If that's all we're getting why don't we just keep him? We regularly use him anyway and if ESR is actually gone we might see Havertz at midfield more too which adds even more reason

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Because he's not good enough. He's a square peg in a round hole. He can go elsewhere and reach at least European class, but for us, he just doesn't offer enough and we need to move him on to bring in who we really need.

[–] Astrealix 4 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I genuinely disagree that he doesn't bring enough, especially as a second-third choice. He's not great but he's worth the 20m, especially given the dearth of strikers on the market.

[–] hangonasecond 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah he tends to go on nice little runs when we have an injury up front too. He could be more clinical, and he absolutely has times where he offers not much, but he's shown he can step up as a backup. For a position where we don't even have a clear number 1, we sure can't ask for a world class number 3.

In saying that, if his sale will help fund a pickup like gyokeres, guirassy, or oh my days osimhen, while they're unproven in the prem I'd say it's probably worthwhile.

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