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Player Valuation: £70m
We need young, gifted, hungry and care-free players.Which is pretty much what Brands has supposedly been saying for a while now. If they do go for Ings, and similar, then the mess we're in won't change.
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We need young, gifted, hungry and care-free players.Which is pretty much what Brands has supposedly been saying for a while now. If they do go for Ings, and similar, then the mess we're in won't change.
Agree our forward planning is terrible, the classic one was when Rom left, which had been on the cards for a year. We replaced him with several number ten but very little quality in forward areas. Gana we sold him and bought Gbamin but only gave him a week with the team and he was chucked into the team off the back of a Afcon and had a bad injury. Look at Leicester they forward plan they often bring players in and bed them in before they sell..And if not they have a very clear idea of a replacement.
Did'nt he want huge wages though which is why Leicester have backed away from him.Edouard from Celtic, 1 year left on his deal and would be cheap backup.
We need young, gifted, hungry and care-free players.
Edouard from Celtic, 1 year left on his deal and would be cheap backup. Smart business but we probably target some 29yr old fading star with dodgy knees on £140k p/w
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Edouard from Celtic, 1 year left on his deal and would be cheap backup. Smart business but we probably target some 29yr old fading star with dodgy knees on £140k p/w
Marcel Brands going to Holland and coming back with nobody signed reminds me when Steve Walsh toured Italy with a briefcase of readdies, a black card and no idea other than what pasta he was planning on sampling.
Truly stupendous stuff.
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Marcel Brands going to Holland and coming back with nobody signed reminds me when Steve Walsh toured Italy with a briefcase of readdies, a black card and no idea other than what pasta he was planning on sampling.
Truly stupendous stuff.
I'm not really concerned with his season being poor so much as him being the exact same player he was in the fall of 2018. If he's also going to make pretty open suggestions that he doesn't want to be here then fine, off he goes. Hudson-Odoi would be a fantastic option as a replacement imo. I'd be interested even if Richarlison is staying.
I'd take Phillips for £60m without hesitation. He's an excellent player who would slot in to a position of urgent need (DM) as a day one starter. He's Prem proven, ticks the Home Grown box and allows our two best existing MFs to concentrate on box-to-box play. At 25 years old he is just now coming into his prime and to see him in royal blue for the next three to five seasons would be a massive upgrade for us.
Obviously I'd rather pay less, but £60m would not be overpriced. The issue would be that unless we sell Kean for £40m+ it's hard to see how we drum up the cash because we need to spend around £80m on a RW, a LW and a RB too.
Richarlison can't play centre forward. We tried it and it's really not his role. Buying 1 good young centre half and then selling all of your experience is insane. Keep 1 at least.
Not looking to argue with you, but doesn't Richarlison play CF for Brazil?
Godfrey and Holgate have enough Prem experience IMHO. And it's not like Ben White currently plays in the New Zealand domestic league... Look, Mina misses too many games with injury and if we do extend his contract despite this, then Keane HAS to go because you can't have Mina AND Keane both earning king's ransoms - we need to get the wage bill under control. How about Keane and £25m (spread over 4 to 5 years) to Brighton in order to secure White - you'd take that, surely?
He doesn't play as a traditional 9 and this is the worst Brazil in years. Besides, we've seen that he can't play as a CF in the premiership.
I'd have no objection to selling Mina or Keane and the 25m exchange is something I mentioned a while back. My concern is losing too much experience. Holgate went backwards last season and Godfrey has loads of potential but isn't seasoned as an EPL centre back. Besides, 2 out and 1 in leaves us short IMO.
If anyone thinks we are signing any of the current England team, just check where we finished in the league last season and whether we are in Europe.
Not one player would drop down to play for us no matter how much we paid them.
Please a reality check
it technically would not be a drop down for the following players - ramsdale, johnstone, mings, coady, white, grealish and phillips
I’ll ask again. Who is going to spend £60m+ on him? No Italian or Spanish teams can afford that. Bayern and PSG won’t want him. Dortmund might be able to afford him if they sell Haaland but don’t see him going there