Official: Max Meyer leaves by mutual consent

[Shoreditch CPFC]

Originally Posted by El Aguila

We won’t have saved the wages - we’ll have paid them up. And why would we do that unless it were to free up a place in the squad?

Probably saved something by paying up front. It would have been a negotiated exit.

[cpfcfan1]

Be interesting if he signs for another Premier league club, except he'll go back to Germany though

[Golf Boy]

I never saw him do anything that Johnny Williams couldn’t have done.

[cpfcfan1]

Originally Posted by Golf Boy

I never saw him do anything that Johnny Williams couldn’t have done.

Stay fit?

[west country boy]

Originally Posted by Mr Palace

Good shout on Campana. He’s top class now.

Apparently so, but he "failed" in another three countries and then went down to the Spanish second tier before coming good. I'm not sure he would have succeeded at Palace whoever the manager was.

[RisZero]

Originally Posted by west country boy

Apparently so, but he "failed" in another three countries and then went down to the Spanish second tier before coming good. I'm not sure he would have succeeded at Palace whoever the manager was.

I dont think many/any are suggesting we are making mistakes in letting them leave, just that the idea was good and it didnt work out. Theres always the "spit on his name" brigade that come out when someone like this leaves despite it quite likely being no ones fault, and the player still probably being capable and likely to go on to bigger things

Not all players who leave fall into that category of course, Kebe comes to mind

[Golf Boy]

RB Leipzig. Finally Sørloth will be getting some service.

[adrenalin john]

RB Lightweight Palace failureszig

[Terrace Bickle]

Originally Posted by SA Eagle

Where do we reckon he’s off to? Munich, Milan or Madrid?

Brighton, where he becomes the German Messi.

[Stavros 69]

Originally Posted by cpfcfan1

Be interesting if he signs for another Premier league club, except he'll go back to Germany though

I’m sure there’ll be a clause not allowing him to join another Prem team without some sort of fee

[jobiinthelastmi]

Originally Posted by Golf Boy

I never saw him do anything that Johnny Williams couldn’t have done.

Pretty much, he wasn’t even as good as Barry Bannan

[akinbiyifan]

Originally Posted by David of Kent

Nice player. Decent short passer but hasn't shown himself in limited showings to be the type to unlock EPL defences. If there was a notion he was the next Cabaye, the scouting was very wrong as they're nothing alike (height aside). Cabaye was not a physical presence but had that nasty s*** element that meant him, his skills and his ability to fight his corner would have succeeded in just about any era. I don't want to blame Roy for Max's lack of success as since we signed Eze I don't think I would find a space for Max in the squad and on that salary, there's no option other than to let him leave. Good for him and us

Also Cabaye actually played centre mid rather than on the left. I reckon Cabaye would look poor if deployed on the left side.

[Timbo]

How did we ever get duped into signing this bloke in the first place?

[SussexRed&Blue]

Just never really seemed to work apart from a few decent sub performances here and there didn't really do a lot.

Unfortunately not really suited to the physicality of the Premier League.

Good luck if he resumes his career back in Germany.

[Thefunkymonk]

Just didn’t fit here. Shame.

[Ian Hart]

When I first heard we had signed him, I read up his background, and came to the conclusion that there were two options.

1. We had made the signing of the century on a free, or

2. When we watched him, it would soon emerge why no other club, in any country, were prepared to sign him, even for nothing

Sadly, I have to say that option 2 turned out to be true

I don't go for this "he was never given a chance" story. He was given plenty of chances. Even if he was only coming on for 10 minutes, I would have expected him to show something to suggest he should be starting. But he never showed me anything to suggest he would get into many Championship clubs, let alone Premier clubs

[SA Eagle]

Originally Posted by Terrace Bickle

Brighton, where he becomes the German Messi.

They’ve got enough players flattering to deceive already

[Selhurst Celtic]

That's a shame, he wasn't really given a chance. His tight turning circle and close control were never fully utilised. This will come back to haunt us.

[Latvian]

When we signed him, I honestly expected him to be sold on to a top European team for 35mil or something.

[brighton_eagle]

Showed small signs that he could have been a player for us. That first away win against man city, in 2018, for example, where he played a crucial role.

But he was never going to fit into a Roy team. That's not his fault. We just shouldn't have bought him. Wish him the best for the future.