I mean he did extend his contract last summer when he knew every big club in England was interested... he'll be incredibly hard for anyone to sign.
Is Jadon Sancho really worth the 100 plus million fee?
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I don't think any club would have been able to pay what Villa wanted for him last summer. Also, signing a contract doesn't mean he's planning to stay long term. It's just saving value for the club.
Villa aren't really going to win anything and their only target every season is to finish top 10. Grealish will ultimately want to step up for a club who wins trophies and Villa know that quite well. They will want to cash on him in his best days.
I'm not saying he will be easy to sign though. It will definitely need ton of money. It's just that imo Villa doesn't really believe they will manage to keep him forever. They are just waiting for whoever club able to put enough money on the table for him.
I think we l raise a decent enough amount to be able to sign a good all rounder for the pivot.
Matic, De gea, Peirera, Lingaard, Dalot should easily raise funds. I'd hazard a guess at £70m from that lot and that's being cheap.
£70m could get you De Jong...............
Matic, De gea, Peirera, Lingaard, Dalot should easily raise funds. I'd hazard a guess at £70m from that lot and that's being cheap.
£70m could get you De Jong...............
So you’d sell 5 to get 1
Hmmm I see nothing wrong with that plan
We find it extremely difficult to move players on. The chances of us moving on more than 3 players with long expensive contracts is very slim.
To be fair 3/5 of those have played no part this season, Matic has barely featured and DDG will be benched from next year it seems.
If it means we can get 1 starting 1 player into the squad break even, it does sound smart. If we could then stretch to Kane and Varane we'd be looking good.
Also to back you up it gives room for academy grads like Garner to play.
Squad spaces are also an issue. We can only register 25 in the PL so some will have to be loaned or sold if we want to add more.
Not really a pressing concern if they are Under 21 though? Which is the case for Garner. We're fine for another year to see how good he is.
If he gets us challenging for titles, winning trophies and out of the CL group stages he is worth it. Ole seems desperate for him as well, so it will show they are backing their manager.
I think the issue for me is, he on his own won't do that. I think backing the manager will need spending big on 2-3 players and then spending astutely on another 1-2 on top.
Talking more Sancho, Kane, Varane etc... we need outs as well as ins.
Fair enough, makes sense. We still have guys like Phil Jones wasting a spot.
Christian Falk, German pundit and itk, said yesterday that the EPL would be a big step up for Sancho and require at least one season to adjust. He said, ideally Sancho be used in rotation until acclimatised to the demands of a tougher league.
He cited the expectation put on young players like Werner and Havertz having to adapt, as an example.
That seems reasonable to me, so we shouldn’t expect Sancho to come in and be an automatic starter in almost every game and expect him to produce miracles.
He cited the expectation put on young players like Werner and Havertz having to adapt, as an example.
That seems reasonable to me, so we shouldn’t expect Sancho to come in and be an automatic starter in almost every game and expect him to produce miracles.
His dribbling is like Eden Hazard imo
Perfect rotation with Rashford and Greenwood then.
Really dont think Sancho will have any major problems though , he is better and have different skillsets to Werner and Havertz.
The previous post mentioned we d sign a RW and a CB and then fund a DM from sales, so no it wouldn't be selling 5 to buy 1 as you put it, it'd be selling 5 and bringing 3 in. It was quite simple.
But to go further Of the 5 Dalot, Lingaard and Periera have barely played, so you could say it'd be selling 2 to bring in 3. That's if we're being petty and making snide comments.........
Have a good day.
There is talk of Dalot coming back to backup both rb and lb. rumours of telles being sold.
Ole has mentioned wanting lingard back.
Those 2 alone may get more game time than you think if we want people to rest
I think a fresh start did Lingaard the world of good, I don't get why he d want to come back and be Brunos backup, we saw how many minutes Brunos backup gets with VDB.mso I can't see that one.
Dalot I can't see that one either, lacked quality and again he's not going to play over AWB.
Grasping at straws abit. Both will be sold.
Dalot I can't see that one either, lacked quality and again he's not going to play over AWB.
Grasping at straws abit. Both will be sold.
It's just talk both of them are done at United , we would definitely try to move them on, same was said about Smalling and Sanchez as well .
Solskjaer didn't keep them for just concluded season when it was quite clear that it would be more taxing and punishing than your normal season ,I don't think he would find any use for them upcoming season either.
Yeah saw that interview and is another reason I still favour Grealish over him
Problem with Grealish is he's another player who heavily leans towards playing on the left, like every other player we seemingly have. Sancho is more versatile. I would actually be fine with signing Grealish, but tbh it should be along with Sancho, and if we're honest, that's just pipe dream stuff, as we're not signing both. My fear if we sign Grealish is you will see even more of players being shoehorned into wrong positions where they're ineffective (likely Rashford).
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We need the depth. And there will be more than enough games for everyone even if Amad played more and Sancho came in. Imagine if we had got Sancho in this season. Rashford could have been afforded the time to heal from his injuries and probably would not have been running on fumes at the end.
Hes on a different world technically to Havertz and Werner and far more proven than either of them. And is from England so won't have to adapt to the culture or anything.
There's always some adapting time, but I have little doubt that he'd be an instant starter pretty much, especially being able to play either wing or as the 10. Can rotate Rashford/Sancho/Greenwood on the wings or whatever.
Would have him on the LW to push Marcus harder and could also rotate with Bruno in the AM role as well
Totally. We did way better than I thought we would and martial was invisible all season. We need better players to push our current starters to the fringes and let them battle it out and keep going like that. Keep the players turning over until we hit the sweet spot. I’ve been against Rashford starting every game since March but I genuinely felt sorry for him by the end. It shouldn’t have to be like this.
Fair comparison.
Great skills but still can't favour him over Grealish and the thought of him joining City is a sickener
I like Grealish but I've been on the Sancho train too long and I ain't getting off.
I like Grealish but I've been on the Sancho train too long and I ain't getting off.
Could get both IF we didn't have more pressing issues at CB & CDM but sadly we do
Sancho plays on the right and Grealish doesn't which is the primary reason as it provides balance. Sancho can put a ball in the box, beat defenders, score goals and create goals plus he's right footed.
The issue with the right is Greenwood primarily wants to cut inside, just like rashford, and AWB isn't the best at creating scoring chances or putting in a consistent decent cross.
Do i think Grealish would be a fantastic addition? Absolutely but he's not the answer to our problems on the right.
If we buy him, what will be his jersey number?
Cavani has the #7. Greenwood has the #11.
Cavani has the #7. Greenwood has the #11.
7 . Cavani will be number 21. James will be number 1...out the door.
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At this stage, if we don’t sign Sancho, we’re an embarrassment of a club. Player wants to come, Dortmund want to sell at a lower fee, get it the feck done.
Would be extremely disrespectful to Cavani after the season he's had. Plus it might jinx it negatively again.
Just give the 9 to Cavani, I don't think he would see that as disrespectful
Martial would sulk all over again though, can't upset him he might only score one goal next season as revenge.
It’s a bit weird and unnecessary how some of you use any excuse to bash Martial, you’d think he’d personally disrespected you the way you go on.
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