Jean Phillipe is an ebony God.

I tremble when he kicks the corner flag.

I have read that we are unable to offload him, even if we want to, because no-one is prepared to meet more than 1/3rd of his wages.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

My own 2c on this.
He was good for us in his first loan but less so on his second. When played recently (under Roy) he's almost always been offside when around goal when it counted.
To me he is someone who would benefit from some coaching but I think he's not getting any. He's just being left on his own to 'do something'. Not a great recipe for success.
This makes me think that under PV, if he takes him under his wing, he can turn into something really special.
He wants to succeed, that's obvious but are we willing to put the money and time into getting him there?
I'd like to give him a look. Not sure if PV wants to go that route but there's potential there and if coached properly maybe could become something great for us.
This is a big risk I get it, but I'll go with whatever PV decides.

Success will lie to you but failure always tells you the truth.

If we can get the same money for Benteke to cover Matata's cost then we should keep him, Benteke is Rubbish and 31, Mateta is 23 and might be good, if not we can sell him later, simples

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Mateta is not s***, his movement is good and he doesn't get caught offside as much, as of B..............

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

My 2c worth - JP scored against Brighton (at the end of Feb) - Happy days -

The next time I really saw him was in pre season this year where he was unfit & way off the pace, but I saw / heard several times people saying that he had been quite unwell (no idea if it was covid / injury)

To see him re-emerge in these last few games has actually been a surprise (I thought we had already booked his plane ticket)

On the strength of these last few games where he is still unquestionably trying to fit into the managers game plan (a work in progress if you will) I would honestly keep him -

If that overhead against WH had gone in I am sure that there would be more in this camp too.