I agree - definitely good transfer. He had a great win streak at the start of this year with him in the line up. With potentially a new LB coming in, he needs to find more minutes elsewhere. Probably the best for everyone that he leaves.
This is what I donāt understand. You have the team in a winning streak with said player playing a crucial part in it. In a position that is not his natural one. Yet, he delivered.
Why would you sell on that player? Finding someone of his level for cheap is a difficult task and games aplenty for the squad next season.
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Wouldnāt say he was crucial but he did his role.
He had some bad performances after that run that essentially got Tomiyasu(and to a lesser extent Zinchenko) back in the team.
I think the fact that itās the position that saw most change last season should tell you a lot.
For me, that was the most upgradeable spot in the team hence why I wanted to prioritise it.
Unfortunately for Kiwior, heās the asset that is attracting the most interest compared to Zinchenko and probably Tomiyasu.
I donāt think weāre gonna sell him for peanuts though. I think if we are to let him go, we would let him go for good profit.
Else, you might as well keep him around.
Replace the squad player with a player who is going to come in to the first team (or club obviously feel has the potential to become a first choice).
Feels like this is just a sensible decision to raise the level of the squad. Shake hands hopefully book a small profit and onwards and upwards.
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You make a few good points so I can see why itās interesting for the club to potentially sell him. I just hope it wonāt bite us in the ass when we need a rotational player of his caliber for the many games to come.
Bit of a weird one. Is he going to play much?
Well, no, but we do need backups
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Our defense right now
White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomi, Zinchenko, Cali, Timber and Kiwiorā¦ thatās 8 defenders with Tomi not playing 75% of season which leaves us with 7 defenders
I can see why he isnāt for sale
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Tomiasyu insurance policy
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Do we really need to sell him?
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If Calafiori & Timber are to battle out for left back position and White & Tomiyasu for right back, then we need Kiwior to cover for CBs.
I am just improvising this argument
Thatās fair enough but playing on all fronts this season gives loads of game time to everyone in the squad.
Timber isnāt just a certainty for LB or RB, same as Calafiori for LB. Lots and lots of combos to play these guys in.
Kiwior could actually play CB in some of the domestic cup ties with the other dudes playing the full back roles. Letās see what he looks like in his favoured position for a change and maybe it works out.
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Iāve made this point a good few times in recent weeks.
We finally have 8 defenders for 4 positions.
However 3 of them are Zinchenko (injury prone), Tomiyasu (massively injury prone) and Timber (coming off an ACL injury). Calafiori also has a very dodgy injury history.
We absolutely have to keep Kiwior as so many of our defenders have reliability concerns.
Very happy to hear this news.
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probably some fans may think this is an indicator to get a new forward, by selling another player.
He provides cover but is he just a number? Personally, if we received a good offer for the player I would sell, especially if that means we can invest in another player that moves the needle for us. At the worst Iād get on the phone to Rob Holding if we were desperate for cover!
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Kiwior is a decent player, but it is hard to see where he gets a solid run of games.
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My gut tells me he will play more than we would like.
Injuries will eventually hit us. No chance Gabriel and Saliba go another whole season without any injuries.
Zinchenko, Timber, Tomiyasu and Calafiori will also all spend time out injured. Kiwior will be a last resort but we need him for that purpose. Sell him next summer.
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Exactly, then itās someone elseās turn to fill that role before they also get fucked off and want to leave.
Gotta manage the backups so it suits the club more than the player, then rotate/change the lowest on the totem pole.
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We need heads as pointed out.
That said he has some stuff to work on based on last season imo, so hopefully we wonāt end up depending on him too much too soon.