Thomas Strakosha
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Would be a solid backup keeper
Decent backup.
We're targeting a player who isn't from Ajax or Dutch 
Wonder what his distribution is like?
I never heard of him but before clicking on this thread his name sounded like he would be a GK.
He is.
He is.
We absolutely love signing backup keepers
Good gk
Was Lazio’s first choice for a long while. Sounds good, why not?
Can he pass well? Otherwise I have backup goalie fatigue at this point.
Albania's 2nd or 3rd choice keeper.
I am gonna BS on this one.
I am gonna BS on this one.
Not sure where he's been the last few years. Looks like he was injured or Reina was just preferred to him? He was highly rated as an allrounder when he was younger and I liked him then. If he still got it, I think he could challenge De Gea.
I don't think its possible for me to care less about a transfer than a backup goalkeeper with all the issues we need addressing.
Allows the young keepers to go out on loan so makes sense. I don’t really care who it is provided they’re free
Ha, exactly my first thought. Seems like we sell/loan them just so we can buy a replacement.
Your tone would definitely change if Dave breaks his hand and we’re stuck with Tom Heaton for a prolonged period, to be fair.
Heaton's fine, safe pair of hands. Old and wise.
It's so strange. Committing 10s of thousands a week to a player who basically never plays cos DeGea's fit 90% of the time.
This will be our second signing and, in both cases, you can argue we've strengthened positions that were not priorities.
He's quite a good keeper TBH.
That was Burnley’s second choice and Aston Villa got rid of at the first opportunity. That doesn’t inspire confidence for a potential prolonged spell
What's the point in having Heaton at the club?
Third choice, homegrown, can do some coaching work with the kids, relatively low wages. He’s fine in a worst case scenario of two major injuries.
Heaton is very old and barely played since his big injury.
Could be interesting, however backup GK is way down the list of priorities this window. Think I would probably put it about number 7/8.
Getting a mate in for Broja when we do the Ronaldo swap
Third choice goalkeeper is there for training as much as anything as there are various ways of organising things where having the extra GK is useful. i.e. allowing you to divide/work sessions differently or allowing your main goalkeepers to work on other things while your third is the one getting shot at by outfield players as part of their drills. Even if Heaton was good enough to be our second choice goalkeeper, they may still want more than that involved to make training organisation easier.
Getting a mate in for Broja when we do the Ronaldo swap
Still want Kante in a swap deal, yes I am aware how huge our need for a striker is
the more time passes the more it looks as if Heaton was brought in as yet another job for the boys.
Thats more like it. Better than fecking Romero again.
Kante should be way down the list. Injuries are majorly starting to take hold and he’d probably need replacing in the next 12-18 month while on big wages. It just doesn’t make much sense at all, as good as he was he just isn’t that player any more.
He wouldn't demand big wages and when the time comes replace with Rice/Bellingham
Was decent on FIFA a few years back when I played it.
That’s good enough for me.
That’s good enough for me.
With the loss of Lukaku he’s reported to be Chelsea’s highest paid player on 300k a week, why the feck would he take a pay cut?
Could be cracking backup like Romero, maybe he's a much better distributor and can challenge
Genuinely shocked he's on that much
There’s this really condescending narrative around him that fuels this thinking, but he’s a professional with professional interest and an agent looking out for those interests. He knows his worth and will get it, he’s not just playing for the love of the game.
First Albanian at United?
Well, Januzaj is at least partially Albanian. That’s a whole complicated thing though
I've watched him a lot over the years. He is great with the ball.
problem is, everything else is lacking. He'll be nice to have in possession, but he's a pretty lightweight gk.
Forgot about him