4 minutes ago, Spiller86 said:

Exactly the kind of wakeup call we needed.

Kid gets an offer to move to one of the biggest clubs in Europe where he will still likely get more minutes and get developed properly. Why is any surprised he wants to go?

This is 10 years of chaotic youth development come home to roost.

Now of course we should say no. 18 months is a long time in the life of an 18 year old. Minds can be changed in that time, but for god's sake he needs to play!

Note also that Bayern are making this offer and made no move for Pulisic when they hoover all of the decent talent in Germany. Make of that what you will.

He still should start tonight.

Well Dortmund have a policy of no longer selling to Bayern and Pulisic has made it known for a while that he wants to play in the PL. 

5 minutes ago, Yorkleynonce said:

what a joke this entire debacle is. One of our most talented players to come through being sold like cheap meat at a market. This club has lost the plot and I cannot be bothered with it anymore. It's going to be another case of letting a talented youngster go for no reason and letting the likes of Willian and Pedro starting over him no matter how garbage they are. No wonder our club is a laughing stock. 

its even more funny when you think we got the likes of Rodriguez, Angban, Omeruo, Kalas, Stinkwater, Hector and another 30+ clowns kept in the club for years being loaned out from pillar to post at all sorts of garbage leagues and teams.. Yet we feel the need to not accommodate to one of the best players we have and sell him off. 

Honestly I think Hazard is going to leave us for Madrid too, and I dont blame him. He's surrounded by mediocrity and there's no plans to try and improve it. Instead we'll sign another couple of clown that'll sit on the bench for a few months and then get loaned out 7 times before getting sold later. Pathetic.

Can see you lasting long with that username and profile picture. 

f**k him, the grass ain't always greener. 18 years old expecting to play week in week out for one of the biggest clubs in Europe is mental.

Matt Law reporting it too now. He wants to go for sure. 

30 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Rashford was the same age when he broke through at United.

I do think handing in a transfer request is a dick move from him though. If it wasn't for the club, he may never have been discovered.

Marcus Rashford born 31/10/1997. Made his first team debut in the EL on 25/2 2016 aged 18 and 117 days. Made his PL debut 3 days later aged 18 and 120 days

CHO born 7/11/2000. Made his first team debut in the FA cup on 28/1/2018 aged 17 and 83 days. Made his PL debut 3 days later aged 17 and 86 days.

As of today CHO is still 36 days younger than Rashford was before he made his debut.

Edited January 26, 20197 yr by terraloon

Let him go. Get good money for him and let's see how he fares at Bayern.

They're expecting him to be their Jadon Sancho. That's a hell of a lot of pressure on him and if he falls short, they won't hesitate to replace him.

Not necessarily week in week out, maybe he'd just like a fighting chance? If he's half as talented as everyone says, he ought to have had more opportunities, especially as we've hardly been ripping up trees when it comes to attacking. And I certainly hope we plan to be playing Pusilic despite being so young given what we paid for him.

I really think the club is very misguided.

4 minutes ago, dan_cfc said:

f**k him, the grass ain't always greener. 18 years old expecting to play week in week out for one of the biggest clubs in Europe is mental.

Kingsley Coman did the same thing from Juve and played regularly. Bayern develop their young players properly which is why this is a win win for him. Bigger club and more minutes. Which is an indictment on our approach.

I can't blame him for wanting to go but under no circumstances should we say yes. 18 months is a long time.

Can't say I'm surprised. Can't say I blame him. Respect the fact he has said it is not the money but the lack of playing time that is the problem.

21 minutes ago, Yorkleynonce said:

what an irrelevant reply to my post, c*nt

Get off these forums you sad little man

15 minutes ago, Snedger said:

Not necessarily week in week out, maybe he'd just like a fighting chance? If he's half as talented as everyone says, he ought to have had more opportunities, especially as we've hardly been ripping up trees when it comes to attacking. And I certainly hope we plan to be playing Pusilic despite being so young given what we paid for him.

I really think the club is very misguided.

Ryan Giggs was older than CHO was when he made his debut and even at the age CHO is now Giggs was still playing in Man Uts youth team. 

There is no doubt that we are terrible when it comes to getting players from the academy into the first team but part of a players development and indeed progression is about taking one step at a time for if you don’t you risk destroying the player both physically and mentally.

 

Edited January 26, 20197 yr by terraloon

2 minutes ago, Yorkleynonce said:

kill yourself and end up in a grave like your grandma you dirty little pedophile. 

going....going.....

Just now, Yorkleynonce said:

you're obviously a pedophile if you're sticking up for a convicted pedophile. 

pedophile sympathising should be a crime that you are hung for

You're fun. 

17 minutes ago, Spiller86 said:

Kingsley Coman did the same thing from Juve and played regularly. Bayern develop their young players properly which is why this is a win win for him. Bigger club and more minutes. Which is an indictment on our approach.

I can't blame him for wanting to go but under no circumstances should we say yes. 18 months is a long time.

Conman let his contract run down at PSG forcing a move to Juve. He then forced his way out on loan from Juve to Bayern where just over a year ago he said he was considering leaving them.

 

6 minutes ago, Yorkleynonce said:

kill yourself and end up in a grave like your grandma you dirty little pedophile. 

 

You clearly are in need of help .

 

I would not call that fun, Big Blue.  Disturbing, yes.

kill yourself and end up in a grave like your grandma you dirty little pedophile. 

Well that escalated quickly...

3 minutes ago, Phillip said:

I would not call that fun, Big Blue.  Disturbing, yes.

Not sure what anyone gets out of pretending to be a chelsea fan on the internet. This one is definately more disturbed than most of the trolls we get on here though. 

3 minutes ago, Yorkleynonce said:

not pretending to be anything you nonce, just sick of the way this club is run

you seem to have a strange obsession with paedophilia. Jimmy Seville profile pic, nonce as your username. I think you should seek help. 

54 minutes ago, terraloon said:

Marcus Rashford born 31/10/1997. Made his first team debut in the EL on 25/2 2016 aged 18 and 117 days. Made his PL debut 3 days later aged 18 and 120 days

CHO born 7/11/2000. Made his first team debut in the FA cup on 28/1/2018 aged 17 and 83 days. Made his PL debut 3 days later aged 17 and 86 days.

As of today CHO is still 36 days younger than Rashford was before he made his debut.

Not as important to be that precise about debuts IMO. Rooney,Beckham and all other big stars in their time got the breakthrough around the age that Hudson-Odoi is now, he is a big talent and should be playing more games. Bayern is promising him the role of a new Robben/Ribery for them since their squad is full of oldies, but it's Bayern the team we beat in their own ground to become champions of Europe, Roman and the board and whoever is close to this young rising star should talk to him and promise him that he will have a big role starting from next season.

If the club lets him go, it can end up being the Pogba story, he wanted more minutes Ferguson didn't care he left for a big club became a star and then Ferguson bought him back for £100m. It would be such a huge miss if the club makes the same mistake as they did there.

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Well not long left I January so we will see soon enough. See if he starts tomorrow and gets interviewed.

I suspect that the transfer request is off the back of already being told that he's not starting tomorrow. Despite the manaager saying how important he is, the player still has seen little evidence of that.

Good luck to him if he goes, although I'd like to think we're making every effort to encourage at least another season out of him. Can see Sarri's trust in him has grown over the last few months, it'd be good to see that play out.

Personally think he's ready to be competing with Pedro and Willian right now. What he lacks in the defensive phase he more than makes up for in his attacking movements. He's a very forward-thinking, talented winger. Can't imagine he's easy to defend against, and his direct runs have been a highlight when he's featured this season.

Guess we shall see, hopefully he sticks the season out and player & club can reassess in the summer.

Edited January 27, 20197 yr by spadefx

3 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

If the club lets him go, it can end up being the Pogba story, he wanted more minutes Ferguson didn't care he left for a big club became a star and then Ferguson bought him back for £100m. It would be such a huge miss if the club makes the same mistake as they did there.

We don't know just yet whether he had the quality to be at that level, but it would be soul crushing for him to leave. Just as we're likely to lose Hazard as well.

Just now, WhiteWall said:

I suspect that the transfer request is off the back of already being told that he's not starting tomorrow. Despite the manaager saying how important he is, the player still has seen little evidence of that.

It's an interesting theory. My question is this: In 2010, Carlo was told in no uncertain terms that young players like McEachran, Borini, Bruma, Kakuta etc. had to play and they did. Particularly Josh who looked a world beater until Carlo left.

Eight years on why isn't Sarri being given that same message? We expect that RLC, Christensen, Ampadu and CHO will play regularly. 1000-2000 minutes as part of your expectations for the year.

If he chooses not to sign the deal and we need to sell him, I would prefer summer and not now. Our only options for winger spot are Hazard, Willian, Pedro and CHO. With so many games yet to play, It will be silly to sell him and short change ourselves. 

Too young to be making big demands. J T bided his time and got his rewards. Solanke on the other hand thought he was worth more and look what happened to him. 

Scott Sinclair, Charlie Mausonda, people were begging for these to be given a chance. They weren’t good enough so the club was right. With CHO they’re saying be patient