Suspect they will buy him if they can find a bigger club who will give them an instant profit

If he's been as good as the reports suggest they would be mad not to take the option.

Been excellent for Sassuolo this season, fair play.

His time at ITFC hasn't worked out but these things happen.

Glad Aro seems to have found a league that suits him. They will sign him for €10m then immediately sell for €20m.

Will no doubt surprise a few around here if we manage to recoup most of our initial investment.

Quality keeper. Head and shoulders above our current crop. Just made too many mistakes unfortunately

Just one of those which didn’t happen for him with us. He’s a very good keeper though.

I think this goes down as a transfer success for Ashton. Brings a player in of whom the manager values his attributes, doesn't work out but manages to place him with a club who have a similar view and prices him to cover our costs. Not all signings will work but being able to navigate that outcome successfully should be acknowledged as good business (note - pending the transfer for £8million!)

FlittonBlue, why would they do that? They're unlikely to find better for reasonable money and I can't imagine they could turn a big profit.

Some players are suited to some leagues. Good shot stopper, poor on crosses and kicking, not suited to the prem and lots of set pieces .., has thrived when that’s mitigated.

Not a shocking fee, in the context of how poor he was, but still a loss, on a player who in Serie A is clearly valued far higher than the fee .., more poor and muddy decision making from Mark .., same as Akpom, and Jens .., we have to spend a huge amount if promoted, on players we don’t deem good enough for the EFL, limiting our ability to add and compete.

Our lack of vision and strategy off the pitch hasn’t improved, it’s gone backwards since we had resources. Nothing has progressed in spite of the rhetoric. Mark managers up, and fans expertly, the areas where he is clearly elite, the things that matter though, poor.

Something has to change, or we’ll get the same outcomes until we end up where Leicester are.

Jugsy: Id be more inclined to say Town have got very lucky if they recoup their original outlay. Muric was in bad form for Burnley before we threw £m's at them for his services / God only knows why we bought him based on that form. He then proceeds to continue int he dame vein at Town... luck would have it that hes found some form at his current club , because based on past form you'd not be expecting that Id suggest /... Got out of jail on this one Ashton.

DavoIPB if he returned, he’d still be woeful. He’s really poor at some areas that in our league are non negotiable.

He’s not brilliant or terrible, he’s just found a league where his weaknesses are less exposed.

I once watched ‘the best keeper in the world’ Vitor Baia play and train for Sir Bob in Porto - he would train on the reserve side, the first team couldn’t beat him!!! He made Peter Shilton look like a ‘pit pony’ he was that good .., in games equally as good.

Bobby took him to Barca. It turned out he was exceptional but had one weakness - crosses, he’d barely had to take any at Porto and even for the national team .., he went from looking like the best keeper to ever live, to struggling to hold his place.

He’s was the best shot stopper by a country mile .., but context is important.

Muric isn’t even 1% that level, but he’s a decent shot stopper for sure.., and because he’s so big, the assumption is he’ll be commanding and good on crosses, but he retreates to his line, doesn’t the crosses well, and passing is poor.

Lots of leagues and teams where he’d likely thrive.

None of them are in England - I watched Vitor play and train for a whole year.., in games at Porto dominated I don’t think he needed to take more than a handful of crosses a season.

That’s the opening 45 in the premier league these days.

Comedy gold. We aren’t where Leicester are, but DH acting as if that’s unavoidable. I think we can face into the challenges with Akp and Jens if we go up. And don’t forget we also have that clause with Kipre which I note you’re not complaining about.
I’m sure you’ll respond to this crying about our £200m spend, still ignoring that it’s net spend that matters.

darkhorse; It still beggars belief we signed him from Burnley , because Ashton and his matrix should surely have done their due diligence on the player? Clearly not!

Good luck if he goes but I have been maintaining for some years that Walton has been and is the best goalie and I am glad he has cemented the position once again after his unlucky injury in the summer of 2023...

Oldegold.
Very much agree, There were some good elements to Muric but also far too many poor decisions.
Walton for me is a more consistent keeper, yes he makes mistakes but overall I’ve much more confidence in him than I ever had in Arno.

as with outfield players, some suit certain clubs better than others

DavolPB, isn't quality goalkeeping about not making mistakes???

Whatever happens I wish him the best of luck for the future. Just one of those things that didn't work out, now he's got his mojo back. Best thing for him and ITFC that he officially moves on and continues to show just how good he can be.