Outgoing Rumours David Raya

This thread relates to rumours of a player possibly leaving.
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David Raya

upnorthbee said:
Can we just close this thread? Cant be the only one who hates seeing it pop up in January (yes I know I don’t have to read to, blah blah blah). Irritating even seeing it ?
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You can put the thread on Ignore
 

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larrysigny said:
You say he meant now - did he actually say that?
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Not in so many words, but I'm sure that's what he meant. Thomas would be a fool to have meant 'ever'. Raya's past mistakes are well documented, but they would become far more frequent in say, his nineties.
 

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djdavis19 said:
Is Strakoshka not the future no. 1? I always thought he came here on the understanding Raya would move on in a season or 2
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No, we in our wisdom as fans with eyes have decided to write him off after a couple of cup games. Shame for the lad but that’s how it works.
 

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mhead bee said:
Do you remember the last time we tested a keeper in this division, we lost about 5 games in a row. We will need to replace Raya one day, we may already have him here, but I would rather wait until the summer. I expect he will go and another "half known" keeper will arrive, a bit like Raya was when we bought him.
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I'd rather test a keeper when we know we are safe this season, rather than find out too late at the start of the next that we need a new one.
 

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I think Strakosha could be the real deal given the opportunity. He was highly rated when he arrived and out signing of him was seen as another PG coup. Alvaro was untested and turned out sh*te and then Lossl was never rated particularly highly and also turned out sh*te. We might already have our man supported by young Cox. .
 

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Brentford77 said:
Interesting thing there is that more teams have tried from outside the box against us than any other. That must be due to the obstinacy of our low block and our ability to frustrate opponents. It’s a great stat
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He’s also saved the 3rd most inside the penalty area so just seems like we’ve allowed a LOT of chances in total. Think that stems from early part of the season with 4-3-3/3-5-2 experiments. We’ve certainly closed that down a lot recently
 

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If Raya was to be sold in the summer, I think we should target Caoimhin Kelleher. He's been so impressive every time he's played for Liverpool, and won't want to stick around playing second fiddle to Alisson forever. He's a great age, he's so calm under pressure and his feet might be better than Raya's...undoubtedly my number one choice.
 

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UB10 Bee said:
If Raya was to be sold in the summer, I think we should target Caoimhin Kelleher. He's been so impressive every time he's played for Liverpool, and won't want to stick around playing second fiddle to Alisson forever. He's a great age, he's so calm under pressure and his feet might be better than Raya's...undoubtedly my number one choice.
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Er, we have signed a replacement already.
 

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UB10 Bee said:
If Raya was to be sold in the summer, I think we should target Caoimhin Kelleher. He's been so impressive every time he's played for Liverpool, and won't want to stick around playing second fiddle to Alisson forever. He's a great age, he's so calm under pressure and his feet might be better than Raya's...undoubtedly my number one choice.
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I mentioned him earlier too, he'd certainly be someone I'd be happy with.
 

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jlove said:
He's just advertising himself in Spain. I'm sure the Club know exactly what he's going to do and not do and will put in place the goalkeeping personnel before pre-season.
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Of course the club know what his intentions are, They will have most ideas/actions put in place already, Even Ivan's situation would be planned for, No need for panic, It's the Brentford way.
 

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Brentford77 said:
Interesting thing there is that more teams have tried from outside the box against us than any other. That must be due to the obstinacy of our low block and our ability to frustrate opponents. It’s a great stat
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A lot of the more analytically-inclined teams are also okay conceding/not blocking shots from distance since they are so rarely successful:
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It would not shock me if we strategically instruct our defenders to avoid blocking some of those long shots which result in more routine saves for Raya. I think there’s some good evidence Liverpool does this on purpose. On the flip side, I would bet we have a pretty high % of shots inside the box blocked. Mee is particularly excellent in that regard.
 

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Everyone is a feeder apart from Barcelona and Real Madrid! The people who run the club have done more than enough to earn trust that a suitable replacement will be ready for the start of next season (perhaps Strakosha, needs some gametime though as west ham showed). No need to panic. Will certainly be a different looking team next season I suspect. Can't imagine Ivan will be sticking around, ban or not. Any club with sense would also sign Rico and Norgaard!
 
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The fact this news is coming out now is a good thing on balance. We are "safe" in the premier league this season so if a big bid comes in in the January transfer window we can accept it (and the price is likely to be higher now than in the Summer). We have a ready made replacement in Strakosha who now has certainty that he can be number 1. Yes he made the mistake against West Ham, but you don't play 164 times for Lazio without being a quality keeper. And actually I thought his distribution against West Ham was very good. Let's be honest, we were always going to lose David and now we might get a decent amount of money for him.
 

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Brentford77 said:
Interesting thing there is that more teams have tried from outside the box against us than any other. That must be due to the obstinacy of our low block and our ability to frustrate opponents. It’s a great stat
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definitely a positive view of the stat. Sometimes i think teams do like to take a lot of shots from outside of the box against us as they see it as a potential weakness. as brilliant a shot stopper as david is, hes not tall. Teams potentially see long shots as a good opportunitity to score, and i think our stats of conceding goals outside the box show this
 

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Good luck to him where ever he goes, seems a decent bloke, been a mutually beneficial time here, hope he doesn't come back and kiss the badge of his new employer in front of us.
 

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I can't be mad that he would like to play CHL and get a bigger paycheck than what we can offer, because I think he is one of the best keepers in the world. But if he leaves let's at least get a bidding war going.
 

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Cham said:
www.theguardian.com

Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham in pursuit of David Raya

Chelsea, United and Spurs have all shown interest in the Brentford goalkeeper David Raya, who will enter the final year of his contract this summer
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Funny despite three clubs being interested, that it's seen as a possible "bargain". They wouldn't use that language if his contract was running out as a top side I'm sure...we aren't under a huge amount of pressure to sell for a special discount. We will want a fee of course but we usually get what we want.
If two or three of them actually bid I suspect we will get a very good price, probably close to what we might have gone with a longer contract, as they'll probably need to pay full market price for an alternative. Will be interested to see how this pans out.

Also linking us to Seny Dieng of QPR as a replacement.
 

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Ok - so both David Raya and Thomas Frank have confirmed he will be here for the rest of the season. Raya has all but said he will be off in the summer.

There'll be nothing happening this window, so this thread seems all rather pointless and premature.

It might help to be massochistic to discuss when he'll be going. Or therapeutic to think how many ££££s we might get.

And of course, that's fine for people to do on a forum, even thought it's all totally irrelevant right now. But it means we might as well copy and paste 99% of this thread when we get to the middle of May.

Every time I see the thread pop up, I think there is new news. There isn't. Yes, I know there is an 'ignore' function.
 

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Hippobee said:
Ok - so both David Raya and Thomas Frank have confirmed he will be here for the rest of the season. Raya has all but said he will be off in the summer.

There'll be nothing happening this window, so this thread seems all rather pointless and premature.

It might help to be massochistic to discuss when he'll be going. Or therapeutic to think how many ££££s we might get.

And of course, that's fine for people to do on a forum, even thought it's all totally irrelevant right now. But it means we might as well copy and paste 99% of this thread when we get to the middle of May.

Every time I see the thread pop up, I think there is new news. There isn't. Yes, I know there is an 'ignore' function.
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I see what you're getting at, but there is ongoing speculation about his future being discussed in the media NOW.

That I feel is enough to justify a thread to discuss it, which also allows people to consider potential routes this saga will take.
 

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Hippobee said:
Ok - so both David Raya and Thomas Frank have confirmed he will be here for the rest of the season. Raya has all but said he will be off in the summer.

There'll be nothing happening this window, so this thread seems all rather pointless and premature.

It might help to be massochistic to discuss when he'll be going. Or therapeutic to think how many ££££s we might get.

And of course, that's fine for people to do on a forum, even thought it's all totally irrelevant right now. But it means we might as well copy and paste 99% of this thread when we get to the middle of May.

Every time I see the thread pop up, I think there is new news. There isn't. Yes, I know there is an 'ignore' function.
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There are no plans for him to leave but if someone bid enough tomorrow he'd be gone.
 

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Can I be the first to say:

"Don't reckon he's all that....."
"Definitely got a frequent ricket in him...."

?
 

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Jago16 said:
Everyone is a feeder apart from Barcelona and Real Madrid! The people who run the club have done more than enough to earn trust that a suitable replacement will be ready for the start of next season (perhaps Strakosha, needs some gametime though as west ham showed). No need to panic. Will certainly be a different looking team next season I suspect. Can't imagine Ivan will be sticking around, ban or not. Any club with sense would also sign Rico and Norgaard!
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If we were to finish top half I wouldn’t be surprised if all three were here for start of next season.
 

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I see social media is full of the usual “big club” fans dismissing Raya for being short and/or not high profile enough. Since we joined the Prem I’ve been struck by how lacking in knowledge the average Premier league club fan is in comparison to championship or league 1 fans.
 

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Twickenhamben said:
I see social media is full of the usual “big club” fans dismissing Raya for being short and/or not high profile enough. Since we joined the Prem I’ve been struck by how lacking in knowledge the average Premier league club fan is in comparison to championship or league 1 fans.
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Just a lot more casual fans and kids on twitter for the big clubs
 

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Twickenhamben said:
I see social media is full of the usual “big club” fans dismissing Raya for being short and/or not high profile enough. Since we joined the Prem I’ve been struck by how lacking in knowledge the average Premier league club fan is in comparison to championship or league 1 fans.
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A lot of the Championship fans were thick as too. Forest fans spring to mind in particular.
 

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Looking at historical goalie fees only a few have been over £40m and Gigi Buffon still appears in the top ten !
 

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Was thinking the same thing. Raya is miles ahead of Kepa and should surely be going for BIG money. Spanish international who has proven himself to be one of the top keepers in the toughest league in the world. I suppose it’s only the 18 months left on his contract driving his price down.
 
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