In fairness to him, had he signed a 3 year deal with Bournemouth on £67k/week, and a 25% wage cut on relegation, he'd be pretty gutted right now. Especially with them selling Ake so they don't 'need' to sell Fraser. Even more so if he'd torn his hamstring and was out for 3 months like many, many players did during this period. He may have helped them stay up but most of their defeats were comprehensive.

His career would be in tatters at that point because you get into the Wilf situation - no-one is paying big ££ for a player in their late 20s right now who is off form or, in this case, would have been playing Championship football.

Through anything but the rose tinted specs of a football fan, it's really hard to objectively argue that he didn't do the right thing for him.

The Zaha one is frustrating because he didn't pull his finger out when he is guaranteed £100k+ a week for the next 3 years. Fraser didn't have that security. He has one big contract left in his career - hard to blame him for wanting to secure it.

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My sentiments entirely.

Never liked playing against Bournemouth with Fraser which tells me I wouldn’t mind him on our team.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

My feeling with Fraser is that he would be like when we signed Townsend, i.e a good workmanlike winger who will chip in with a handful of goals and assists each season. If we can get him on a contract that is not silly money then he is a pretty low-risk if unexciting option and he plays on the left, which if Zaha goes is a position we will need to fill, plus he would make Meyer feel tall

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He has the benefit of no transfer fee as is presumably worth £15-20 million on a long contract. I reckon £75,000 per week would be about right. Works out to just under £12 million over three years which wouldn't be a bad deal for a player of his ability.

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Think this would be a good acquisition. Likes to get forward and can deliver a decent cross, so could be utilised for corners as well.

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