Has this been mentioned before? Would that mean a lot more activity after Thursday than expected?
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Has this been mentioned before? Would that mean a lot more activity after Thursday than expected?
DrEFC
Player Valuation: £40m
=Dembele
I've not hear that at all. Only heard it shuts this week.
milks
I hate football
Me too. I'll get slagged to the hills for this, but I like him. Works his arse off and whilst not a natural finisher can score - he's a great team player.
milks
I hate football
It SLAMS shut, if you please
Its mentioned on the Guardian rumours live blog in a tweet from an ESPN guy, I cant link in the tweet in work
SixtyGrand
Player Valuation: £1.5m
We need a proper ball playing grock midfielder.
Nzonzi ticks all the boxes.
Nzonzi ticks all the boxes.
Any and all funds we have left has to go on defenders.
Wrong age.
Agree... we need to be identifying the next "Nzonzi's"
Gueye is bang average. I would genuinely choose Schneiderlin over him, and that is saying something. At least he has discipline and seems to understand football. As for physicality, I've never seen it. I've noticed he has stamina, I think people are mistaking the 2.
I agree we need someone with a bit of craft though, an actual midfielder would be lovely instead of the 3 half players we currently have, who all seemingly need better players to hold their hands and take responsibility for improving them.[/QUOTE]
Schneiderlin is a complete non-entity.
Put Gana in front of the defence - with the specific task of sweeping up and regaining possession/stopping counters, and he's a hell of a player. He is wasted further forward.
You then have a few options how to play ahead of him.
Either a big, powerful box-to-box midfielder, or a more quick-footed 'playmaker'. Ideally, we get a player who can combine both, but they are extremely rare (which is why if there is even a sniff of Dembele we should be all in for him).
And no, before anyone suggests it, that player isn't Gylfi imo. He can get on the ball in the final third and cause damage, but he doesn't run a game. Regardless of his price tag, it's never something he has done.
I agree we need someone with a bit of craft though, an actual midfielder would be lovely instead of the 3 half players we currently have, who all seemingly need better players to hold their hands and take responsibility for improving them.[/QUOTE]
Schneiderlin is a complete non-entity.
Put Gana in front of the defence - with the specific task of sweeping up and regaining possession/stopping counters, and he's a hell of a player. He is wasted further forward.
You then have a few options how to play ahead of him.
Either a big, powerful box-to-box midfielder, or a more quick-footed 'playmaker'. Ideally, we get a player who can combine both, but they are extremely rare (which is why if there is even a sniff of Dembele we should be all in for him).
And no, before anyone suggests it, that player isn't Gylfi imo. He can get on the ball in the final third and cause damage, but he doesn't run a game. Regardless of his price tag, it's never something he has done.
Toffe3m4n
Player Valuation: £80m
At 29 inclined to agree.. still a quality player though.
TheBlueGibbon
Player Valuation: £40m
Equally, we do need some balance between younger players and experience, particularly in the middle of the park. If we got Nzonzi and 'the next Nzonzi' whoever that may be, it would be ideal.
SixtyGrand
Player Valuation: £1.5m
He's only 29 mate and his game doesnt rely on pace, would definitely do a job for us for another 2-3 seasons and give us time to hopefully get European football to target a younger model of similiar quality. Let Gana be the legs whilst he dictates the flow of the game.
Nemanja Matic is 30 and is quality for Utd
Barry was fantastic for us for 2 seasons when he was over 30
Cabaye at Palace for 2 seasons etc.
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