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I also can't shake the nagging feeling that he's a bit overpriced - first rumours were that Juventus were willing to lose a decent chunk on him because they'd heavily overpaid, but now multiple Prem clubs want him they've understandably jacked up the price and now it feels too much

I wrote that confusingly but that's what I meant ha, the graphic showed O'Brien as the starting RB and I disagree

Be shocked if they're looking for a RB that isn't a starter over O'Brien. Edit: same goes for starter CM over Garner too actually

Be quite a prospect to get in. I like it

Of course. But if you want to avoid that concern then you're locking yourself I to waiting til they've proven it at another club and are worth 60m. Players like him who will be at minimum be 'okay' but have a huge potential upside are who we should be looking at, because we can afford that risk...

100%. Said it before in this thread, I think in 3 years time Hackney would be looked back at as a much much better signing. Fits next to Gana stylistically perfectly for this year too

Great stuff for useless transfer bingo in this one, for those playing along. We've got: 'launch an enquiry' 'sound out a potential move' 'being considered' 'high on [their] radar' 'made contact with' 'considering a bid' 'under consideration' 'viewed as an option' All in ONE article about ONE...

And yet usually people get shirty on here when someone suggests buying players of 28 and up for high fees is a bad idea - assets maintaining value is soooo important for a club in our position

You're not wrong but one player being worth a lot of money doesn't really have any bearing on whether another one is. Pickford was worth it, I dont think McAtee would be

35m for McAtee feels way too high

I got pretty excited about the Hackney and Jashari links. Those feel exactly like the young passing midfielders that would be a great fit for us now with the potential to get better. Both City and Sheffield on there. He's a weird one for me because almost all of his senior minutes have been...

In fairness, if it is then he hasn't done any of it for the last two years. Which would make it a pretty huge gamble to buy him to do that. Progressive passes and carries are the relevant two metrics here: And for this last one you want to look at the Pass OBV and Dribble & Carry OBV...

Still find the McAtee links weird honestly. Do we really need an attacking midfielder who's good at getting shots off but not good at progressing the ball and creating chances?

Yeah I'd be extremely cautious judging transfer records of individuals over a decade ago. I think the single thing that has changed the most in football since then is the player recruitment process.

There new reporting on this?

Merlin Rohl is absolutely terrible though, that would be awful

Oh also the reporting is a bit off, he's a right winger, not a midfielder.

Akliouche is an absolutely outrageously good player. To the point that I'm shocked they're even bothering to link us, I'd expect price to be way out of budget

Do love that we're finally getting regularly linked with CMs who can pull strings from deep. This kid looks great but I just desperately want a player like that of some sort

Agreed. With a long term view I think I'd prefer him to Luiz even? Luiz would settle in a lot faster for this coming season. But I think in 3 years time Hackney would be looked back on as the better buy. I may be massively off here though haha