I only brought that up because you levied the Cronios nationalism criticism, otherwise it's not really relevant to the discussion tbh. Off the top of my head Fagioli got a raise for commiting crimes though, so there's that. Be regardless of raises, there were still players making more than him while having less of an impact. Even now there is still Vlahovic making more than DOUBLE his salary. Is that deserved? You can't keep looking at it in a matter of deserved or not, it's just not how it works. You'd be mad too if you had a coworker making that more more, asked for half, and were told no it's impossible.
The bold is sort of contradictory, no? If you remember our matches from last season where Chiesa was starting, our plan seemed to be give the ball to him, and have him run forward and try to dribble through 3 or 4 players by himself which is obviously impossible since he's not prime Messi. Then of course some Tuzzers would get mad at him and talk shit for this, but that's another issue. In no world has Rabiot been more useful though. More healthy, sure. Useful as he casually walks about the pitch and lets opposing players run through him, I disagree. But even then, we did issue him that whole "ultimatum" before the Euros to renew at the same wage, aka higher than what Chiesa is currently asking for, no?
No, Rabiot is a cunt for being a weak, lackadaisical bitch for all those years while being one of our highest earners, talking some bullshit about not seeing "the real Rabiot" yet in interviews. Physically blessed, but one of the laziest players on Earth, that is unforgivable to me. Using the club as leverage is the least of the issues, hell we all do the same with our jobs.
I would also say this last paragraph is also a bitch contradictory, they can't be more loyal and it also be an untrue generalization.
Speaking of loyalty though, I keep seeing the argument about how we were "loyal" to Chiesa while he was injured. How is that, exactly? By not attempting to rescind his contract or sell him for a huge loss? This club did nothing out of the ordinary on that front, Fagioli's situation would be an example of that.
No, €20-25 or so considering the circumstances. I'd love to have him back too, would add a whole new dimension to our attack that we've been sorely missing...well since he left.
Personally I think it's premature to be saying that, but regardless we'd still need both anyway to start opposite each other. I'd love to see that happen regularly too, it would be great to watch.
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Not picking on Robee, but it's wild how short people's memories are.