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Originally Posted by MLB
I would sell him anyway if we get a decent offer. People who go on about how good he is are deluding themselves. He hasn't been good in at least two seasons.
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I look at it the same way.
I have come to the conclusion that Xabi is a player we can manage without. He has really underperformed for some time and can be replaced. For all his brilliant passing ability, he rarely manage to use it in good effect for the team, and is really not offering us much going forward, and his dwelling on the ball and lack of mobility too often leave us vulnerable and exposed in defence.
Im not surprised he played well against Chelsea though as he seems to have developed a real hatred ( and rightly so ) for the cheating scumbags from London. But he cant maintain that level of agression week out week in.
The Xabi we got to know in his first season here was undropable, but he has never managed to reach that level again, and how many seasons can we accept him underperforming?
Like the decision to sell Fowler ( as painful as it was ) proved to be a wise decision, i believe selling Xabi (As painful as it may turn out to be aswell-he is such a loveable fella )while he still has a high market value also will prove to be a wise move.