Summer Transfer Window 2019

[Brett Angell Delight]

The fact that every CB on earth’s price doubled after the ludicrous Maguire move probably didn’t help our cause, tbf.

 

[nsno-chris]

I'm sure you're right and I don't think anyone saw the David Luiz thing coming which certainly didn't help with either Zouma or Tomori but I think we did, at some point, gamble on getting one of the Chelsea CBs and that has screwed us. Or maybe Chelsea did, it can't hurt their chances, given their transfer ban, to leave other clubs short of options. Who knows?

I honestly believe Lampard had no intention of selling Zouma from the off. I’m glad we didn’t sign Rojo but I’m rather pee’d off that he didn’t find decent cover

You know it’ll come back and bite us in the arse.

Mina gets injured palace and then Keane gets a red; nailed on

 

[GwladysPhil]

Having no decent CB as a back up makes this summer transfer a bit of a failure imo.

Obsessed with CM's for some reason.

 

[billyblue80]

A good window overall our biggest issue last year was depth and striker we have improved both. The issue is the weakness at the back. But then it's hard to do everything in one window and maybe Zouma is the one we want and may go back for? We have lost two key players, but added a lot of potential Gbamin and Kean in particular are exciting we have got more depth with Delph, Sidibe, Iwobi.

 

[Efcjake]

The fact that every CB on earth’s price doubled after the ludicrous Maguire move probably didn’t help our cause, tbf.

No excuse for not having one in before the last week of the window when that happened though is it?

Panic bids for Smalling and Rojo. What have we been doing?

 

[Timhowardsswearbox]

Let’s be honest, if we had signed Zaha when he returned to CP, people on here would have been saying we were buying Utd castoffs, he has failed at a big club, won’t push us on etc. We might be the perfect place for Iwobi to flourish.

 

[Efcjake]

We've traded a lack of options in the middle and up front for a lack of options in defence.

Risky stuff.

 

[pedro789]

So we’ve signed players who’ve played at top level in England, Spain, France, Germany, Italy and France, for good prices and all good ages. The absolute state of the moaning on here.

 

[Barnfred 55]

The live transfer page on BBC sport website calling Moise Kean as the best transfer of the window.

Who am I to argue.

 

[orly]

Gbamin and Schneiderlin could play CB I think

 

[Arteta10]

No excuse for not having one in before the last week of the window when that happened though is it?

Panic bids for Smalling and Rojo. What have we been doing?

We were waiting for zouma thinking we could get him late on. Gamble never paid off.

Would have been worth the wait if we’d landed him in my opinion but yeah, we’re an injury away from being in big trouble at the back now

 

[BlueToff]

We have three, and one of those spent last season playing RB in the championship. We can't count Gibson. Silva said he's not ready and he'll be sending out the team. Very worrying

It is a massive failure in this regard, yep. Not happy at all.

On Brands. 100%. His first black mark, tbh, but it better not be repeated. It's a huge oversight and one that could cost us. There was absolutely no reason not to have a back up in play.

 

[billyblue80]

Any free CBs knocking about?

 

[GT77]

I'm as disappointed as anyone not to get a CB but when you think that us, Arsenal & Leicester with £80m burning a whole in their pocket were all looking and only David Luiz was signed could be quite telling about what was out there.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Can I just point something out..

Push comes to shove, Gbamin is meant to be very comfortable at centre half isn't he?