Winci
Player Valuation: £950k
I know it's very very early to start talking about transfer targets but, it's still fun to think about the possibilities now that we have some money to spend.
Looking at the squad after this first few games we can see what our needs are for this season and next. For this season we could do with another winger and another CM, on paper Mirallas, Pienaar, Deulofeu and Naismith doesn't sound to bad but the reality is Naismith is not a winger and Delboy, for all his potential, doesn't look ready as of right now, maybe in a couple of month it'll be another story. Another winger with pace would be ideal.
CM is similar, we only got Gibson (always injured), McCarthy, Barry and Osman... Gibson won't last a hole season, Barry is on loan and even if we bring him back on a permanent how much years does he have in him of top level football? Osman as good a servant as he has been he is not good enough to even be 4th choice. Another CM, be it a DMid, box to box or a Playmaker would really help us.
Next season assuming we'll sign Barry we'll need only one more CM, a CB to eventually replace Distin, a Striker to replace Lukaku and a winger or 2 to replace Delboy and move Naismith down the pecking order.
Possible targets could be Fernando, Clasie, Martins-Indi, Will Hughes, Tom Ince, Honda, McGeady (he'll be cheap and he is not as bad as some think) and a bunch of Belgian kids like Massimo Bruno, Lestiene, Thorgan Hazard, Mpoku, Batshuayi and Vossen.
Looking at the squad after this first few games we can see what our needs are for this season and next. For this season we could do with another winger and another CM, on paper Mirallas, Pienaar, Deulofeu and Naismith doesn't sound to bad but the reality is Naismith is not a winger and Delboy, for all his potential, doesn't look ready as of right now, maybe in a couple of month it'll be another story. Another winger with pace would be ideal.
CM is similar, we only got Gibson (always injured), McCarthy, Barry and Osman... Gibson won't last a hole season, Barry is on loan and even if we bring him back on a permanent how much years does he have in him of top level football? Osman as good a servant as he has been he is not good enough to even be 4th choice. Another CM, be it a DMid, box to box or a Playmaker would really help us.
Next season assuming we'll sign Barry we'll need only one more CM, a CB to eventually replace Distin, a Striker to replace Lukaku and a winger or 2 to replace Delboy and move Naismith down the pecking order.
Possible targets could be Fernando, Clasie, Martins-Indi, Will Hughes, Tom Ince, Honda, McGeady (he'll be cheap and he is not as bad as some think) and a bunch of Belgian kids like Massimo Bruno, Lestiene, Thorgan Hazard, Mpoku, Batshuayi and Vossen.