MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Wouldn’t have been able to displace Big Oumar in Unnnnnsy’s all conquering U23 globetrotters.
What ae Ajax doing without him at the momentHis price will still be high after the ban and doubt they'd sell cheap with it.
If it gets reduced he'll still be expensive and still, possibly, be unavailable for a time.
What ae Ajax doing without him at the moment
Did they just get a reserve to step up or did they buy in (or looking at ) a replacement
Just seen ban took effect from Feb 5th so doubt they got a replacement
Puig and Emerson are 2 Barca youths I would go for ,price dependent of courseYes definitely, I am just being a bit romantic.
I for one think that we don't raid La Liga more often with how technical many of the players are there.
Not a mention of JPG in all that who will definitely be rated higher than OnyangoThe midfield is really interesting.
If Davies can continue his progress then for two of the positions we have Davies/Allan and Doucoure/Onyango. Ignoring James perhaps playing centrally, we would still need two more players there for when we play a 3.
Gomes isnt good enough and Delph is dreadful and shouldnt get in a matchday squad. Sigurdsson we need to make a decision on as he'll have a year left.
I can see us signing one player if we keep Sigurdsson and two if we move him on. I imagine Ancelotti will keep him another season and we'll bring in one midfielder.
For me, i see why youre saying a 'box to box' midfielder and others are calling for a 'ball carrier'. However, Id go for a player who can play both defensive and central midfield.
We would then have Allan/Doucoure/Onyango as 'box to box', Sigurdsson (and James) as attacking and Davies and a new player able to play defensive and centrally.
I take the view that we need to win the battle in the centre of the pitch and would go for an u23 player who would also fully replace Allan when he leaves while being good enough from day 1.
Not to mention we will probably get more for our money in that position. Id go for Camavinga, Guimaraes or Kamara.
I find it amazing that Brands hasnt signed any players from the Dutch league or even any youth prospects since joining.
I think we'll go for overseas players this summer...last summer we went with Allan and James who Ancelotti knows along with Godfrey and Doucoure who we must have been tracking.
There may be a few surprises.
If you look at depth, then theres not much quality depth or players with high potential to rotate in a few positions.
Thats where some of these relatively cheap punts come in which allows us to spend more on starters.
I'd rather get 1 top player that will walk into the first team than 3 bench warmers.
BTW I suspect that your valuations are way off.
I think Henderson fancies his chances of getting the No 1 Jersey at ManureSo if we are after Aarons and Godfrey is the trump card in getting him maybe if we are after a keeper we could get Henderson and use Godfrey as the ace in the pack on that deal too as they are mates from their season at Shrewsbury in League 1.
Not a mention of JPG in all that who will definitely be rated higher than Onyango
They wanted 50m last year, I don't see them reducing that by 30m, personally.What do you reckon Watford would sell for if they don't get promoted, and Southampton if Ings doesn't sign a deal mate (with only 1 year left).
We could also sign Deeney as back up to keep him company and stop him getting homesickHow’s Sarr getting on? He was all the rage last year/during the summer. Still worth a go?
They wanted 50m last year, I don't see them reducing that by 30m, personally.
And you ain't getting Ings for 10m, that's just not happening.
This is the creativity we need alongside Allan and Doucoure in centre mid. Wolves letting him go 2 years ago is a shocker.
He has failed miserably in the latest Zat testWhat happened to Koulibaly? Wasn't he the greatest since virgil?
This is the creativity we need alongside Allan and Doucoure in centre mid. Wolves letting him go 2 years ago is a shocker.
Puig and Emerson are 2 Barca youths I would go for ,price dependent of course
Barca may have a firesale this summer esp. if they want to keep Messi