Verbal Kint
Player Valuation: £35m
If Richarlison is away this summer, which could happen. I'd be straight in for Neto, he is a flyer.
In midfield Houssem Aouar, Eduardo Camavinga and Boubacar Kamara are the standouts for their age. Aouar and camavinga are more the running type and through balls into the channels, they play at speed and counter attack, they would be the ones unleashing Richarlison on the break, I saw Aouar play vs Man City and he held his own with the pressing and played through them well, passing it to the space as they closed down on him, haven’t seen to much of camavinga but for his age (18) he looks better than Davies and Gomes, plays fast football and loves to dribble, not the possession type really. Kamara is the opposite, better cover for the defenders, good interceptor and loves a long ball, he’s composed, if you give it to him, you won’t lose the ball, and he can pick passes like James, he’s my favourite all round midfielder out of them 3.
Aouar is also a very good player and could slot into midfield as our playmaker.
All 4 of them are decent, I suppose the 'out of reach' player seems to me Camavinga + also Aouar wouldnt join unless we were able to sell Sigurdsson / Gomes.
Kamara and Guimaraes would be astute purchases i think and compete with Allan, Davies and Doucoure to 'complete' the midfield in terms of numbers -- with 2 of Gomes/Sigurdsson/James for the 3rd position in the centre.
I'd actually try for Camavinga first and if not then move to sign Kamara and Guimaraes.
A right back and a quality right sided attacking player would add balance to the side and remove the onus on Digne and Richarlison to do all the creativity.Think right back is our most pressing issue.
Talk of Aarons and Emerson is just stupid, both players between them have contributed 2 goals this season, we already have a defensive RB in Holgate, so buying somebody who cant attack would be beyond stupid.
A modern fullbacks job is to get involved in goals first and defend second.
The descent was rapid and grim.What a game that was. Superb save by Howard.
If VAR was in play then I bet Lukakus goal would have been disallowed due to Naismith being offside and obstructing the keepers line of sight.
We really should have qualified for the CL that season.
Camavinga is a dream signing and I think we are perfect for him but he might not be perfect for us.
We are a great next step for him if we get into Europe. He would learn fast and has the potential of a world class midfielder.
However he's a £40/50m player but potential is potential. I think we might not be able to justify that price and that risk.
Aouar is the one for us
Think right back is our most pressing issue.
Talk of Aarons and Emerson is just stupid, both players between them have contributed 2 goals this season, we already have a defensive RB in Holgate, so buying somebody who cant attack would be beyond stupid.
A modern fullbacks job is to get involved in goals first and defend second.
If Richarlison is away this summer, which could happen. I'd be straight in for Neto, he is a flyer.
Norwich look likely to come back up, I would be shocked if they sell him.Know what you are saying but think sometimes you need to look beyond the stats. If you looked purely at stats Ben Godfrey wouldn’t be at Everton right now with the amount of goals conceded by Norwich. You would like to think if Norwich had some more decent attacking players his stats would look much more like those of a modern day fullback.
Everton I think will be interested if Norwich are thinking of selling, not only because Aarons is a good player but also because he is English and will be good for our home grown quota, especially if we can get rid of some of our current squad like Pickford and Kenny.
Anyway a new keeper, right back, dynamic cm and another forward capable of playing across the front 3 and we are a different team.