Fansince1988
Player Valuation: £40m
No natural leader in there, we lost that when Gueye went, we haven‘t seen a midfield leader on the pitch since.
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Martin Alvito
Player Valuation: £50m
I've already said in the league finish thread that I'd expect us to finish around 6th/7th if we stay healthy on the run-in.
That said, with relegation-threatened teams waking up another stretch like the first 15 games probably sends us down. It isn't the situation of a month ago, where three teams were so hapless that they were gone even though so much of the league was awful. Suddenly, Southampton is in 12th, Watford is winning with ten men and even Villa and West Ham are playing like they want to be here next year. Norwich is now the team that looks dead and buried, and as you point out Bournemouth is going down on form. The question is who will join them.
We know the squad is capable of that kind of stretch (because they've already had one) though we desperately hope that the current manager is too clever to let them. All I'm saying is that it probably makes sense to make some moves with an eye on the short run to make sure that injuries, bad luck and poor morale don't conspire to outdo the manager's wits.
Glasshalffull
Player Valuation: £10m
This particular string puller looks a bit past his peak. Hopefully won't cost too much because of age, but won't have any sell on value for the same reason.
Agree mostly, added my thoughts
He’s the player I thought Barkley would be
Would be a Walsh signing. Deadwood personified.
I think Cm is our priority tbh. I know we have two to come back but neither of them are quick and they aren’t guaranteed to come back the same player as before , especially Gomes. I can’t think of a slower Cm anywhere on the league then Fairview, siggy and delph. A quick one two , goal side of our Cm and the whole shape gets pulled around everywhere.
8.5m clause apparently ... that’s peanuts in this day and age . On a 1.5 or 3.5 year contract on the right wages and it’s worth it
He can take the ball on the spin and come up with a trick to beat his man and break their midfield line. He’s the only one we have that can do it , lookman could also do it and that’s why I wanted to see more of him. I really like Bernie he’s better version of pienar or at least the same type of player just with pace over 10 yards
There is always players coming to and end I. Their contracts in jan , the Euros will have fringe players looking for game time to show what they can do to get into their international teams. Loans , pre contracts and special clauses in contracts means deals can always be done
Problem is, when there is a clause like that in a player’s contract, it usually means they are looking for insane wages if they move.
ToothPlucker
Player Valuation: £950k
With Ancelotti at the helm we will be able to attract players like Grealish above even teams like Chelsea, Arsenal or Spurs in the future. Getting Ancelotti in was a surprise and I think we'll make some massive surprise signing(s) in January..
That Haaland has one and just went to Dortmund for 17m. Meetings has one I think I have read and is active for the first 10 days of january. But it’s not just clauses but the fact that players at clubs like Barca etc will have players wanting to play on the hero’s and aren’t getting game time.
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