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You want to spend £80-90m on a 33-year old Modric? Really?
or give Real our new stadium in a swap for Modric
You want to spend £80-90m on a 33-year old Modric? Really?
You want to spend £80-90m on a 33-year old Modric? Really?
We've been looking at CM for the last 3 years, I can't imagine with a week left the club all the sudden was like "eh, never mind lets just forget it".I can’t help shake the feeling that the club don’t see CM as big of a need as a lot of fans do. I think if we get one, it will be a rotational piece rather than a bonified starter. We’ll see.
Um...it was such a massive priority we’ve been looking for 3 years?We've been looking at CM for the last 3 years, I can't imagine with a week left the club all the sudden was like "eh, never mind lets just forget it".
Fair enough, think I misunderstood what you were saying. I just can't imagine Poch looks at this squad and doesn't think he needs a good CM.Um...it was such a massive priority we’ve been looking for 3 years?
Besides, It’s not necessarily get one or don’t get one. It’s spend the money on a bonified starter e.g. Kovacic, or not e.g. Barkley last January.
Come on don’t back track now... you have rated “funny” or “spam” to almost every post I have seen that is not particularly positive. You appear to be the most chilled fan around. Good on ya, you are either far more wise than a lot of us or just refuse to accept the truth. Anyway, we’ll find out soon enough.
I think you'd be surprised at how many of us are completely relaxed about this window. I came into it expecting to lose Dembele, Rose and Alderweireld and not caring at all whether we signed anybody.
Yes, I'd be delighted to see us sign a world class player, but I still don't really care whether we sign anybody, because what I'm actually hoping for is that some of our youngsters get opportunities and go on to prove themselves. I like seeing quality youngsters break through a lot more than I like new signings.
You want to spend £80-90m on a 33-year old Modric? Really?
Half the posts are people asking if we have had a serious link..no, we haven't but that's never stopped us beforeHow is this thread 42 pages? Have we had any serious links all summer?
It's 42 pages because people are desperate for a top quality CM, something we've been missing since Modric left.How is this thread 42 pages? Have we had any serious links all summer?
How is this thread 42 pages? Have we had any serious links all summer?
I think you'd be surprised at how many of us are completely relaxed about this window. I came into it expecting to lose Dembele, Rose and Alderweireld and not caring at all whether we signed anybody.
Yes, I'd be delighted to see us sign a world class player, but I still don't really care whether we sign anybody, because what I'm actually hoping for is that some of our youngsters get opportunities and go on to prove themselves. I like seeing quality youngsters break through a lot more than I like new signings.
Who is the last player who came through a club's youth system and went on to win the league with that team as a starting XI player? It's incredibly rare, especially for a midfield/attacking player, to come through and be good enough to play for a title challenging team. As you go down the league table and the quality drops, it becomes easier for a youth player to make the jump into the first team, but to have one good enough to come in and be a starting player for title challengers is pretty unlikely. Aside from the freak Leicester team, I think the last player that would qualify as that would be Danny Welbeck.
So basically I think that if we're hoping that our youth players are going to be good enough to fill in the holes in our first XI, we may be disappointed. We should spend some money to fix the gaping CM hole that we'd had the last few years.
People over rate the living shit out of those guys. We've had what 2 come off as legit players capable of this level (I guess Winks counts as that, but I'm not dead set on that opinion) in the last 6 years?Who is the last player who came through a club's youth system and went on to win the league with that team as a starting XI player? It's incredibly rare, especially for a midfield/attacking player, to come through and be good enough to play for a title challenging team. As you go down the league table and the quality drops, it becomes easier for a youth player to make the jump into the first team, but to have one good enough to come in and be a starting player for title challengers is pretty unlikely. Aside from the freak Leicester team, I think the last player that would qualify as that would be Danny Welbeck.
So basically I think that if we're hoping that our youth players are going to be good enough to fill in the holes in our first XI, we may be disappointed. We should spend some money to fix the gaping CM hole that we'd had the last few years.
Christensen for Chelsea, season before last
I'm not sure that a bona fide solution to our central midfield conundrum would be at his most effective if he had to play in that condition.I can’t help shake the feeling that the club don’t see CM as big of a need as a lot of fans do. I think if we get one, it will be a rotational piece rather than a bonified starter. We’ll see.