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Andy2461 said:
The benzema thing seems to be gathering steam 
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Risky move imo. Missed 3 training sessions before Xmas with no warning and has returned back to his club 17 days late. 

Not to mention all the heavily reported issues throughout his career with the blackmail scandal etc. 

Not the kind of personality i'd want around the club. 

 
Andy2461 said:
The benzema thing seems to be gathering steam 
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Ah I really don't like it. I've said it before and ill say it again, trouble and controvesy follows this bloke likes flies to sh*te. He's been investigated for using underage prostitues, he's been investigated and found guilty of blackmailing a team mate, he's publically slagged off Giroud whilst they both play for the national team, he was caught telling Madrid players not to pass to Vinicius when he first joined because he thought he was sh*te. Not to mention the fact that he's apparently leaving Saudi because there's too much pressure on him and has gone awol to push it through, wait till he finds out what it would be like here. 

I just don't see a world where dropping a Benzema shaped bomb into our dressing room works. We don't have strong enough personalities to stand up to him and im certain it will bring out the worst in the young players we have, which we'll be left with then when he decides the Saudi sun isn't too bad come July.

 
Niall1905 said:
Ah I really don't like it. I've said it before and ill say it again, trouble and controvesy follows this bloke likes flies to sh*te. He's been investigated for using underage prostitues, he's been investigated and found guilty of blackmailing a team mate, he's publically slagged off Giroud whilst they both play for the national team, he was caught telling Madrid players not to pass to Vinicius when he first joined because he thought he was sh*te. Not to mention the fact that he's apparently leaving Saudi because there's too much pressure on him and has gone awol to push it through, wait till he finds out what it would be like here. 

I just don't see a world where dropping a Benzema shaped bomb into our dressing room works. We don't have strong enough personalities to stand up to him and im certain it will bring out the worst in the young players we have, which we'll be left with then when he decides the Saudi sun isn't too bad come July.
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Can imagine him waltzing into the dressing room & forming a clique with Disasi, with Gusto acting as his patsy. 

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Risky move imo. Missed 3 training sessions before Xmas with no warning and has returned back to his club 17 days late. 

Not to mention all the heavily reported issues throughout his career with the blackmail scandal etc. 

Not the kind of personality i'd want around the club. 
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A lot of that is media hype and perception though isn't it.

One of our finest players ever was publicly dragged through court over being an alleged racist, was outed for shagging a teammate's missus and was reported as having a major gambling predeliction. Still one of our best CB's ever and could probably play for us again now.

I think that if we had Benzema here on a short 6 month loan and he scored a dozen or so goals and helped us move to the fringes of Europe, the majority of people wouldn't give a monkeys what type of bloke he is 

 
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Terry even promoted a scummy NFT a while back too that went bust. 

6 months of Benz wouldn't be terrible. 

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Oh no JT advertised NFT's when people can make their own informed decisions on such things 😞 Guess Benzema is in the clear for shagging 16 year olds and blackmailing his own team mates. 
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Knew of the Valbuena stuff but hadn't realized the prostitutes were underaged. 

 
Sconnie Blue said:
Terry even promoted a scummy NFT a while back too that went bust. 

6 months of Benz wouldn't be terrible. 
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Huge difference between a questionable business decision in retirement and scandles that actively involved dragging down other player on the team you currently play for. 

Say what you want about Terry, the bloke loved the club. If people want to pick holes in his character then power to you, but it didn't directly impact the dressing room in was an influence on. 

Benzema has zero reason to give a single f**k about our club, especially on a 6 month loan. If he wants to f**k about and cause issues, the worst that would happen is he gets to go back to earning 1m a week. Id rather finish 12th.

 
Niall1905 said:
Huge difference between a questionable business decision in retirement and scandles that actively involved dragging down other player on the team you currently play for. 

Say what you want about Terry, the bloke loved the club. If people want to pick holes in his character then power to you, but it didn't directly impact the dressing room in was an influence on. 

Benzema has zero reason to give a single f**k about our club, especially on a 6 month loan. If he wants to f**k about and cause issues, the worst that would happen is he gets to go back to earning 1m a week. Id rather finish 12th.
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Tinted glasses off, the NFT scandal was simply the cherry on top to Terry's appalling actions as a human being. 70-80% of crypto/NFT startups are designed to be fraudulent and it isn't like Terry is short on cash. Being a predominate figure ignorantly promoting something fraudulent is disgusting.  I also can't imagine the "f**king Black c**t" controversy didn't have at least some affect on the dressing room afterwards. It also cost him his England captaincy.  

That being said, I agree. Far too much baggage on Benzema.

 
It takes a special kind of d**khead to use ammunition against +John Terry as an excuse to sign a player embroiled in an under age sex scandal. 

 
Been rumoured for a few weeks. I reckon we won't pull the trigger on a striker unless we move on Broja, but have someone lined up if we can.

 
axman2526 said:
Been rumoured for a few weeks. I reckon we won't pull the trigger on a striker unless we move on Broja, but have someone lined up if we can.
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Issue is I don't think Broja is as good as that Rogers lad from Middlesbrough.  I think Villa bid 8-10 million for him. We want 50m for Broja. He's going nowhere at that ridiculous price.

 
I can’t see us doing much first team biz this window unless it was to loan a striker. And Benzema is the only loanee of football quality even remotely close to available. Benzema no doubt has some black marks on him but they have been examined by courts and associations and I don’t think it’s for us to be turning our noses up when he was selected for France after a long period in the wilderness. 
 

the real question is whether he is fit enough for a very tough h2 in the premier league. Can he push Jackson out and add enough to make the cost worth it?  Very hard call. 

 
axman2526 said:
Been rumoured for a few weeks. I reckon we won't pull the trigger on a striker unless we move on Broja, but have someone lined up if we can.
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He fits the bill. Young and relatively little experience in the Premier League. Not sure about his injury record.

I suppose we might get to see him play on Friday.

 
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