Debuchy on loan to West Brom

Burnwinter

Off he goes apparently—Pulis has denied it but Arseblog says it's done.

http://news.arseblog.com/2016/01/mathieu-debuchy-set-for-west-brom-loan/

Probably for the best, he has a contract until 2019 and it would be good to move him on if he can record a few decent performances.

est

Moved it to the transfer section until something official comes out.

Good to see the back of him. Proved to be an absolutely useless signing.

Rohit

We need a new right back and I hope it is done soon. We are burning out Bellerin and is showing in his performances.

marv3llous

Guessing we might bring Jenkinson back as West Ham are buying an RB.

Burnwinter

That'd be pretty swell. Jenkinson's matured a bit and can do a job and maybe improve further without shaking Bellerin up.

Klaus

Good riddance.

Mirth

What a spineless footballer. Literally gave up at the first sign of challenge from a 19 year old

Bryant

We should sign Bruno Peres from Torino to replace hiim.

Qwiss

Glad to see him go. Pretty much the only player at the club I really dislike.

Claudius

Kudos to Wenger for cutting out this tumor. West Brom is his level.

Sicario

I agree he should leave as he is a loser.

BUT who da fuq will replace Bellerin when he needs resting and/or becomes tired?

And no, Chambers is not a RB.

Don Pacifico

Not sure I understand the hatred towards him. He was fine (if unspectacular) when he first joined and has only really struggled since his injury when he's been unsurprisingly rusty due to lack of playing time. Sure, he's not a superstar but I don't get the vitriol towards him.

QuincyAbeyie

The problem is that he stopped trying in the face of competition.

Burnwinter

Meh, just send him on loan. He'll recover a bit of form if he's getting games and then hopefully we can ease the load of his wages, which could easily be as much as £10-15m over the next three years, by selling him at a discount.

goon

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
The problem is that he stopped trying in the face of competition.

He's 30 with his last chance of playing in a international competition quickly fading away while he sits behind a 19yr old that he's highly unlikely to displace. The idea that he should stay here and fight for his place is fanciful.

People just making wild assumptions that he wasn't trying rather than just being rusty and shit after a year out because he said he wants to go.

dreamlord

Yeah, I don't see how he's stopped trying either.

QuincyAbeyie

otfgoon wrote:
Quincy Abeyie wrote:
The problem is that he stopped trying in the face of competition.

He's 30 with his last chance of playing in a international competition quickly fading away while he sits behind a 19yr old that he's highly unlikely to displace. The idea that he should stay here and fight for his place is fanciful.

People just making wild assumptions that he wasn't trying rather than just being rusty and shit after a year out because he said he wants to go.

I'm not saying he should stay here either. I'm saying he should at least try when getting the chance. I thought it was obvious from his displays that he didn't give his best.

Klaus

Rumours that Aston Villa want him for the rest of the season. Sounds more like his level than West Bromwich to be honest.

Qwiss

otfgoon wrote:
Quincy Abeyie wrote:
The problem is that he stopped trying in the face of competition.

He's 30 with his last chance of playing in a international competition quickly fading away while he sits behind a 19yr old that he's highly unlikely to displace. The idea that he should stay here and fight for his place is fanciful.

People just making wild assumptions that he wasn't trying rather than just being rusty and shit after a year out because he said he wants to go.

How is it a wild assumption to watch a player and conclude he isn't giving 100%?

Clrnc

At least he is not Darmian, who got totally destroyed by Alexis and never recovered till now. United fans can't wait to see the back of him.

I love Jenko but he is definitely not the answer for us unfortunately. If you think Debuchy is, Jenko is having an even worse season for West Ham and is displaced by James Tomkins, who is playing out of position as a RB. Says it all really.

We don't need to necessarily sign a backup to Bellerin, but sign a top RB to challenge him. Bellerin has faded off since his injury and could do with some proper challenger.