Yeah me too. Disappointed. You don’t do that to a fellow professional unless it’s clear as a joke and not when there’s a hint of truth to it. Certainly don’t do it to a supposed teammate in a side you’re supposedly wanting to be a part of. Ironically Watkins might have actually ended Grujics career (Jan?) before Adrian ends up leaving (Summer?).
It’ll be interesting to see how he gets on in the Champions League - regular league games in Portugal aren’t really much of a challenge outside of a couple of games a season.
Would be nice to think Porto will buy him for £20m-ish.
Can’t get my head around anyone who thinks he’s better than Keita. It actually annoys me watching Grujic play, he’s so slow on the ball it physically hurts.
They will buy him for that amount of money only if they line up a deal beforehand that will enable them to sell him for twice that amount. I still think Liverpool’s best bet is selling him to a PL club, I’m really puzzled as to why no one wanted to buy him when he’d slot right into a lot of midtable midfields. Tony Pulis would have given his whole life savings to sign him if he was managing a PL club now.
Yeah, wouldn’t rush with hopes of a Porto buy… with their scouting, they might have much cheaper/younger options on their radar. I just see it as a late simple loan at the moment in order to keep his market value at least alive. Then next summer, with hopefully a more normal situation, we might get better offers.
That, him being a highly successful practitioner of the dark (elbowing) arts, and his versatility (actually passable as an old fashioned target man) are why he’s ahead of Grujic. But playing style I’m sorry Grujic is just a rehash of Sideshow Bob and I’m not sure I understand why so many like him.
I do not say Grujic is great but the criticism on this thread is way OTT. A tall long legged player like him would have been useful in the long dry grass at Villa park. Doubt he would have made much if any difference to the result but would have made our MF more competitive.
At the end of the day he will be gone by next season .