Santi Cazorla: My Friend, Is Adios, No?

[<<reed>>]

Hope he gets a gig in either Spain or USA!
Brilliant brilliant player!

 

[rich 1990]

Start him on Thursday.

 

[Vinci]

Imagine if we give him a new deal.

Might as well fold the club.

Been doing that for years anyway, might as well give it to someone who deserves it.

 

[Ricardinho]

I'll be amazed if he can return to his usual level but still think the new manager and board will want to hand him a one year deal.

 

[carlito'sway]

Been doing that for years anyway, might as well give it to someone who deserves it.

I would not mind having him on a pay as you play contract.

 

[Camron]

I would not mind having him on a pay as you play contract.

Absolutely. If he accepts that (he should) I'm curious to see what he can still add to our team. Imagine Santi, Özil, Mhiki and one of Ramsey/Xhaka/Wilshere.

 

[StefanB]

Love Santi to death, but he's 34 in the autumn and hasn't played professional football for 2 years. He's also had some insane injuries and some pretty massive operations.

Also let's not forget that he also wasn't unplayable in midfield before the injury nightmare. He was getting called out for being too lightweight and not affecting big games.

He wasn't the solution 2-3 years ago to CM (but a very decent option!). No way he's the solution now.

 

[Longy]

Cazorla is not coming back.
If it is, it's only to wave goodbye in our last PL game of the season.

Love Santi, but it's over.

 

[HBL]

Would be ridiculous to offer him a full new contract, but would I care if we did?

Absolutely not.

 

[DanDare]

Yeah Santi’s great but his career in England is over. Hope he gets to play a bit more somewhere lower impact before he calls it a day

 

[Red London]

Love Santi to death, but he's 34 in the autumn and hasn't played professional football for 2 years. He's also had some insane injuries and some pretty massive operations.

Also let's not forget that he also wasn't unplayable in midfield before the injury nightmare. He was getting called out for being too lightweight and not affecting big games.

He wasn't the solution 2-3 years ago to CM (but a very decent option!). No way he's the solution now.

Well he would have been sensational in a balanced midfield 3. But you simply cant play both him and Özil and have a balanced team. Even if you force Özil out wide for proper midfield 3 that makes the attack quite unbalanced because he's naturally gonna drift inside. I guess the situation sorted itself out in the worst way possible... we have struggled to control games and make enough chances since Cazorla started getting injured. imo he was more instrumental to the team than Özil was im sure id get slated for that tho

 

[<<reed>>]

I would not mind having him on a pay as you play contract.

I don't mind having him as a squad player, but I doubt he wants to sit on the bench after 2 years without football at the end of his career, he probably wants to enjoy the last years and play as much as he can. But we will see!

 

[Mark Tobias]

we have struggled to control games and make enough chances since Cazorla started getting injured. imo he was more instrumental to the team than Özil was im sure id get slated for that tho

Anybody slating you for that either doesn't watch us or hasn't got a clue how it worked WHEN IT ACTUALLY WORKED....

It isn;t a talent issue. ALthough I think there is debate for that too....
But like you said, Santi pulled the string.,

 

[Mark Tobias]

Start him on Thursday.

Could he be worse than Xhaka or Elneny?

 

[Bailey Turmoil]

No way would he be able to run around much with that achilles agony. You ever had a regular achilles strain? His situation is 1000 times worse.

 

[Ricardinho]

Not sure this is anything new but I'll share anyway

 

[Hunta]

Not sure this is anything new but I'll share anyway

Good. He's been paid for the last two years and hasn't played. Harsh but he doesn't deserve ANY deal.

 

[Ricardinho]

Good. He's been paid for the last two years and hasn't played. Harsh but he doesn't deserve ANY deal.

I would probably move him on but at the same time I wouldn't be against the club giving him a one year deal just on the off chance he can get back to his best or slot in as backup.

If I was Santi though I'd be wanting to play as much as possible after so long out at that age. Maybe he'll look to return to Spain, which I wouldn't blame him for at all.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

If he makes it out on the pitch for even a minute before the season is over it'll be some story and a testament to how hard Cazorla has worked to get to this point. Most assumed his career was over.

 

[Ricardinho]

What a sight