....I hope we’re not being linked with Zaha again.
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....I hope we’re not being linked with Zaha again.
Paul Rideout
Player Valuation: £40m
100%. However if someone said to me at the start of the window what position do you want our only 3 1st team signings to be in, it would have been MF, MF and an attacking MF that can play across the line.
Then I’d be after a GK and a RB... then a pacy winger.
ValBlue
Player Valuation: £20m
Don’t think we are, just airing thoughts about ‘possibilities’. Hugely unlikely to swap 2 players plus cash but still, it’s fun to speculate
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
Sure. Unless we don’t need to pay much and they take Tosun and Bolasie.
Deco
Player Valuation: £40m
It's that right side really, if we get a quality right winger and right back we'd be a really exciting team and could do a Leicester of last season - it's not like their team is miles ahead of ours now.
Realistically we have three obvious areas of improvement - right wing, right back, and competition for Pickford.
There's a stack of players that could be sold without being missed:
Kenny
Bernard
Bolasie
Sandro
Delph
Walcott
Sigurdsson
Tosun
Besic
Lossl
It's obvious that Ancelotti wants to compete NOW, rather than in two or three years. Getting rid of the above and replacing with three would leave us with a big enough squad with a perfect balance of quality/experience/potential.
They've already shown how ruthless they want to be by replacing the entire midfield - if we want to get anywhere we'll need to be ruthless elsewhere too.
Realistically we have three obvious areas of improvement - right wing, right back, and competition for Pickford.
There's a stack of players that could be sold without being missed:
Kenny
Bernard
Bolasie
Sandro
Delph
Walcott
Sigurdsson
Tosun
Besic
Lossl
It's obvious that Ancelotti wants to compete NOW, rather than in two or three years. Getting rid of the above and replacing with three would leave us with a big enough squad with a perfect balance of quality/experience/potential.
They've already shown how ruthless they want to be by replacing the entire midfield - if we want to get anywhere we'll need to be ruthless elsewhere too.
Can I just keep one?
Can I keep Bernard? please, please, please.
I promise I'll feed him and take him for a walk every day an everything
please, please, please,
Might miss some of the stack when injuries pile up. It will be interesting to see how far any can raise their game to keep up. Bernard for example. ...
The rebuild of midfield will change the entire nature of the team and the role of each player.
Last season our defence was under constant pressure because midfield was so static. This year I hope we will be much more defensively sound and our full backs will have more freedom to attack.
I think we need an attacking player on the right side of midfield, a goalkeeper to seriously challenge Pickford and that would be it.
I would like a couple of signings for the future like Nkonkou to counterbalance those we brought in at the older range.
Deco
Player Valuation: £40m
I really like Bernard and he could easily stay and be a useful player for us. The problem is that he's not shown enough in his two years here and as he was a free transfer I can see him being sold to get some profit in the books.
dixiesdisciple
Player Valuation: £5m
Agreed, and for Kean to improve he will need minutes
I saw Lozano play against Man City and was really impressed by him, I don't know if Napoli want to sell or keep him now.
Blueclouds
Player Valuation: £35m
zaha is quality
Allan gomes doucoure
james rich zaha
Allan gomes doucoure
james rich zaha
Failing to see the reason to sign Zaha. He’s a decent prem player but he doesn’t deliver a right lot.
living more on reputation now IMO.
living more on reputation now IMO.
...regardless of the deal, I just hope he’s not the type Brands and Ancelotti want. We need effective footballers and I think there’s lots more effective than Zaha.
sageyefc
Player Valuation: £90m
Bin skater boy instead and keep Bernard
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