2022/23 Amadou Onana

[Walken]

Did I just read someone saying he is the sixth best player in his position in the world ?

I swear some of our fans never learn lol

Top 5 for me

 

[Zatara]

Did I just read someone saying he is the sixth best player in his position in the world ?

I swear some of our fans never learn lol

On transfermarkt as a guide ffs.

 

[Paul Rideout]

Football insider saying weve put a £70mil price tag on Onana for this summer.

If true then after a 20% profit clause to Lille would give us £62.6mil.

Take that money, buy another version of Onana from France/Belgium (before he signs for Lille), a forward (the Danish kid in italy is flavour of the moment) and pocket the rest to balance the books.

Easy right??? right????

 

[Del-boy]

The lad from Brighton supposed to be going for £75 million. I don’t think £70 million is unreasonable.

 

[jazzy]

I think that would put him 3rd behind Fernandez and Pogba in the premier league transfer records for midfielders. Only 15-19th over all positions.

If that were to happen, Id rather we had a proper clear out of players and a rebuild. Not just selling one or two players as we have been doing...a wide rebuild with a focus on youth.

in our financial position , we will have to accept any reasonable offer for any player regardless of whether ultimately we want to keep them or not - see Richarlison and Gordon. As Onana and Pickford are the only assets likely to attract attention they are likely to be off in the next window I would suggest.

 

[Zatara]

Take that money, buy another version of Onana from France/Belgium (before he signs for Lille), a forward (the Danish kid in italy is flavour of the moment) and pocket the rest to balance the books.

Easy right??? right????

The lad from Brighton supposed to be going for £75 million. I don’t think £70 million is unreasonable.

in our financial position , we will have to accept any reasonable offer for any player regardless of whether ultimately we want to keep them or not - see Richarlison and Gordon. As Onana and Pickford are the only assets likely to attract attention they are likely to be off in the next window I would suggest.

Some things to consider:

1: Onana seems to be the 'dream' Dyche player in terms of mentality, build and skillset. Hes spoke of him in glowing terms. Could he be our 'Zaha' or 'Rice' that improves next season and becomes our talisman?

2: We arent far off the stadium being built which, in theory should mean far larger revenue and clear us of FFP concerns. To make the most of this, we'd need players like Onana 'could become' and a higher league position.

3: What do we 'really' require this summer? Replacements for Gana, Iwobi, Calvert-Lewin and Doucoure.

4: Bids of £45mil (Gallagher) and £25mil (Ndiaye) were rumoured in Jan. How much is in the pot and are there any other players we could sell to generate funds e.g Pickford, Maupay, Iwobi, Doucoure, Holgate, Keane etc?

5: Our team needs a change of mentality. Our captain is on the way to retirement and others like Pickford and Tarkowski dont bring anything 'new'. Onana could signal a 'changing of the guard' and mentality.


Depending on whether we have funds that could replace starters (3) or could generate additional funds required from selling players to rebuild (4) I think it would be briliant to keep him.

But of course, if we did sell then the recruitment would need to be spot on. Selling Onana and replacing with 2 new young players...

...Thelwell and Dyche would need to be very confident that they would also be rated at £70mil each in 12 months time.

I just cant shake the feeling that we need to build the team around him.

 

[Carlito]

I'm happy to admit that the signs of this lad's surpassing talent are above my level of discernment.

 

[Brad.st]

I like him but his passing range is horrendous

 

[Axlswhk]

Subdue again. One or two good tackle and nothing else really.

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

Someone needs to tell him he’s playing in the PL and not some half arsed international friendly where you can just meander through the game. He’s so slow on the ball and as someone else has said his passing range is poor at best.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Someone needs to tell him he’s playing in the PL and not some half arsed international friendly where you can just meander through the game. He’s so slow on the ball and as someone else has said his passing range is poor at best.

My only criticism of him is he seems to be playing within himself similiar to McNeil pre Dyche.

Will hopefully come with experience but I wanna see him getting up and down the field.

 

[dannyboy]

Good luck to anyone paying £70m for him. We should take the money and run. There's potential in him, but he is so far away from the player some people on here think he is.

 

[roy vernon]

I think we may see the best of Onana over the next few weeks whilst Doucoure is out. I believe that box to box position is, at the moment, the one most suited to Onana. Hopefully Dyche plays Garner in the holding role, where his passing range would be invaluable and gives Onana licence to drive forward.

 

[RomanReigns]

Had two long range shots

No yaya toure in the shooting department more of a Leon Osman pea roller

 

[Baines' left foot]

I’d snap your hand off for what we paid for him in all honesty. I just don’t rate him me.