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This is the player I want us to sign the most
Plus a lot of the youth can take up the AM role, especially as it seems that's how Poch likes to ease them in (Onomah) so I'm not all that sad about it.If we sign someone. Sadly it's not needed. Realistically with Pritchard and Chadli to return Townsend is already surplus do once we sell him we won't even need a replacement.
However if we sell another then we could buy him. Until then there's no point sadly.
Plus a lot of the youth can take up the AM role, especially as it seems that's how Poch likes to ease them in (Onomah) so I'm not all that sad about it.
If we sign someone. Sadly it's not needed. Realistically with Pritchard and Chadli to return Townsend is already surplus do once we sell him we won't even need a replacement.
However if we sell another then we could buy him. Until then there's no point sadly.
Dembele is our best dribbler.I get what you say, but imo it depends on how you rate him. I think he has potential to be world class.
It's like if we were back when we could've signed Hazard and said no because we had Lennon. I'm all up for upgrading if we have the chance.
I don't think we have a defense breaker like him in our squad. IMO it's all about having different options, and we don't have a proper dribbler in our team. Probably our best dribbler right now is Son and he's nothing out of the ordinary
Dembele is our best dribbler.
Problem with Boufal is he's incredibly selfish with the ball (think Townsend) and in a recent interview it looks like he has absolutely no intention of changing.
Can he play effectively on the wing? if not, we don't really need another CAM. Chris, Alli, Dembele, Pritchard, Onomah coming through. Edwards in the long run too.
I get what you say, but imo it depends on how you rate him. I think he has potential to be world class.
It's like if we were back when we could've signed Hazard and said no because we had Lennon. I'm all up for upgrading if we have the chance.
I don't think we have a defense breaker like him in our squad. IMO it's all about having different options, and we don't have a proper dribbler in our team. Probably our best dribbler right now is Son and he's nothing out of the ordinary
See the thing is ironically the only academy player I can remember in the last few years that we have produced that pulls of tricks and runs through people and takes them on is Oduwa. So it would be unneccesary to block the one player that could potentially be top class for another. We don't know how Boufal will adapt whether he will be World Class or not, so why not take the chance on our own young player who was being watched by Valencia and Athletico Madrid. If we sold another winger I'd agree to buy him definitely. Just looking at wiki it looks like at Oduwa's age Boufal was playing in Ligue 2 or below, so would he really be any better than Oduwa is now.
I can kind of see what you mean about Lennon/Hazard but the difference is with that is we knew what Lennon could do and would offer plus he was past his best, with us anyway. We don't know how good Oduwa could be and he is definitely could enough for the Championship now. We also don't know whether Boufal would adapt to here, so I just don't think it's worth bringing him in to block our own. Just my opinion, and this is from someone who really wants Boufal.
Couldn't disagree more... This is exactly what we need to do if we want top quality players at our club. No handouts at Tottenham Hotspur.I know absolutely nothing about Boufal other than that he's highly rated. I also accept that we shouldn't be placing roadblocks in front of Onomah, Winks et al.
Liverpool starting to be heavily linked to him. It's really funny how the media always link us and Liverpool to any player ether one might be interested in. The last player I can see Pool buying is another attacking mid.