[Albion] Carlos Baleba

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Han Solo

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Villa would surely have to bid £90m for Mitoma for us considering selling him to them.
Also wonder what a lobotomy costs these days? Think that will be required to convince Mitoma to spend his finest career days in.. Aston Villa.
 


Freddo

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If they make it to UCL and we don't make Europe, I can't see him being happy if we block that move.
It’s not really a case of “blocking that move” though if they don’t offer an acceptable amount. Villa spend big but I can’t see them spending more than £60m on a player.
 
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Hiheidi

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Villa are still sailing close to the wind with FFP, so they have to be careful - can't see them dropping it all on Mitoma tbh.
 


A1X

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Mitoma can do better than Villa IMHO
 




Han Solo

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It’s not really a case of “blocking that move” though if they don’t offer an acceptable amount. Villa spend big but I can’t see them spending more than £60 on a player.
My roomie would be willing to let me go for sixty pounds if they throw in a bag of weed and a couple of cigarettes. Lets hope it happens.
 


portslade seagull

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Baleba seemed to be the only player who wanted to stride forward and attack and that was from defence so to diss him seems completely bonkers. Look at the wide players and current malfunctioning forwards
 














zefarelly

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It's great to see his development, and great to see he can hit the target . . . .when he gets 5 minutes to prepare.

It's not often you're afforded the time to do that in the PL. same goes for Ayari's goal . . . Another gem . . All part of the learning curve and development of our young players. It'll help their confidence no end.
 












Bozza

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deserves a new five year deal, improving all the time, though will inevitably be some ups and downs

and RDZ said he wasn't good enough
No, no he didn't.

He actually said: “perhaps not ready to play in the Premier League yet but he will be a great Premier League player”.

We can argue the toss about whether he was correct or not on the first point, but he certainly got the main bit right.
 


Bozza

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Also: “Baleba is not ready yet to play at this level but he has incredible potential and the policy of Brighton is to play with many young players.

“We have to accept and we have to be happy to play, to work, with these young players.

“Welbeck is different to Baleba. Pascal Gross is different to Baleba.

“But Baleba is the future of the club."
 




Oh_aye

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Also: “Baleba is not ready yet to play at this level but he has incredible potential and the policy of Brighton is to play with many young players.

“We have to accept and we have to be happy to play, to work, with these young players.

“Welbeck is different to Baleba. Pascal Gross is different to Baleba.

“But Baleba is the future of the club."
Baleba said himself in that Guardian interview that he wasn't ready and that he credits RDZ for getting him to where he needed to be.
 




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