It's not 'close to retirement' old, but it's plenty old enough, and certainly far past the threshold at which it would be quite difficult to entirely rejig their qualities and playing style - particularly in a player so obviously limited to begin with.
Nonsense. I'm sure we will see Bachmann routinely coming to collect corners when the season restarts, boldly outjumping and barging into CFs after yelling "KEEPERS !"....
I'd have thought the idea would more be to use him as left wing-back if Ismael goes 3 at the back? I thought his biggest asset was pretty much his crossing? We already have a left-footed CM if we're keeping Louza. I'd say we still lack some grit and strength in central midfield, regardless of whether Styles signs and where we'll use him.
Choudhury did get some slagging for his complete lack of ability on the ball, but as it stands, we are missing someone like him off the ball
Yes, but midfielders with Choudhury's ball-winning ability, combined with good progressive play on the ball, are pretty rare in the Championship. Hamer was probably the closest to that last season in the Champ but would be out of our reach. Whiteman's stats were also quite good for both sides of the game.
I think the Ismael link has more than pushed him towards signing. He knows his style, and what character he is. Hopefully we can get this one done by the end of June.
I have to say that as a joke this is breathtakingly inaccurate, I'm afraid. The coppers will be round swiftly to escort you to comedy court.
How high is this release clause? Surely we can afford it if Millwall cannot... https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/mill...callum-styles-as-release-fee-could-be-factor/
Millwall: "£2m release clause and he's yours." Gino: "No chance. I only pay above 2M for players done with a shady business man so he can get 50% of the sale fee on top of that." Styles: "I will look at other options then..."
Don’t apologise. The way we do transfers I wouldn’t be surprised if we rang Millwall and asked how much
In a similar vein, I'm hearing we have in fact now completed the signing of Styles for a bargain £500k. Here's a pic of him arriving at London Colney.
Funny which deals we choose to penny-pinch over. I didn’t expect us to have much money to spend even after selling Pedro, but if we can’t go to £2m that is concerning given the rebuild that’s still needed.
