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Summer 2018 Transfer Window

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Ok, but as of the moment, we still have Lookman and don’t have CBs or a LB that can execute the fundamentals of our manager’s tactics. Think that has to be the immediate focus.

There are a lot of positions which require immediate focus.

As the RS proved, having a weak defence but a great attack can get you out of a lot of problems.

Lookman, Lozano, Richarlison would be exciting.
 
There are a lot of positions which require immediate focus.

As the RS proved, having a weak defence but a great attack can get you out of a lot of problems.

Lookman, Lozano, Richarlison would be exciting.
So would Keane, Jags, Williams, Holgate to any opposing set of attackers.

Look. It would be absurd to sign Lozano when we are barely championship level at CB, LB, and CM. But when you’ve got Walcott, Lookman, Sandro, Bolasie, Sigurdsson also capable of playing wide, as well as you just paid 35-40M for a guy that can play these positions as well, we should be selling players from that group, not getting more.
 
Ok, but as of the moment, we still have Lookman and don’t have CBs or a LB that can execute the fundamentals of our manager’s tactics. Think that has to be the immediate focus.
Definitely, we are in trouble, given style of football Silva wants to play unless we get two centre halves & a left back. We really need to sort out the defence first and foremost.
 

Definitely, we are in trouble, given style of football Silva wants to play unless we get two centre halves & a left back. We really need to sort out the defence first and foremost.
yep. although i do think CM needs addressing too. They offer no protection to that defence and no matter who we bring in, no matter how good they are if their being bombarded for 90 minutes they will break. In an ideal world we'd bring in 2 CB's, a LB and a CM.
 
yep. although i do think CM needs addressing too. They offer no protection to that defence and no matter who we bring in, no matter how good they are if their being bombarded for 90 minutes they will break. In an ideal world we'd bring in 2 CB's, a LB and a CM.
Those would be my priorities as well, the defensive midfielder also needs to be a decent passer of the ball. If we got 4 good players in those positions we’d look a hell of a better team even if we didn’t sign anyone else.
 

yep. although i do think CM needs addressing too. They offer no protection to that defence and no matter who we bring in, no matter how good they are if their being bombarded for 90 minutes they will break. In an ideal world we'd bring in 2 CB's, a LB and a CM.
Yep.

The question is, what would that cost us? If Mina and Digne cost us 55M, Ricarlison 40M, a guy like Zaharia is surely 30M at least (Doucoure would be more), Hinteregger or a cheaper CB that can play a ball would be cheaper, but that’s still 130-140M in a single window.

That’s doable with outgoings, so far we’ve got Mori and Klaassen for likely 20-25M combined. One of Bolasie / Sandro should go (10-15M), Williams / Mirallas / Pennington won’t fetch us more than 5-10M, but that’s about a net spend of 100M.
 

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