Granit Xhaka: Swiss Army Knife or Blunt Tool?

[Red London]

Haha at you thinking the offer was terrible.

Maybe you don’t watch Arsenal because the guy is junk and serves no purpose whatsoever.

Oh so you got butthurt that I disliked your toxic comment and you decided to spew some toxicity on me

 

[Red London]

Even I thought 15M would have been fine. It's still a mystery why no other club came for him though. The only excuse his fans can say for that is Xhaka made it clear he wants to play for Mourinho, which scared other clubs away. But that blame too will fall on Xhaka.

Thats certainly true and I was just thinking that, that it was interesting no one came in for him with a 15m bid.

 

[Vanpayslip]

Oh so you got butthurt that I disliked your toxic comment and you decided to spew some toxicity on me

No idea what you’re on about. You made an emotional plea about Xhaka. Really tugging the heart string stuff. Im sure it was very heartfelt. Personally I think £12 is too much but you are free to go around telling people £12 million isn’t enough.

His performances this season are surely proving your point.

 

[Red London]

No idea what you’re on about. You made an emotional plea about Xhaka. Really tugging the heart string stuff. Im sure it was very heartfelt. Personally I think £12 is too much but you are free to go around telling people £12 million isn’t enough.

His performances this season are surely proving your point.

Emotional plea about Xhaka..... okay?

 

[Vanpayslip]

Emotional plea about Xhaka..... okay?

Sorry I didn’t know you had dementia

 

[Jury]

No idea what you’re on about. You made an emotional plea about Xhaka. Really tugging the heart string stuff. Im sure it was very heartfelt. Personally I think £12 is too much but you are free to go around telling people £12 million isn’t enough.

His performances this season are surely proving your point.

I’m sure @Red London would take anything for Xhaka if he owned him—this is more about a club refusing to offer at least the going rate for a 28 year old Swiss international captain. Most of us here think he has little use and it appears quite a few football clubs do too, but are you seriously telling me you would have thought we’d struggle to get £15m for him if he were up for sale?

 

[Garrincha]

The Roma saga was all a bit odd. Veretout & Cristante with Pellegrini in front looks very balanced so far... all younger than Xhaka & would go for more than 15m if Roma sold.

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

Most have the vaccine in UK and are well protected.

65%. That's a lot of people still exposed.

 

[Vanpayslip]

I’m sure @Red London would take anything for Xhaka if he owned him—this is more about a club refusing to offer at least the going rate for a 28 year old Swiss international captain. Most of us here think he has little use and it appears quite a few football clubs do too, but are you seriously telling me you would have thought we’d struggle to get £15m for him it he were up for sale?

They had offers for him. And they rejected the offers and extended his contract.

But, yes, I do think that. He is no different to Mustafi that got paid off for leaving. If you’re going to turn around and tell me that Xhaka makes a contribution while Mustafi or the other brigade that got their contracts mutually terminated don’t then I have to say I struggle to see where this differentiation is happening.

There was money on the table for him but instead he is the club extended his contract. That says a lot about a club that were actively marketing to sell him until they extended his contract.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

I disagree

Fair enough

 

[freeglennhelder2]

Do you think Tenants Super was the first lager to target bums? I mean it tastes ****ing vile which ticks the first box… Closely followed by Carlsberg Special Brew and the shameless Kestrel Suoer Strength, who I know of no other lager in production that carries the brand… Red Stripe’s ‘Crucial Brew’ was a more closet *** lager; you could almost get away with pulling a can of that out among friends until somebody questioned the ‘crucial’ in the name, and then the cat was out the bag once they took a sip. All of them absolutely disgusting it has to be said.

Oh man, you’ve unlocked some serious memories there. Nights in Rusholme, Hulme and Mossside. Crucial Brew or Dragon Stout in hand, showing me the way. Now I think back on it, it was like the purge. Back then Hulme looked like the aftermath of a WW2 bombing and the press called Moss Side ‘baby beruit’

I assume its all gentrified now and theyre all quaffing bottles of Gavi.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

Love to come to the Xhaka thread to read discussions on if he is ****, real **** or bottom of the barrel ****!

 

[Jury]

Love to come to the Xhaka thread to read discussions on if he is ****, real **** or bottom of the barrel ****!

The whole saga has been quite a ride. Whether once upon a time you thought he was great, decent or trash, it came down to hard cash for the truth to finally be laid bare, and it has done to varying reactions.

But the bottom line is that he is now without question not worth a posh w@nk as a footballer until some dopey club step forward with a bid that would inject some zombie juice into his very dead, once loyal supporters.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

Oh man, you’ve unlocked some serious memories there. Nights in Rusholme, Hulme and Mossside. Crucial Brew or Dragon Stout in hand, showing me the way. Now I think back on it, it was like the purge. Back then Hulme looked like the aftermath of a WW2 bombing and the press called Moss Side ‘baby beruit’

I assume its all gentrified now and theyre all quaffing bottles of Gavi.

Sorry for being clueless, but are you guys from Manchester or did you visit these highlights in connection with games?

Never been to Manchester, made it to Liverpool once in 2015, and that to be honest looked pretty grim. But I am sipping some Aperol Spritz as I type this, so probably not a good judge of that.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

The whole saga has been quite a ride. Whether once upon a time you thought he was great, decent or trash, it came down to hard cash for the truth to finally be laid bare, and it has done to varying reactions.

But the bottom line is that he is now without question not worth a posh w@nk as a footballer until some dopey club step forward with a bid that would inject some zombie juice into his very dead, once loyal supporters.

What breaks me is how ****ing close we came to finally seeing the back of him. For a brief spell during the summer I was convinced the guy was leaving, only for Arteta or some other lunatic to decide not to sell him and instead extend his contract for another year.

If you want an honest and neutral opinion on a player ask opposing fans or see what interest he generates on the transfer market. With Xhaka that alone should have made us snatch those 10m or 12m or whatever it was, out of Roma's hands before they understood what they were doing.

 

[Jury]

Oh man, you’ve unlocked some serious memories there. Nights in Rusholme, Hulme and Mossside. Crucial Brew or Dragon Stout in hand, showing me the way. Now I think back on it, it was like the purge. Back then Hulme looked like the aftermath of a WW2 bombing and the press called Moss Side ‘baby beruit’

I assume its all gentrified now and theyre all quaffing bottles of Gavi.

I never knew you used to sling up north. Dragon Stout was pretty classy… the neck oil choice of the yardies who I used to rob back then. Ive seen a few hipsters swigging on it around here lately. I tried schooling one of them on the violent history of the Stout and he just said “Dude, chill, it’s just a drink mate”. He was right of course.

 

[Jury]

@CaseUteinberger I’ve always been located in London. Only other place I’d live is next door to @tap-in down in Cornwall.

 

[Jury]

The brutal twist in the saga was the guy being extended and allowed to captain the club… That killed us all off

 

[CaseUteinberger]

@CaseUteinberger I’ve always been located in London. Only other place I’d live is next door to @tap-in down in Cornwall.

Cornwall is nice, although the most chaotic hotel I ever stayed at was in Cornwall. Made Faulty Towers look organised. Was supposed to be a bit hipster upscale hotel for families.

 

[Macho]

I never knew you used to sling up north. Dragon Stout was pretty classy… the neck oil choice of the yardies who I used to rob back then.

Just yard man then PC Jury? thought it was drug dealers you robbed.