Amadou Onana

[Pete3206]

The hyperbole over Onana is ludicrous now. Just give him a fucking chance to recover vs thinking it’s the end of the world and the worst signing ever. He’s a young man. He’ll be fine. And £50M in today’s market is nothing.

Spot on.

[PeterWithesShin]

Players can have an injury, doesn't mean they are made of glass. Kamara has missed 40% of league games since joining and it's not said about him.

[85kota]

The hyperbole over Onana is ludicrous now. Just give him a fucking chance to recover vs thinking it’s the end of the world and the worst signing ever. He’s a young man. He’ll be fine. And £50M in today’s market is nothing.

Spot on.

£50m, our record signing, in the current PSR climate, is evidently not nothing.

[eamonn]

Yep, it gets you a Dougie Luiz and change.

[VillaTim]

Guy is made of glass .

[Brazilian Villain]

Players can have an injury, doesn't mean they are made of glass. Kamara has missed 40% of league games since joining and it's not said about him.

'Glass' has been mentioned here 18 times which seems excessive given it's not the 'Transfer Window' thread.

[OCD]

The hyperbole over Onana is ludicrous now. Just give him a fucking chance to recover vs thinking it’s the end of the world and the worst signing ever. He’s a young man. He’ll be fine. And £50M in today’s market is nothing.

Spot on.

£50m, our record signing, in the current PSR climate, is evidently not nothing.

Equally though, it's not a one-off payment of £50m. It's amortized over 5 annual payments of £10m.

The rules just incentivize player trading with emphasis on selling club trained talent or players that have been with us for a while. 

[VillaTim]

Players can have an injury, doesn't mean they are made of glass. Kamara has missed 40% of league games since joining and it's not said about him.

Kamara is very injury prone , it's an issue with him missing so many games

[RamboandBruno]

I love writing off a player just over half way through his first season.

When he’s played he’s been good, he hasn’t played enough as he’s been injured, thats pretty much it. If we are in the same situation this time next year, then its a problem, but plenty of time for him.

[Clampy]

I love writing off a player just over half way through his first

Half a season is generous. Some fans do it after two games.

[Dante Lavelli]

All these things can be true, £50m is the going rate for a regular first team PL starter so we haven't overpaid, he looked to be what we needed, after a bright start he's faded and his injury record is worrying. Overall, we've seen what he can do and its impressive but we expect to see it much more regularly.

Excellent point.  £50m is the going rate for a promising young player from a PL club and he shouldn’t be written off yet.

It’s also worth adding some context.  we needed an ‘oven ready’ player that could slot in as DCM whilst Kamara recovered (and Luiz was sold), so we needed to shop local.

In more normal circumstances I think Monchi will be lining players up a window or two before they’re needed.  For example Tieleman’s was signed in anticipation of Luiz leaving.  Barrenchea is the succession play for Kamara/onana leaving.

[VillaTim]

Don't see anyone writing him off to be fair . Just people questioning his injury record. Doesn't matter how good you are , if you are out injured for large chunks of the season you aren't much use.

[Richard]

Him or Barkley need to be back soon anyway now that Kamara is out. Tielemans needs a break too.

[Dave]

Don't see anyone writing him off to be fair . Just people questioning his injury record. Doesn't matter how good you are , if you are out injured for large chunks of the season you aren't much use.

So we bin off Kamara and Ramsey too then?

[85kota]

Don't see anyone writing him off to be fair . Just people questioning his injury record. Doesn't matter how good you are , if you are out injured for large chunks of the season you aren't much use.

So we bin off Kamara and Ramsey too then?

He hasn't said bin him off.

That being said, Kamara, given he is such a good player, has been some use. Ramsey hasn't been much use for ages.