Babel is only any good when the game is stretched, usually when we are leading and the oppoition are pressing us and leave space at the back.
Even then thats only because of his pace and nothing else.
He's not a good passer, he dewlls on the ball and gives it away too much, his finishing and shooting is poor. He should get in the mox more and maybe something will fall for him.
He must be one of our most saleable assets though, as he's still young and a full Dutch international.
i'd sell him but only if things were different with the owners and we'd be guaranteed to keep all the cash.
someone posted something ealier about Rafa having all the closed season to offload babel, lucas and other players and get some funds in
but perhaps rafa knew what was happening with the cash - so what use would it have been to get rid of good players and only be allowed to buy average players with the profit kept for the pockets of the scumbags from over the pond?