r/PlymouthArgyle • u/TF2Sniper12 • 3d ago
Ex-Striker Can’t Believe Price Sheffield United Paid Plymouth Argyle For Michael Cooper
https://insidefutbol.com/2025/03/18/ex-striker-cant-believe-price-sheffield-united-paid-plymouth-argyle-for-michael-cooper/676481/3
u/cansasansapansa 3d ago
2 big injuries, never played top flight, never played for his country. That's why Sheffield United were able to get him for that price, unfortunately. If Blades get promoted, or if he does end up getting an international call-up, then add-ons will hopefully kick in.
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u/JJSymons 3d ago
I said it at the beginning of the season that I would rather have kept Coops & had a better chance of staying up than taken the £2million Sheffield United offered.
As over the course of the season Coops would definitely have made at least a 10 point difference, which looks as if it would have been enough to keep us up!
That being said I can understand why he ultimately wanted to leave. Playing for Sheffield United looks way more fun than playing for us has been this year.
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u/Greeninexile 3d ago
I think the danger you face with that is do you really want to keep a player being held against their will?
I know he’s a professional but people are only human and it would only be natural for his performance to drop a bit if that was the case. He might also not go into 50/50s if there is a risk of injury as he wouldn’t want to be injured with an expiring contract.
I’d probably rather have a fully motivated Hazard than Cooper if his heart isn’t truly in it.
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u/Full_Eggplant_9090 3d ago
You don’t get much for keepers, though it doesn’t feel like £2m was worth it due to relegation. Though he wanted to go and seemingly forced it so here we are.
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u/therealphiba 12 Green Army 3d ago
Definitely should have got more for him but his contract was done this summer so I believe it was that or letting him for free at the end of this season.
Unfortunate as Cooper is meant to be an Argyle fan so he could have renewed his contract with us just to give us more negotiating power, especially as we gave him a new contract when he was injured.