You don’t have to actually say it to ‘say it’. We’ve seen this script far too many times with us bringing back McFadden and giving him game time when he was clearly done, yet he could do no wrong in the eyes of some fans. The same applies to Moult during his ill fated loan spell in 2022 and I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever it would be the same with van Veen should he come back over a year older, unfit and contributing next to nothing.
We as a club need to learn to look forward not backwards when it comes to recruitment. Kevin van Veen has had his time with us, it was great while it lasted but it’s done, it’s past and we move on, or at least we should move on.
Here’s a novel idea, instead of trying to re-sign Kevin van Veen, Shaun Hutchinson(that one really would take the biscuit and fucking choke on it btw) and other popular ex players, why don’t we try and find new players who could hopefully contribute what KvV and Shaun Hutchinson etc did when they were younger, fitter and able to offer us more?