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Transfer Rumour Axel Witsel

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hktoffee said:
Have to disagree with this. He only do sideway and backpass.
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Yes, but it depends who those passes are to, is my point.

There's nothing wrong with doing that if that's his role - which it should be. He isn't a player who can slide a 30 yard throughball etc.

He's good at retaining possession and keeping the tempo ticking over. What he needs is a player next to him who can then make the ball do the work and be the playmaker from deep - Witsel is capable of this.
 
Zatara said:
Koemans transfer record? What are you basing that on?
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Southampton.

In two seasons he's signed:

Cédric Soares £4,700,000
Juanmi £5,000,000
Cuco Martina £1,000,000
Jordy Clasie £8,000,000
Oriol Romeu £5,000,000
Virgil van Dijk £11,500,000
Charlie Austin £4,000,000
Dušan Tadić £10,900,000
Graziano Pellè £9,000,000
Fraser Forster £10,000,000
Shane Long £12,000,000
Sadio Mané £10,000,000
Florin Gardos £6,000,000
Ryan Bertrand £10,000,000

Net spend: -£22m

His weaker signings were mostly very cheap, but he signed Clasie, VVD, Tadic, Pellé, Forster and Mané for under £50m. Mané alone has just gone for over £30m. In a short time he's brought in a top keeper, forward, fullback, centre back, playmaker, winger and centre mid. Even the likes of Long have proven worthy signings for them. His ratio of good:bad is clearly much better than 90% of managers in the league, and the fact that they've accomplished this with a negative net spend shows some astuteness (though how much of that is on Koeman's end I'm not sure).

What I find encouraging is that he's clearly got an eye for a player in every position. Bar maybe right back, seeing as 3 of his weakest signings have all been right backs!
 
:D;):)
RFUS said:
Southampton.

In two seasons he's signed:

Cédric Soares £4,700,000
Juanmi £5,000,000
Cuco Martina £1,000,000
Jordy Clasie £8,000,000
Oriol Romeu £5,000,000
Virgil van Dijk £11,500,000
Charlie Austin £4,000,000
Dušan Tadić £10,900,000
Graziano Pellè £9,000,000
Fraser Forster £10,000,000
Shane Long £12,000,000
Sadio Mané £10,000,000
Florin Gardos £6,000,000
Ryan Bertrand £10,000,000

Net spend: -£22m

His weaker signings were mostly very cheap, but he signed Clasie, VVD, Tadic, Pellé, Forster and Mané for under £50m. Mané alone has just gone for over £30m. In a short time he's brought in a top keeper, forward, fullback, centre back, playmaker, winger and centre mid. Even the likes of Long have proven worthy signings for them. His ratio of good:bad is clearly much better than 90% of managers in the league, and the fact that they've accomplished this with a negative net spend shows some astuteness (though how much of that is on Koeman's end I'm not sure).

What I find encouraging is that he's clearly got an eye for a player in every position. Bar maybe right back, seeing as 3 of his weakest signings have all been right backs!
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We've got Seamus for that who was two seasons ago one of the best in the world;)
 
RFUS said:
Southampton.

In two seasons he's signed:

Cédric Soares £4,700,000
Juanmi £5,000,000
Cuco Martina £1,000,000
Jordy Clasie £8,000,000
Oriol Romeu £5,000,000
Virgil van Dijk £11,500,000
Charlie Austin £4,000,000
Dušan Tadić £10,900,000
Graziano Pellè £9,000,000
Fraser Forster £10,000,000
Shane Long £12,000,000
Sadio Mané £10,000,000
Florin Gardos £6,000,000
Ryan Bertrand £10,000,000

Net spend: -£22m

His weaker signings were mostly very cheap, but he signed Clasie, VVD, Tadic, Pellé, Forster and Mané for under £50m. Mané alone has just gone for over £30m. In a short time he's brought in a top keeper, forward, fullback, centre back, playmaker, winger and centre mid. Even the likes of Long have proven worthy signings for them. His ratio of good:bad is clearly much better than 90% of managers in the league, and the fact that they've accomplished this with a negative net spend shows some astuteness (though how much of that is on Koeman's end I'm not sure).

What I find encouraging is that he's clearly got an eye for a player in every position. Bar maybe right back, seeing as 3 of his weakest signings have all been right backs!
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He had a DoF. He didn't sign any of them.
 

RFUS said:
Southampton.

In two seasons he's signed:

Cédric Soares £4,700,000
Juanmi £5,000,000
Cuco Martina £1,000,000
Jordy Clasie £8,000,000
Oriol Romeu £5,000,000
Virgil van Dijk £11,500,000
Charlie Austin £4,000,000
Dušan Tadić £10,900,000
Graziano Pellè £9,000,000
Fraser Forster £10,000,000
Shane Long £12,000,000
Sadio Mané £10,000,000
Florin Gardos £6,000,000
Ryan Bertrand £10,000,000

Net spend: -£22m

His weaker signings were mostly very cheap, but he signed Clasie, VVD, Tadic, Pellé, Forster and Mané for under £50m. Mané alone has just gone for over £30m. In a short time he's brought in a top keeper, forward, fullback, centre back, playmaker, winger and centre mid. Even the likes of Long have proven worthy signings for them. His ratio of good:bad is clearly much better than 90% of managers in the league, and the fact that they've accomplished this with a negative net spend shows some astuteness (though how much of that is on Koeman's end I'm not sure).

What I find encouraging is that he's clearly got an eye for a player in every position. Bar maybe right back, seeing as 3 of his weakest signings have all been right backs!
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This is the thing though- while he has final say Les Reed deals with the transfer targets I'm led to believe- like Moshiri at Seville for Emery and Overmars at Ajax.

Koeman always does well with a good director of football, that is why for me it's imperative to get one in.
 
RFUS said:
Southampton.

In two seasons he's signed:

Cédric Soares £4,700,000
Juanmi £5,000,000
Cuco Martina £1,000,000
Jordy Clasie £8,000,000
Oriol Romeu £5,000,000
Virgil van Dijk £11,500,000
Charlie Austin £4,000,000
Dušan Tadić £10,900,000
Graziano Pellè £9,000,000
Fraser Forster £10,000,000
Shane Long £12,000,000
Sadio Mané £10,000,000
Florin Gardos £6,000,000
Ryan Bertrand £10,000,000

Net spend: -£22m

His weaker signings were mostly very cheap, but he signed Clasie, VVD, Tadic, Pellé, Forster and Mané for under £50m. Mané alone has just gone for over £30m. In a short time he's brought in a top keeper, forward, fullback, centre back, playmaker, winger and centre mid. Even the likes of Long have proven worthy signings for them. His ratio of good:bad is clearly much better than 90% of managers in the league, and the fact that they've accomplished this with a negative net spend shows some astuteness (though how much of that is on Koeman's end I'm not sure).

What I find encouraging is that he's clearly got an eye for a player in every position. Bar maybe right back, seeing as 3 of his weakest signings have all been right backs!
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The fees are for the DOF to negotiate.

Id say from that list Forster and VVD are class the rest...not really.

Its all about opinions but i wouldnt want Mane....inconsistent and was dropped due to consistent lateness.
 

I would rather make an offer for Denbele at Spurs than Witsel. But when I look at way Steven Davis has improved so much under Koeman's influence, I think he will turn not only Witsel into a better player but James McCarthy and Besic. Hope the rumours are true that we are after Schneiderlin.
 
hullefc said:
I would rather make an offer for Denbele at Spurs than Witsel. But when I look at way Steven Davis has improved so much under Koeman's influence, I think he will turn not only Witsel into a better player but James McCarthy and Besic. Hope the rumours are true that we are after Schneiderlin.
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An offer that would immediately get turned down. Dembele is key to that Spurs side.
 

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