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Out of contract in the summerSo do I, but those f****** won't sell to us
Out of contract in the summerSo do I, but those f****** won't sell to us
So do I, but those f****** won't sell to us
Legzdins & MoussetOne of the Burnley GKs (backup) and a Bournemouth forward would go a long way in helping out our HG issues.
Before we buy foreign, with the limitless cash we haven't got, we need to sell as already have too many on books. English players are generally overpriced - but as proven with Maddison you can still find players with value
We wanted rid of some last window but couldn't find takers - why will we in January when they have sat around not even getting near a game, whist another has walked on for a couple of minutes. The value of Llorente, Nkoudou and Jansen is zilch. Wanyama value would be low because of fitness issues.
Dembele will still have small value but he might want to stick it out to be a free agent next summer.
In January we have the same issue that we had last summer - we need to sell before we can buy.
No doubt we need a re-vamp but finished articles will cost loads and believe £100m to £150m net transfer pot rumoured last summer will not be available.
We need to sell some of the first team squad to allow us to develop. Foyth and KWP need opportunity to show what they can do - so a regular CB and RB can be sold. I don't believe Toby will sign another contract here- so would let go in next window for the right price.
Would love a DeJong or Ndombele but believe both needed to be done last summer for us to have a chance.
May be I'm down with all that has gone on since end of last season, but the optimism and vision of where I thought we were going has tarnished. Poch has real problems on his hands in the next 18 mths to achieve the desires of us all - and would be surprised if he saw the time out.
Once he got rid of dead wood, he found a group of young players who bought in to his philosophy and long term plan. Some of those players now need to be moved on, and find new believers to marry with those who still fulfill his demands.
If we aren't actually going to give Kyle Walker-Peters a chance, I hope we go for Aaron Wan-Bissaka and let KWP go somewhere he will be valued (and sell one of Trippier/Aurier).
Bissaka is a baller. Really like him. That said I want kwp to be given his chance to shine. I wouldn't be opposed to outing trippier and aurier and having them 2 youngsters fight it out though.
son at LB..Interesting to see Emery playing Xhaka at LB. Think to many managers are scared to experiment and players get pigeon holed in one position their whole career. Could have unknown gems in your squad if only a manager would be braver.
Interesting to see Emery playing Xhaka at LB. Think to many managers are scared to experiment and players get pigeon holed in one position their whole career. Could have unknown gems in your squad if only a manager would be braver.
Wait, why would we accept that we aren't going to be signing anyone like Davinson when JJ literally just said thats what we were trying to do?JJ confirming that we really tried for De Jong but Overmars flat out refused to sell.
I think we need to accept that we aren't going to be signing any Davinson Sanchez style signings for the foreseeable future. I can only imagine we will be looking to bring in players who are much less on the radar of others as the price isn't going to be driven up.