Quote Originally Posted by ex_pat_magpie View Post
I wouldn't mind if he stayed as a squad player but as you say he's not a giveaway, after all he's skillful and only 25, coming into his prime.

Either way whether with us or a new club, he's a good investment.

Remember when he first arrived here and was thrown, literally into the deep end, he scored in all of I think it was his first seven games and at that time it was the Premiership record for a 21 year old. And also equalled Alan Shearer's record.
Yeah man the lad has been quality at times. Someone mentioned when he and Joelinton were swapping positions on the left side it was brilliant.

He's had his difficulties with injuries and that's really the only issue. The way we play is high energy and fast paced so difficult for any player to get back up to speed.

Look at Gordon, still not looking like the player who was on fire earlier this season keeping Barnes out of the squad.

On that note, remember when Barnes wasn't playing how a lot of social media people were saying he was sh!te and that what was the purpose of buying him?

Then he proves exactly why when Gordon is unavailable.

That is the levels of competition we need in every position across the field.

So shipping Willock out is one thing but we're gonna then have to get one more player, on top of the 3 or 4 we need already through the door.

As things are with Transfers, Us being Premier League team ENEMY No.1 to the rest and also the PSG BS, making things happen for our key targets is gonna be hard enough, adding more players to replace just adds to that challenge.

Better the devil you know in a lot of cases. It's not like Willock is a Wilson, who's never available.