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I'd be quite surprised if we got more than £60m for Eriksen after some of his recent performances and with his contract situation very well known.
Perhaps. It's a bit hard to tell given the threadbare state of players such as Trippier. Maybe Foyth (although undoubtedly full of potential) is not so tired and out of form as many others and is perhaps playing with less fear now. The same set of players have been run ragged in too many competitions/games as well as the world cup. It's hard to tell who's knackered, who's just poor and who's knackered and poor.I am gonna be controversial but Foythhas been great there recently. Not saying he should be our rb but certainly shown he is better than trippier
Its all over the place today? Never know stranger things have happenedYou seriously believe that Real M will pay that much for Eriksen or was it sarcasm...?
To be fair the deficiencies in the squad have been apparent since last summer, if not before.
We need width and a driving creative force from midfield. I'd go as far to say that we need a new LB, RB, RW/FWD, CM, AM and a Striker at the least. RB, RW/FWD, CM at the very minimum.
From our current squad the only ones I'd keep are:
Lloris
Gazzaniga
Foyth
Vertonghen
Alderweireld
Sanchez
Winks
Eriksen
Sissoko
Alli
Kane
Son
He can be outstanding. But £150m, who knows but £100m tops after some of his outings of late.
And that summer the only attacking player we bought was Llorente...It was very clear in the 2017 fa cup semi final, game was neck and neck and chelsea bring on hazard, costa and fabrigas. Our bench that game:
Portuguese papers are full of shit.Talk in a Portuguese paper of us bidding 45m euros for Gedson Fernandes of Benfica. 20, only broken into their first ream this season, and got a Portugal call up soon after. Very much in the mould of Dembele.
It was very clear in the 2017 fa cup semi final, game was neck and neck and chelsea bring on hazard, costa and fabrigas. Our bench that game:
I'd keep a few others, even if only as versatile squad players (assuming they're OK with that)
- Lucas
- Rose
- Davies (he can also cover CB)
- Dier
- Winks
- KWP
Here goes my semi realistic wishlist.
I would like us to buy young, versatile, dynamic players with the emphasis on home grown.
I'm assuming Vorm, Toby, Eriksen, Llorente, Nkoudou and Janssen are gone.
Wanyama and Lamela are perma-crocked so they can go too.
Trippier and Aurier should bring in decent money and Onomah and CCV don't seem quite good enough.
That's 12 players out.
Promote Whiteman or Austin as 3rd choice keeper.
Bring in AWB and Sessegnon as fast, young, energetic full backs.
I would have Davies and Dier to cover Toby's departure.
Go all out for Havertz as he could partner Winks, Sissoko or Dier imo.
Sign Grealish as competition for Dele.
I would then get Youcef Atal as a wide attacking player but with the option of playing right back too.
Finally I would sign Che Adams as back up striker but with the possibility of partnering Kane or Son.
I would also have Skipp, Edwards, Roles and Parrott in the squad.
4-4-1-1 would be my preferred formation but there is enough flexibility in that squad to play any formation.
All very Football Manager I know but it doesn't seem that far fetched and if we can't get our first choices then there are lots of alternatives available.
GK Lloris, Gazzaniga
DL Rose, Sessegnon
DC Verts, Davies
DC Sanchez, Foyth
DR AWB, KWP
LM Son, Moura
CM Havertz, Dier
CM Sissoko, Winks
RM Atal, Edwards
AM Dele, Grealish
CF Kane, Adams
Its all over the place today? Never know stranger things have happened
Im sure i read somewhere there is surprise Roles contract ends this summer and he hasnt been offered a new one despite scoring plenty of goals from midfield?
Yeah 9 players coming in during one window sounds realistic...Okay, I had a go at being our DoF this summer should Toby & Eriksen leave (based on a 4-3-3)...
GK: Lloris, Gazzaniga, Bunn* (£0)
RB: Wan-Bissaka* (£45m), Walker-Peters**
CB: Sanchez, Foyth
CB: Vertonghen, Kelly* (£10m)
LB: Rose**, Sessegnon* (£20m)
DM: Weigl (£25m), Berge (£15m)
CM: Rabiot (£0), Winks**, Sissoko
AM: Brandt (£23m b/o), Grealish* (£30m)
FW: Son, Brooks* (£40m), Edwards** (new contract)
FW: Dele*, Lucas
CF: Kane**, Kruse (£0)
Loan: Skipp, Amos, Onomah, Roles (new contract), Parrott
Out: Vorm (£0), Alderweireld (£25m), CCV (£8m), Trippier (£20m), Aurier (£17m), Davies (£20m), Wanyama (£10m), Dier (£35m), Eriksen (£70m), GKN (£5m), Lamela (£25m), Llorente (£0), Janssen (£10m)
...and £37m in the black. Daniel would be proud ?
Winks is a fantastic midfielder but it looks as if he may have injury issues long-term, so we have to bring in some genuine competition for his place. And as much as Sissoko has been superb for us this term, I’d still like us to bring in some more technical midfielders who can control possession, but he is more than dynamic enough to cover all those midfield roles. Dier and Davies are players I rate, but they don’t quite fit the type of player profile we require in their positions IMO (also, neither count as HG in the CL).
Also, I believe Foyth will eventually overtake Sanchez. He suits the modern game more with his fantastic technical ability on the ball.