Well it’s quite likely that any or all of Gana, Tim or Charlie will be off.
I think it maybe more the player we are prioritising rather than a position we are prioritising - as in, we know who we want by the end of the window, (and who is likely to leave), he is on that list and is available now, whereas other positions are seen as a higher priority but the first choice players we want for those are not available, yet.
That might make agreeing a fee tricky - as there is no point 'paying what they want, to get it done' if it limits our budget for higher priority positions later in the window.
At certain times of the season you would not have guessed it by looking at the performance
Need at least 6 CMs
I can see more that Hackney coming in ( if indeed he does ) and Tim and Charley being sold
That would leave Garner , KDH , Rohl and Armstrong as our CM options
That lad from Sportimg that plays DM would give us a good balance in Midfield along with Hackney
Either him or Shea Charles
I reckon Gana will get another year
I think this gets done - i like him as a player and its a bit of a no brainer of a deal, given the value.
But I'm not sure it would have been a priority for me.
I think we're already stacked with young "no 8" type young midfielders.
If I'm honest i would have prioritised a defensive ball winning midfielder or a bit of athletic presence to anchor the midfield and screen the back four that what i think we need to progress the midfield and improve the squad.
Maybe we will get that also.
But I'm not sure it would have been a priority for me.
I think we're already stacked with young "no 8" type young midfielders.
If I'm honest i would have prioritised a defensive ball winning midfielder or a bit of athletic presence to anchor the midfield and screen the back four that what i think we need to progress the midfield and improve the squad.
Maybe we will get that also.
Think one or both of Charly and Tim go if/when this happens.
Probably makes more sense then, from a player trading POV.
Probably makes more sense then, from a player trading POV.
Rumour on here is that we are looking at the DM from Sporting Lisbon
Transfer market has him valued at 45m Euro while some are saying he could be got for 35m sterling
Only fly in the ointment is Jose and Madrid are seemingly interested
Jose knows him from Portugal
Not sure he is the Galactico that Perez wants but Mourinho normally gets what he wants
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
It's not really a question of are they good, it's more a point of you may as well move on a player who the manager doesn't fancy. Otherwise you are just sitting on an asset when we need money for other players and the player's career is getting wasted.
FWIW, I would keep Charly if I was in charge, Tim, I'd listen to offers... I think there is a real player in there but he needs someone to properly get in his head... and none of Emery, Dyche or Moyes have managed that one yet.
Don't know a lot about Hackney but from what I have seen he's not really a ball winner like Gana or Tim he does seem to play a similar way to Garner though. It's just an observation though not worth some of the other posters heads falling off.
Exactly which makes it an odd choice. We need so many players it's odd to go for a central midfielder as our first target.
Rooney_Tunes
Player Valuation: £50m
Sadly we never seem to have a structure or a plan -
What Moyes should be doing is identifying positions that he "requires", then we find the player.
Everton does it the other way, remember when we had four players who could play as a ten.
And for some reason Moyes thinks we are well stocked in defence; idiot!
And of course he is on holiday now because we did not get relegated, so job done.
Maybe he’s the easiest to get
I’d say we are looking at RB, LB RW DM CF as well as squad options
If not we definitely should be
We probably have priorities and targets in each position but will sign them as they become available
Window not open yet and players on holidays or on WC duty
Although you would hope players and agents would have been sounded out well before now
Just as Hackney and his agent were
