FFS looks like Gomes is sure to go then
Where is the f**king future ambition in that signing and the future I mean is next season let alone further!
I have mixed emotions about the Friedel signing and i'm not totally sure yet what it means for next season. On one hand, we definitely want someone younger to come in and lock up our netminding for years to come.... but as I say that, who could we get who's under 30 for a reasonable price? Man City won't sell us Shay Given (he's not even that much younger than Friedel, actually) and Foster is bound to cost 10 to 15m, for a very young keeper who's still working the kinks out. Picking up Friedel on a free might actually give us the time we need. If he can give us 2 good years, then that's plenty of time for Levy to go out and find a good young keeper, or maybe even have one come up within the organization (i have no idea who's in our academy right now who's on the way up.)
I agree with Metal, though. I wouldn't be surprised to see Gomes out the door now, and it's not exactly my top pick for first signing of the summer... but I have enough trust in Levy to give this one some time to see how it plays out.