Pepe Reina

[Cormack74]

Pepe will take a wage cut when it's a choice between staying at Napoli or sitting on the bench here IMO.

[G]

What would be the point of such a deal? Wouldn't it just equate to a permanent transfer?

Try before you buy. If the player settles and performs then you buy him. It's what all loan deals should be about unless you are using it for a young player to gain experience.

[Kenneth]

We really shouldn't be loaning players of his calibre without cast iron guarantees of a purchase at the end of it.

Try before you buy. If the player settles and performs then you buy him. It's what all loan deals should be about unless you are using it for a young player to gain experience.

Nope, still don't get it. If a club gives cast iron guarantees before the loan then it's not try before you buy.

[Resu]

If he plays x amount of games you have to buy?

[G]

Nope, still don't get it. If a club gives cast iron guarantees before the loan then it's not try before you buy.

Of course it is.The player has to fulfil certain criteria before the clause to buy him is activated.In this case we've loaned him out ,I saw no mention of a loan fee although we may have got one and if they can't pay his wages next season we must have been paying some of them this season. Seems like a **** deal for us to me. I'd rather have kept him. If he doesn't like it he can request a transfer and lower his wage demands to get a move.

[Kenneth]

We did that with Aquilani didn't we. He spent the last couple of months not playing so they didn't trigger any conditions.

[Resu]

Of course they can do that, but at a cost. If a player is good enough to play and they choose not to play him they are fielding a weaker team, with the risks that bring.

[Exiled_red]

Does that ever happen though ?

We had that agreement about the sale of Aquilani where they had to buy him for a set price if he played 20 games, he actually ended up playing 19.5 and was dropped after that

[G]

Whereas Pepe played 41 games last season cos he's actually quite useful. Mugged off we've been, again.

[Kenneth]

We mug ourselves by giving (often older) players ridiculous wages when they renew creating a millstone around our neck. Carra, Johnson, reina, joe cole, downing, possibly Agger. We can't shift players on the best part of 100 grand a week when they're not at the level for our first team. There aren't many clubs in the world who can pay those kind of wages and most of the ones that can don't want that level of player.

[Fredo]

Him coming back is not a bad thing at all. If he stays and no one wants him, he'll bring some good competition to the position.

[Kenneth]

It's great. 100 grand a week for a back up keeper.

[Fredo]

Well, you can keep on moaning about it all you like then.

[Kenneth]

Boss.

[Lee]

Him coming back is not a bad thing at all. If he stays and no one wants him, he'll bring some good competition to the position.

Ah mate if Reina has to come back then it's lose-lose.

We're lumbered with a 'keeper on massive wages who we can't shift. A 'keeper who wants to play but is dumped in the reserves but can't / won't move on due to finance reasons.

I can't see where he's going to go though.

Barca, Napoli, LFC, Atleti (even if Courtois goes back to Chelsea) don't need him. I'm guessing Arsenal have lost interest in him. A second-rate Italian club?

Best case / realistic scenario is Lloris going to PSG and Reina heading to Spurs as a replacement.