Seems to have a good pedigree, but hasn't played more than 700 or so minutes of first-team football in any of the last 3 seasons. Would he be up to the rigours of a full Champ season?!
Fulham fans seem to like him but there was just no place in the team for him with their other options available so was ultimately a pointless signing by them. Him coming here would surely be a sign that he's fed up of three seasons on the bench and wants regularly playing time. Quotes from their message board: "Poor Ballo Toure has done nothing wrong and could start at another club and would here if we didn't have Robinson. But he steps aside as Castagne and Bassey can both play LB if needs be and have experience there." "I liked Ballo Toure...plus he's available on a free" "Yes I liked him too." "Yes as did I, I always thought he looked good whenever he made a rare appearance. Doubt he would want to come back to us though unless he is guaranteed more game time ie being a replacement for Robinson should he go." "If we can persuage Ballo-Toure to sign, then we don't need to worry about the full back position for at least a couple of seasons (assuming nobody bids silly money for Robinson). We were fairly luck with injuries this season and as a result most of our back-up players saw little playing time. " "If we sell Robinson, couldn't we replace him with Ballo Toure, who I understand could be available for around £3m" "Need a backup LB for Robinson. Ideally, I'd love it if Ballo-Toure wanted to come back on a permanent as he would be very cheap but looking at it objectively, I can't really see why he would unless Robinson leaves." https://www.friendsoffulham.com/forum/index.php
We want a left-sided player. But I have my doubts about it being this one - but no idea other than a hunch.
Yes didn't think he was exactly much more than a squad player but some still got very excited on Twitter.
Very good. Lots of colour. I’m now extremely excited about this signing. Plenty of opportunity to improve those “bench etiquette” stats.
Given it's VoR it's probably just a random thought that popped in to his head which he can't quite remember the origin of but thought it might be of some vague relevance.
