Genuinely baffled by this. All that talk for wanting to play in the CL again was for nothing. He’s been one of the better midfielders in the league the past years and you could argue he hasn’t even hit his peak yet.
His whole career has been managed by Mendes in ways that have often appeared a bit shady, with him taking Neves to Wolves in the first place when he seemed to have better options and in recent years with Mendes clearly desperate to get Neves out of Wolves and this summer practically trying to force him on Barcelona.
Its dodgy stuff all around and not surprising at all that Mendes would be one of the first in line to feed at the Saudi money trough.
I expected him to be more ambitious. Dude has still years ahead of him and I thought he was waiting for that Barca move because he wanted to play at the top level.
To go from that to Saudi at 26 is some 180.
Perhaps all these baller athletic midfielders popping up the past year has damaged his worth a bit. Still, I think he would’ve found another top club if it wasn’t for Barca.
I agree. Fully expected him to move to a bigger club this season. If not Barca, he could still walk into Spurs, Liverpool, Newcastle, Utd or a range of top European clubs. All these players earn a fortune anyway. You would think if you were in sport, you would want to win things during your career…unless you are Harry Kane that is…
Fucking Saudi clubs offering Boehly a way out. I hope the Saudi’s are smart and rinse Chelsea on the fees. Koulibaly is one of those signings that is hurting Chelsea each day he stays on their payroll.