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The question will be 'short term' or 'long term' and with Jose being in charge short term suits him more.
So that means that he'll need a good number of players for now. I mentioned in another thread he needs to replicate his transfers at Inter. In his second season his record was;
Spend: 87m
Outgoings : 97m
With a good mixture of experience (Lucio, Eto'o) and players who'd shone for smaller teams (Milito, Motta).
A lot of these signings included swaps and a bit of extra cash thrown on top.
It may not be the best strategy, and I would always prefer a more defined strategy such as signing a lot of young potential with a couple of bigger buys, but the market will be volatile and most clubs won't be spending big. The ITK and media stories suggest this is what we're looking to do and I imagine that's cause we've had encouragement as others looking to do the same.
If we get it right it could work.
For example, Lucas will have many admirers across Europe therefore some clubs may be fooled into swapping him for one of their unfavoured players or even a decent player, thinking they are getting an upgrade.
However, there are problems with this. If Levy gets caught inbetween, signing a load of Jack Clarke types who Jose has no intention of using and only brings one or two bigger players then I imagine it'll go awry next season and Jose will be gone.
Then there's the risk that, Jose gets his way and brings in bigger and older players (Sanchez types) it doesn't go well and we are stuck with an old squad. That'll take a good two years to sort out with a new coach.
Alternatively, Jose could get the players he wants, we do well but are stuck with older players again when we come down. But at least we would have had some joy.
I think its more likely, we will bring in a couple of older and experienced players 25+, Levy brings in 3-4 younger players and tells Jose that's his lot. We struggle, Jose gets impatient and we have a new coach by January. But at least he has some young players to work with.
So that means that he'll need a good number of players for now. I mentioned in another thread he needs to replicate his transfers at Inter. In his second season his record was;
Spend: 87m
Outgoings : 97m
With a good mixture of experience (Lucio, Eto'o) and players who'd shone for smaller teams (Milito, Motta).
A lot of these signings included swaps and a bit of extra cash thrown on top.
It may not be the best strategy, and I would always prefer a more defined strategy such as signing a lot of young potential with a couple of bigger buys, but the market will be volatile and most clubs won't be spending big. The ITK and media stories suggest this is what we're looking to do and I imagine that's cause we've had encouragement as others looking to do the same.
If we get it right it could work.
For example, Lucas will have many admirers across Europe therefore some clubs may be fooled into swapping him for one of their unfavoured players or even a decent player, thinking they are getting an upgrade.
However, there are problems with this. If Levy gets caught inbetween, signing a load of Jack Clarke types who Jose has no intention of using and only brings one or two bigger players then I imagine it'll go awry next season and Jose will be gone.
Then there's the risk that, Jose gets his way and brings in bigger and older players (Sanchez types) it doesn't go well and we are stuck with an old squad. That'll take a good two years to sort out with a new coach.
Alternatively, Jose could get the players he wants, we do well but are stuck with older players again when we come down. But at least we would have had some joy.
I think its more likely, we will bring in a couple of older and experienced players 25+, Levy brings in 3-4 younger players and tells Jose that's his lot. We struggle, Jose gets impatient and we have a new coach by January. But at least he has some young players to work with.