Turkish newspaper Takvim are reporting that Trabzonspor are interested in signing Birkir Bjarnason.
It is believed that the Icelandic international is available this summer as the club look to balance the books, and there is reportedly a number of teams in Italy also interested in the midfielder:
Fans on Twitter were pretty much against seeing Thor leave the club:
£150m
— maiL (@AVFCLiam_) June 25, 2018
We need to keep him. Hes good when used as a CDM. Move Whelan on who’s older and paid more. Id even more jedinak on too much in wages
— Rove (@Roverdor) June 26, 2018
£50 mil and he’s yours.
— Joe Frost (@Frostyz___) June 25, 2018
Tony will snap theirs hands off.
— Fran O’Connor (@FranOConnor38) June 25, 2018
30 mil or no deal
— Antony (@antonyruston) June 25, 2018
50 mil
— Chez Avfc (@AvfcUTV1) June 25, 2018
Those muppets always express interest in players but they very rarely follow it up!
— ADW (@andylochead9) June 25, 2018
This is the player Bruce left on the bench most the season says everything
— paul danton ???????????????????? (@triplex77) June 25, 2018
Another club linked with Birkir. I think he could be an important player for #AVFC next seasonhttps://t.co/bYeNoKJLGo
— Mat Kendrick (@MatKendrick) June 25, 2018
Only if the manager goes
— Chez Avfc (@AvfcUTV1) June 25, 2018
Verdict:
It’s a difficult one. Our no.20 did a good job when he was called upon by Steve Bruce last season, but he was never a first-team regular.
With finances as pressured as they are, we are not in a position where we can decide to turn down bids if they match our valuation of the player.
Whether Trabzonspor could come up with an offer which would satisfy us, I would have my doubts, but there may be some Serie A sides willing to make an appropriate bid which we would accept.
