I really don't understand this loan thing much anymore? I thought the idea of loaning out players was to give youngsters, not ready for the 1st team squad, game time somewhere. This guy is coming up 23; surely at his age he should be a part of our squad, not playing overseas in a Mickey Mouse league?
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Primarily still is but is there to also give other players game or development time.
Isnt the grasshoppers owner related to Jeff shi or someone from fosun? I see it as us buying players to help them out by means of loans. The chances of any of these playing for us is zilch.
It’s Guo’s wife and on the contrary I think there will be mutual benefit in the long run… certainly not 1 way
Guo wife owns Grasshoppers.
He really does to be fair
Training I think. Take a better look at them.
Ah I see, cheers mate. Fingers crossed he turns out to be a gem!
I think he could be involved next season if we don’t keep Marcal on and Boly leaves
That Mickey Mouse league is a much higher standard than the u23’s so he’s better playing there
My point is surely if you're even half decent, at 23 you should be playing 1st team football somewhere, not on loan in a Mickey Mouse league?
There is no reason he can’t actually play for us, if we choose to play him. He’d still be able to go back to grasshoppers and continue his loan at the end of the month.
I wouldn't exactly call the Swiss league a Mickey Mouse league?
Jamie Vardy was playing for Halifax when he was 23
Ian wright had just made the move from Greenwich Borough to Palace
Probably just to train with the first team squad; is he actually allowed to play for us in January and then return to zgrasshoppers?
He is decent from what Iv seen two games very strong and composed
Training with us not recalled.
Time will tell but I think its to help Grasshoppers with FFP. We are buying these players and subsidising their wages and they are helping them. If they come back next season and are part of the squad then I'm wrong, if we are short of defenders currently then surely we should be recalling him not just getting him training with us as we have a loan manager who will know how well he's been doing.
Oh, that is worrying!
Yeah played futsal too or something probably a nobody
But the relationship can go beyond just the players we buy who may or may not ever play for us. Maybe we have bought cheap players to help out Grasshoppers in the short term but the only two we have so far have been Gomes and Bolla and both their values will have grown so even if they don’t ever play for us, there is a value growth from which we could benefit from in the future.
