Aries
Player Valuation: £8m
Only 3 clubs now have more clean sheets than us. We’re still doing Zonal marking which most were convinced didn’t work but Silva has stuck to his beliefs and worked with the players to better understand his methods and it’s now bearing fruit.
The pass and move football we’ve been playing has been great to watch and despite us not having great goalscorers in the squad, he’s still playing an attacking pressing brand of football to go with the clean sheets.
It’s night and day compared to the utter dross that was served up last season.
Zouma has become an essential signing for me. He’s struck up a brilliant partnership with Keane and along with Digne, Coleman and Pickford behind them, we have a settled back four that all know each other’s games inside out and that would give us a solid base to push on next season.
Chelsea might not even be prepared to sell, and if they do, they’ll no doubt ask an inflated price above his market value.
Depending on what that price is, I wouldn’t be unhappy if we do overpay if it gets his signature.
There’s a limit obviously and Brands will no doubt have a figure in mind that he won’t go above, but I’d prefer to overpay to keep a player that is proven and used to our system, than bring in a cheaper alternative that may take time to adapt.
The pass and move football we’ve been playing has been great to watch and despite us not having great goalscorers in the squad, he’s still playing an attacking pressing brand of football to go with the clean sheets.
It’s night and day compared to the utter dross that was served up last season.
Zouma has become an essential signing for me. He’s struck up a brilliant partnership with Keane and along with Digne, Coleman and Pickford behind them, we have a settled back four that all know each other’s games inside out and that would give us a solid base to push on next season.
Chelsea might not even be prepared to sell, and if they do, they’ll no doubt ask an inflated price above his market value.
Depending on what that price is, I wouldn’t be unhappy if we do overpay if it gets his signature.
There’s a limit obviously and Brands will no doubt have a figure in mind that he won’t go above, but I’d prefer to overpay to keep a player that is proven and used to our system, than bring in a cheaper alternative that may take time to adapt.
