Arteta10
Player Valuation: £10m
Ive been trying, and failing, to think of a couple of players that we could bring in in the summer who would;
1) improve the team/squad
2) be realistically affordable
3) add a bit of hunger and excitement to a squad that i think has just gone a little stale in the past 9 months
At the start of the season we were all talking about having a squad that could challenge for top 4 if they could find the consistency but losing Pienaar and a few players losing form has flipped this over
I hate to sound suicidally negative but we've gone from a team very much on the up with an improving squad that nobody wanted to leave, to a team that are looking like they will have to sell some of their best assets in the summer
But its not just us, Spurs on a slightly different scale are experiencing the same thing
Being knocked out of Europe and failing to nail down that 4th place for next season means theyre going to have to sell some of their top players, even though it was only a few months ago that Redknapp was saying they were one or two signings away from being title contenders
Anyway, i still havent found any players that im 100% convinced with, but a couple of options could possibly be
Matt Jarvis/Kevin Doyle - would take Doyle for his goals and enthusiasm, wasnt convinced with Jarvis on Saturday but hes meant to be one for the future
Lee chung yong - Not sure how much Bolton would want for him but i rate him as a tricky winger
Charlie Adam? - I know everyone in the premiership is in for him and therefore its almost impossible that we will get him...BUT his agent IS moyesies brother and i really think he would be a massive signing for us if we could get him, without having to break the bank
Chris Eagles? - Not convinced but Moyesie has pulled this sort of gem from the Championship before
Kevin Nolan - despite the fact that hes getting on i could definitely see him offering us something for a few more years
Mark Albrighton - Young villa midfielder, would love us to have a look at a few of their squad if they went down
Mark Noble - scores goals from midfield for west ham and is only young, would take him if they go down
Chris Brunt - scored 2 goals against the RS...all you need to know
As ive said im not convinced with any of these players, but sadly they seem the only realistic targets that i can think of
1) improve the team/squad
2) be realistically affordable
3) add a bit of hunger and excitement to a squad that i think has just gone a little stale in the past 9 months
At the start of the season we were all talking about having a squad that could challenge for top 4 if they could find the consistency but losing Pienaar and a few players losing form has flipped this over
I hate to sound suicidally negative but we've gone from a team very much on the up with an improving squad that nobody wanted to leave, to a team that are looking like they will have to sell some of their best assets in the summer
But its not just us, Spurs on a slightly different scale are experiencing the same thing
Being knocked out of Europe and failing to nail down that 4th place for next season means theyre going to have to sell some of their top players, even though it was only a few months ago that Redknapp was saying they were one or two signings away from being title contenders
Anyway, i still havent found any players that im 100% convinced with, but a couple of options could possibly be
Matt Jarvis/Kevin Doyle - would take Doyle for his goals and enthusiasm, wasnt convinced with Jarvis on Saturday but hes meant to be one for the future
Lee chung yong - Not sure how much Bolton would want for him but i rate him as a tricky winger
Charlie Adam? - I know everyone in the premiership is in for him and therefore its almost impossible that we will get him...BUT his agent IS moyesies brother and i really think he would be a massive signing for us if we could get him, without having to break the bank
Chris Eagles? - Not convinced but Moyesie has pulled this sort of gem from the Championship before
Kevin Nolan - despite the fact that hes getting on i could definitely see him offering us something for a few more years
Mark Albrighton - Young villa midfielder, would love us to have a look at a few of their squad if they went down
Mark Noble - scores goals from midfield for west ham and is only young, would take him if they go down
Chris Brunt - scored 2 goals against the RS...all you need to know
As ive said im not convinced with any of these players, but sadly they seem the only realistic targets that i can think of
