by URZZZZ »
06 Mar 2019 20:40
Hound URZZZZ He's not a bad player at all in contrast to what most people think. If you use a player in a system that they're not used to/not what they're suited to, what do you expect? There are too many "flops" here who have gone on to have better and successful careers elsewhere for it not to be a coincidence. Notice on the flip side, most people who have succeeded here never found their feet elsewhere as well
I think his star only shined sporadically elsewhere before here. We massively and horrendously overpaid for a player of a quality we could have picked up on a free (as Fulham did 12 months previously)
That's the reality of modern football though. Players are too expensive, and Fulham were never going to sell one of their key players to what they thought was a promotion rival on the cheap, especially as Jaap rated him so highly (no idea why considering he didn't know how to use him)
I *think he shined for Hull in the championship as well but picked up an injury in the Prem and never properly recovered from it, hence why he was released and Fulham picked him up on a free?
Was Aluko a good investment from us, absolutely not. But is he as bad as most suggest, again absolutely not