With the transfer market finished and a lot of big moves for players I reflect on those moves down below.
Dimitri Payet to Marseille from West Ham for £25m.
When a player hands out a transfer request- which is what Payet did, it’s almost certain that he’s going to leave the club, but if I was him I wouldn’t be looking to play for a team like Marseille as their sixth in the table and if he moved to a big club, then he would still get game time as he’s so good and would have the opportunity to win trophies.
Joey Barton to Burnley as a free agent.
I don’t understand why he left Burnley this summer but anyway Burnley looked like the only club who wanted to sign him, and also he will play a big role in Burnley’s team as centre midfielder Dean Marney is out for the rest of the season.
Saido Berahino to Stoke from West Brom for £12m
It think Berahino will be a great addition to Stoke’s team although he needs to rediscover his fabulous form of the 2014/15 season where he scored twenty goals in all competitions. I think also that Berahino will benefit massively from his move to Stoke as he’ll play regularly for Stoke because they don’t have many options up front.
Jose Fonte to West Ham from Southampton for £8m.
Exactly like Dimitri Payet, Fonte handed out a transfer request to his club Southampton which he has loyally stayed at for about seven years. Which is quite odd as surely if he had spent so long at Southampton he would have an attachment to the club and not want to leave.
Memphis Depay to Lyon from Manchester United for £21.7m
Memphis understandably found it hard to adapt to life in the Premier League because of his young age and the amount of attacking talent which United have who play in his favoured position, so if I put myself in his shoes what I would decide to do would be – move abroad on a few year loan spell, then when he’s developed into a better player and grown older he could be one of United’s main men. So I don’t think moving on a permanent basis to Lyon is a wise idea.