I like Digne, but he’s not fast and lacks dynamism. Maybe a good time to sell
£35 millions and I would drive him somewhere meself.
Would love £10 millions for that useless lump Holgate as well.
Hard to say what our defenders are 'worth' in the market.
£35mil makes sense but as its a high profile situation i think we'll see £23-25mil from a Digne sale.
Holgate £10mil, Keane £12.5mil and Mina £17.1mil.
Over the next two windows i would try and sell all of them. We'd have Nkounkou, Godfrey and
Branthwaite in the squad at LB and CB.
£62.5mil and £300k in wages to sign starting LB, RB and a CB to compete with Godfrey/
Branthwaite.
"The difference between last year and this year is that we have wingers with ability and pace who can make the difference on their own.
"Demarai is an example and he usually plays on the left, coming inside scoring goals, so the full-back we used has to take up a role depending on the players around"
Words from the man himself. Doesn't want full on attacking fullbacks because we have wingers with pace doing that.
Basically... he'll want Wan Bissaka-type players.
Aaron's will be off the cards (good). Dumfries is basically a winger too.
Ive said this a couple of times. It looks like he wants a wall at the back which launches the ball at the wide players or attacking midfielder very quickly and creates within a very quick move.
Id imagine two Wan-Bissaka types (e g Godfrey) to stop opposition wingers and two big defenders at centre back...aggressive and physical.
If thats the case then it shouldnt mean we dont bring in younger quality players. It should mean we still need pace, athleticism and players who can play targeted long passes.
Its going to be interesting to see what kind of full backs he targets in January.