16 Jan 2018 12:57:01
Anyone seen what Bordeaux manager said? Basically said Liverpool are in the frame for Malcom.

{Ed002's Note - Malcom's representatives were in London and spoke to two sides - neither of which were Liverpool.}


1.) 16 Jan 2018
16 Jan 2018 13:26:04
Yes Ed but didn’t you realise Malcolm himself was in blackpool?


2.) 16 Jan 2018
16 Jan 2018 15:35:23
Cheers Ed. Perhaps it was a ploy to make Arsenal cough up more money. Or perhaps the Bordeaux is a Liverpool fan trying to do us a solid 😂

Does seem weird he'd specifically mention Liverpool. Not that I'm that fussed. Malcom is a decent enough player, but he's not good enough to have an immediate impact on our team. At 20 he has time on his sides, but he's not a lot better than the likes of Nkoudou, Lacazette, Gomis, Martial or Origi who have all come to England with big reputations and under-whelmed.


3.) 16 Jan 2018
16 Jan 2018 15:40:22
Please tell me you didn't just put origi in the same bracket as martial and lacazette 🤦🏼‍♂️.


4.) 16 Jan 2018
16 Jan 2018 16:11:07
Typical Malcom, he's always in the middle lol.

{Ed025's Note - love it verdo..


5.) 16 Jan 2018
16 Jan 2018 16:12:34
TBF Benny none of those named have done well upon their arrival to the league in comparison to their expectations.


6.) 16 Jan 2018
16 Jan 2018 16:23:04
Yeah. origi miles better.


7.) 16 Jan 2018
16 Jan 2018 17:02:47
Benny, all i meant was that they've all come to England and not lived up to their individual expectations. Even Hazard hasn't. He scored 30 goals for LOSC and yet he's never even made 20 goals in his 5 years in England.

I think the last player to come to the UK from France and not even remotely let everyone down was Kante or Ibrahimovic. There are done top talents there to be fair, but they usually take time to settle and never reach the heights they did in Ligue 1. Lemar and Malcom would be in that category for me, but then i thought Lacazette would adapt well and he's had a shocker.

I'm not even saying it's a bad league, but a lot of players find it comfortable there, and then Struggle when moving to England, Spain or Germany.


8.) 16 Jan 2018
16 Jan 2018 17:42:03
MK Hazard's biggest total for Lille was 22 in all competitions. The closest he's come is 19 in 14-15, not far off.

Hazard has easily lived up to expectation, Martial I'd argue has had ups and downs but has proved himself a good player. Origi has shown himself to be what he was a £10m pound striker, decent not spectacular.

Lacazette is suffering some poor form but give him some time, he's as much a sufferer of the state of Arsenal football club as he is taking time to adapt.

I don't think it's far to just lump all these Ligue 1 players in the same bracket and say "look! they're not that good! "


9.) 16 Jan 2018
16 Jan 2018 20:04:08
To be fair, that's not that far away Imred. I thought he scored more than that in his last season at Lille but i stand corrected! Still though, the fact he's never replicated a goal tally he hit at about 20/ 21 years old in nearly 6 years is disappointing if you're a Hazard fan.


10.) 17 Jan 2018
17 Jan 2018 12:10:18
you can't expect players to come from different leagues and replicate their goal tally. this is the most competitve league in the world and Hazard has proved he is one of the best players in the world. If he scores 100 goals a season in China, comes to England and only gets 20, does that mean he's underwhelmed?