago, Safestandingfox said:

Transfermarkt have him as out of contract in the summer, wonder if there is an idea to wait for him? 

If we wait for him, he's bound to be snapped up by a bigger club on a free.

[Dahnsouff]

Just now, Ric Flair said:

Tsygankov would be better all round, he's a machine and would cost less than £10m

Yes, we agree on this, I just wonder what (if this link has any truth) would render this guy a target, but not Viktor? Perhaps Viktor would not be interested? He has been linked before yet never moved, seems fishy.

[sacreblueits442]

9 hours ago, kingfox said:

When it comes to realistic targets for wingers, in all honesty nobody really jumps out as a “must have”. 

...Tsygankov is a great option, Tete is another great option, Olise at Palace or Ebiowei riding the bench at Palace!!!

  I will take any of these. 

Edited 11 January 2023 by sacreblueits442
Spelling error.

[MPH]

An obvious agent leak.. get a move, a bigger contract.. either of the two..

[TJB-fox]

Seems a waste of fvcking money if I’m honest, so we’ll 100% sign him 

[Dahnsouff]

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Too, there’s the matter of Nico’s health. Nobody doubts his talent and nobody (except maybe Barone) doubts his dedication, but the fact is that González misses a lot of games. Part of that is his play style: sudden, violent movements to get around defenders put a player at risk of soft tissue injuries, and the kicking that he absorbs only magnifies that risk. Since the start of the 2020-2021 season, he’s missed 38 games with various injuries. As my college coach said, “Availability is the greatest ability,” and Nico’s made just 7 Serie A appearances this year and only 2 starts.

Negligence

[surrifox]

FFS surely this can’t be real 

[Grebfromgrebland]

We're not that attractive compared to our rivals right now which makes things harder.

[mozartfox]

If we do sign him,  we may attract new a sponsorship offer from CROCS?

[surrifox]

We can’t get young athletic players like KDH fit  to play despite a 6 week mid season break but we’re ready to spend £30 mill on a bloke who looks good for about 6 games a season . This club has seriously lost the plot 

[Saxondale]

8 hours ago, MPH said:

An obvious agent leak.. get a move, a bigger contract.. either of the two..

I’m fairly sure EVERY transfer rumour in the history of modern football is an agent leak.

[CyprusFox]

1 hour ago, mozartfox said:

If we do sign him,  we may attract new a sponsorship offer from CROCS?

😄 Sorry, took me an hour to work out what you were on about. It's an age thing.😄

[hackneyfox]

10 minutes ago, CyprusFox said:

😄 Sorry, took me an hour to work out what you were on about. It's an age thing.😄

I still haven’t made the connection.

[CyprusFox]

2 minutes ago, hackneyfox said:

I still haven’t made the connection.

I'm assuming we'll attract the sponsorship because we've got a team of Crocs. Could be wrong 😂

[Dahnsouff]

9 minutes ago, hackneyfox said:

I still haven’t made the connection.

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CROCS                                                                           CROCKS

[Sunbury Fox]

Not another bloody sick note. 

[LestaLad]

 

[Jabfox]

32 minutes ago, LestaLad said:

 

Way to much money imo, if the post further up about him only starting 7 games? is the case I personally wouldn't touch him with a barge pole. 

 

We cannot afford to be paying that for a player who clearly has real issues with staying fit.

 

It would be farcical . 

 

 

 

 

[Beechey]

He's missed 33 club games in all competitions through injury (not COVID or suspensions) over the course of the previous 6 seasons (since 2016/17) out of potential ~240 appearances. That works out at around a 14% injury rate per year on average. We have players here who have a far, far worse record than that. We have players that may well miss that many games per season, not over the course of 6.

 

That record is not awful. Recently he's been out with a muscle injury, which is the first of the kind he's had. Looks like the club tried to bring him back early, he played for half a game and then was injured again.

 

Last season he was fit all year, so it's clearly not a recurring issue. 2020/21 and this season are his only real bad seasons for injuries. 2020/21 was a muscle tear, which can happen to literally anyone. This season he's had a knee injury, which kept him out of the WC.

Edited 12 January 2023 by Beechey

[Dames]

52 minutes ago, LestaLad said:

 

He doesn't fancy it until he sees a massive massive contract in front of him.

 

We can't afford that at the minute so give it a miss.