….apparently he’s an upside down 9.
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….apparently he’s an upside down 9.
I lose track when people refer to positions as numbers other than 1 and 9, so I’ll just assume this means 6 and remain at a loss.
Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £50m
6 is basically a defensive midfielder/ sit infront of the back four anchor type player, that is his role for the national team tbf.
Mr Happy
Player Valuation: £15m
Never understood it really when traditionally the 2 x CB wear 5 and 6. But the 6 wears 4
Efctrueblue
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Would rather sign Dele on a free and have a punt he finds some form! His wage would be lower than what we would be paying Phillips who is pony!
CielosGrises
Player Valuation: £10m
Not really sure on the washed-up 'used to be great' players - when has it worked out for us ?
Even someone like Barry may have been past his best but he'd never lost his way like Phillips or Dele (or Gazza).
Efctrueblue
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Yeah i agree, neither scenario is ideal! Was more making the point i wouldnt touch Phillips with a barge pole!
I like the business we have done so far and all the younger players we are being linked with rather than players on high wages with little resale value. This is a much better way of doing things
Zatara
Player Valuation: £90m
So apart from that Zat was right that he'd be an ideal replacement for Onana
I think it depends on how you define Onanas' position for Everton.
He's a DM for Belgium, always has been one. But for everton he's been mostly used by Dyche as a left sided CM. In addition, Gana & Garner can be classed as having different types of defensive roles but, somewhat perplexingly, Onana not so much.
So by "Onana's replacement" I mean a central midfielder who is more forward than defensive thinking.
I think @buskwhi2 is correct about him being attack minded (hes played half a dozen club games in the attacking midfield area). While also @toffee66 is also correct that he may become a "Gana" type because he could become a high energy press machine.
But who knows whether he could otherwise simply be a forward thinking CM like i think. Not to mention hes played as many games at ACM as he has at DM so why not a DM that aims forwards?
FWIW when he plays for Senegal he's a CM.
Metz have just been relegated, it is quite literally the time to go for him. I'll go as far as to say that if we brought him in this window then theres no need for further CMs.
SuperKev91
Player Valuation: £500k
I think that’s already solved with Iroegbunam - he will be the Gana replacement.Ugochukwu has the 150day hamstring injury risk from last season. Has to be a loan with option, if he does well weve got a hole in the team again.
For me I say Lamine Camara of Metz is the one...they were relegated but he's class. Could probably get him for £10-15mil.
Lamine Camara - Player profile 24/25
Lamine Camara, 20, from Senegal ➤ FC Metz, since 2023 ➤ Central Midfield ➤ Market value: €10.00m ➤ * Jan 1, 2004 in Diouloulou , Senegalwww.transfermarkt.com
Senegal U20
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations: 2023[13]U-20 West B Zone Tournament: 2022[14]
Senegal
African Nations Championship: 2022[15]COSAFA Cup third place: 2022
Individual
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Player of the Tournament: 2023[16]African Nations Championship Young Player of the group stages: 2022[17]African Nations Championship Team of the Tournament: 2022[18]
Get him in and we'll be raving about him just as we have been about Branthwaite...he's the perfect Onana replacement.
Richardson much more similar to Onana in stature/style. Reminds me a bit of Abou Diaby (not a bad thing) but left footed.
https://sports.yahoo.com/leicester-...Uoy8CC-bCLOJLmoxg78eitZoZsaVZ3M1&guccounter=2
I think with Ndidi signing a new deal we should have a clear run.
Couldn’t get in the Reins side. Doesn’t fill me with confidence that he’s going to be the dominant midfielder I’d hoped for from watching his YouTube vids
SuperKev91
Player Valuation: £500k
Lot of potential though, 6’6 and comfortable on the ball. Speaks fluent English too, maybe there’s question marks on his character which I know is something they go in depth on. (See attached convo I had in the past)
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Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
CM: Gueye
CM: Garner Iroegbunam
AM: Doucoure, Ndiaye
If we buy no one else. If Dele agrees a deal then potentially Doucoure could also cover a CM spot (although not ideal). So unless there’s an academy player who can step up, then one more CM signing would be ideal.
CM: Garner Iroegbunam
AM: Doucoure, Ndiaye
If we buy no one else. If Dele agrees a deal then potentially Doucoure could also cover a CM spot (although not ideal). So unless there’s an academy player who can step up, then one more CM signing would be ideal.
We’re definitely short. Without seeing Iroegbubam play I can’t be convinced he’s anywhere at the level we need. If he’s at a similar level to Dobbin then he might not be.
Doucoure and Ndiaye are both better higher up the pitch. Leaves us with Gueye, who is getting on, and Garner. Definitely one, maybe two still needed, and that’s regardless of whether we sign Dele up
In pure cash perspective, I’m sure we could sign someone who can contribute as much as Onana did for 15-20mil. I’m not talking potential but even his biggest fans have to know he did nothing last season compared to Garner and Gana.
This would mean if Lille get 20%, we have 40m and should have half of it left after replacing him.
Im not doing the whole football manager thing and identifying who but I feel that’s reasonable.
This would mean if Lille get 20%, we have 40m and should have half of it left after replacing him.
Im not doing the whole football manager thing and identifying who but I feel that’s reasonable.
Can’t wait for November when people start suggesting Holgate in midfield again.