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Please no to Sancho or Toney. Sancho had attitude issues at Dortmund and now United. Toney opened his mouth and showed he is a fool instead of us all just thinking he is one.
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Personally I think it’s fine to wait. Unless Gil is significantly below the level of a back up, which I don’t see why he would be, I think we may as well give him the season to prove himself. If we end up thinking we do need an upgrade at that point then I just think there will be more options come summer.
Whilst I don’t think Wolves will go down I think it’s very likely Neto will be pushing to leave after this season it’s just a question of how much they will ask for considering his contract ends in 2027. If they did go down however then we would be in a very favourable position to get him for a good fee.
Mitoma will obviously only have one year left come next summer so will surely be available for a reduced fee. Maybe not by much if there is a scramble to get him but you’d think it would be easier then Jan considering how important he is for them.
I also think it’s worth keeping and eye on Fati as if we were interested before then there’s no reason we won’t be interested again. Reality is if Barca want to sign Felix, which I’d say is likely, then they will need to raise funds from sales. Considering he takes the same position I think it’s likely he’d still be on the chopping block.
In theory tho Mitoma, Neto and Williams should be our top targets for the wing position if Gil doesn’t manage to prove himself. If he does then I’m not even sure we’d need another winger.
Yeah I agree with that. Those 3 would be my top picks and would all elevate our winger options massively. I do wonder if in summer mitoma would be gettable for us though, hell have united, Chelsea and Liverpool likely in for him I would imagine.
if we have champs league and are still playing attractive football we could have a good shot. Ange has a very good relationship with a lot of asian players and I'm sure Son would be a draw.
Still think a top centre back is priority in January - we are a Romero injury away from Dier starting (he has been the preferred right sided CB sub for past 2 games). I think we then seek to improve our attacking options - obviulsy all this is subject to our targets being available.
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Ange seems to want to build a squad which has lots of different specialist types - players that can sprint in behind, players that can cross, players that can attack the backline and box, players that can drop inside. Obviously if you have a player that can carry out multiple roles thats great but i think if we are looking for variety across the squad we will be looking at someone who can replace the skill set that we're losing with Perisic's injury and eventual departure. A player that can play on the left and go to the line/come inside and deliver accurate crosses. Ange has used that sub to ask a different question of the opposition and its worked because the defence are not able to just sit deep and wait for the cross each time.
I don't think i've seen Gil do this enough or at all to say he fits that profile and adds something different.
Neto is an achievable transfer and actually has a good statistical output when it comes to crossing and progression. He's also very mobile which is an advantage he holds over Perisic.
Mitoma is an awesome player and would be a definite squad upgrade on the likes of Solomon and probably Johnson at this stage but I see him being quite similar in style to what we already have and he's not going to give us that variety of style that Ange seems to like.
A left field unknown choice would be Bradley Locko from Brest. He's more of a LWB than a proper left winger and maybe he's closer to the Udogie profile but he's athletic, can come inside and go to the line and seems to, at this stage have a good chance creation from crossing. Brest are doing quite well this season (but its early days) so i imagine he'll start getting noticed more
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MItoma in our current starting 11, alongside Bentancur returning (if he got back to his previous level) would make our starting 11 genuinely title challenging. Probably not enough to actually win it purely because City are a cheat code.
But we'd only challenge IF we kept free of injuries in certain areas because we simply lack quality in depth. We'd be ok in certain areas (Sarr covering for Benny for example, superb strength in depth) but we lack quality back ups at CB, LB, DM, possibly CAM depending on Gio and up top too imo.
Back to Mitoma, an elite 1 on 1 winger like him would truly elevate our starting 11 and make a huge difference to us. If not him then I think we should be seriously considering Nico Williams, Pedro Neto or Lauriente. Nusa would obviously be an incredible pick up but he's quite a bit younger and would probably need a couple of years to develop.
But we'd only challenge IF we kept free of injuries in certain areas because we simply lack quality in depth. We'd be ok in certain areas (Sarr covering for Benny for example, superb strength in depth) but we lack quality back ups at CB, LB, DM, possibly CAM depending on Gio and up top too imo.
Back to Mitoma, an elite 1 on 1 winger like him would truly elevate our starting 11 and make a huge difference to us. If not him then I think we should be seriously considering Nico Williams, Pedro Neto or Lauriente. Nusa would obviously be an incredible pick up but he's quite a bit younger and would probably need a couple of years to develop.
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Challengers...maybe. But not realistically threatening City. Their depth and quality is insane.
KDB goes out for the season, and you'd barely know it.
Imagine if Maddison got injured for us.
We're already in the chasing pack (i.e. 2 to 8) with Arsenal, Liverpool (they'll be in the top 4) and the longer tail (Brighton, Utd, Chelsea, Villa, Westham etc and probably others) for the lower reaches.
Genuinely, we could finish 2nd (though I think it's fairly unlikely), 3rd is not totally unrealistic, and I think 4th is what we should be aiming for. 5th, at this point, would like marginally under par, though I'd be delighted given it'd get us in the CL.
Would Mitoma change the above? A bit IMO - maybe not significantly though. Great player though, would love him to come
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Is Gift Orban out of the picture?
Can play all three on top.
With Perisic out, Richy not performing
and Son 31, I think he still should be in the picture
Can play all three on top.
With Perisic out, Richy not performing
and Son 31, I think he still should be in the picture
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He's not scored much this season. Defo can't play wide. He's a player to keep an eye on still, but was always super raw.Is Gift Orban out of the picture?
Can play all three on top.
With Perisic out, Richy not performing
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Mitoma is very appealing but I feel he may be out of our grasp.
Eze and Lauriente next summer would actually be my ideal solution to strengthen our starting RWF and LWF options, whilst adding depth at no.10, and leaving pathways open for Devine, Donley, Moore.
In defence our squad depth can be addressed without a massive outlay.
Kelly (LCB) and Cirkin (LB - £6m buy back clause) would complete the back line whilst helping association / club trained quotas.
Our youth pipeline of defenders beneath this is immense, and I feel Phillips can be the first to make an impact next season, and Vuskevic arrives the year after so would leave RCB alone.
GK depth looks good with Keeley and Gunter both profiling as what we need. I'd possibly extend Forster for another year for experience or bring in a HG replacement ie Johnstone / McCarthy / Gulasci (EDIT Muric at Burnley would be the one).
In CM a 6 or 6/8 would be preferred to make the most of our incredible depth of no.8/10 CM prospects, and not block pathways for the above plus Hall or Olusesi, or take minutes away from Sarr.
Redondo would be ideal, and as a bonus is more obtainable in January as his club season finishes in November. Suspect he could also cover CB and maybe RB if needed.
Being U21 it wouldn't have to be dependent on shifting Hojbjerg first, so can time it to cover Bissouma and Sarr going to AFCON. If Hojbjerg stays then loan out Skipp.
Failing that there are some excellent CMs with 1 year left next summer such as Fofana, Merino, Kone, or Thuram.
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danielneeds
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If Levy was serious, Mitoma and Eze next summer for £130m and we'd make the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool nervous.
We know it won't be like that, though.
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Osimhen to replace Richy too, but never going to happen...
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Osimhen I would place a massive wager ends up at Chelsea in January. They desperately need a goal scorer and boom one comes up
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which would be disgusting. hope he rejects Chelscum considering the mess they are currently
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yeah until he sees that 10 year contract at 350k per week hit the table.
Locotoro
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Nice suggestions.
Only ones that are highly unlikely are Merino (about to sign a new deal) and Cirkin (I recall reading that he went through a really difficult life event whilst at spurs and he left to change environment. Coming back may bring back bad memories)
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