First time I saw him.... I thought ...this guy is the real deal......
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First time I saw him.... I thought ...this guy is the real deal......
Who dug their feet in over Manga?
I don't think there have been any offers (last summer or January) and he came back from the AfCON with an injury so there was no real option to sell him or agree to cancel the contract to save wages. If the club manage to agree a new contract with him on much lower wages, and not be pressured into paying over the odds, then I think it would be right to praise them. If that happens I assume it would be because Manga and his agent have concluded they are not going to get a better offer anywhere else, and because Manga 'loves playing for Warnock'.
If Zohore is sold in the summer for a very big fee (£10m or so) and that is re-invested wisely in the squad, I doubt it would create any major backlash by fans. However, I can't see that kind of offer coming in on the back of just a few months of very good Championship centre forward play and I don't think he will leave.
This is what I said in a subsequent post;-
"£10 million for Zohore would be an awful lot for someone who has, in essence, been playing really well for a bit less than half a season - that said, if he was to start next season like he is finishing this one, then such a figure would be too cheap and I'd be thinking in terms of £15 million if anyone wanted him in the January 2018 window."
However, when I look at how much other Championship clubs have paid for strikers who Zohore at his best compares well with (Rhodes, Kodjia, Hogan, Vydra etc.), I don't see £10 million for him this summer as "living in cloud cuckoo land". I always used to say that Gestede really caused problems for good Championship centrebacks, despite the weaknesses in his game, the same applies, but even more so, with Zohore because he has more strengths to his game than Rudi had - I think £7 to £8 million would be a realistic price for him at the moment.
Last edited by the other bob wilson; 06-04-17 at 15:40.