MARCEL RITZMAIER LEAVES THE CLUB Club News Austrian midfielder departs Oakwell by mutual consent. Continue reading on the official site...
I suppose it suits both parties. I'd have sooner got a few quid for him though. If he's got a new club straight away has he waved his pay-off?
I don't know how I feel about this. I'm guessing we've part paid his contract up to allow him to go on a free to this club who otherwise couldn't afford his wants. So we've probably saved a nominal amount from paying his full contract off, but obviously we've forgone a transfer fee and crystallised a significant loss on him. I didn't see enough of him to form a view, but it's more experience thats gone from the team. Best of luck to him going forward though.
I'm not sure he was going to feature much here so no loss I suppose. Probably on decent wages too. I'd been hoping he'd improve and come back into the squad. There's obviously some quality there given his europa league experience but he always looked slow on the ball here.
Have as much experience as you want if your a passenger for 90 minutes and don't want to be here its irrelevant. More concerned about the wasted fee paid for him and the wages we paid and contract we paid up, waste of money.
We sent him off on loan, we've enough players on the fringes so I'm pleased for his sake and ours that he's got himself a new club. Best of luck Ritzy!