ClaphamFox
Roofer
We’re pushing hard to try to get him to sign a new deal…
I would love him to stay, but I just can't see it, sadly.
In the last season and a half, in a generally struggling side, he's become the best English no 10 in the game. We can see it, I am sure Heads of Recruitment in the BCCs can see it, even if Southgate cannot. At 26, he is entering his prime, time for the next big 4 year contract.
Only hope is that he really plays best in a 4-2-3-1, and many of the big clubs play 4-3-3. I hope if he does go, it's not to sit on the bench as an understudy to a Fernandes or an Odergaard - he should be playing every week.
Would be sad if he goes to Newcastle, as they are in the same PL cohort as us, but he would fit well there