January - Pogba to Juve plus £40 million and Dybala . Who’s with me ?
January - Pogba to Juve plus £40 million and Dybala . Who’s with me ?
Dybala already made it clear he doesn’t want to move to United or even the Premier League. It would just be another Di Maria situation and also we don’t need another no.10 we need a RWJanuary - Pogba to Juve plus £40 million and Dybala . Who’s with me ?
January - Pogba to Juve plus £40 million and Dybala . Who’s with me ?
Caicedo and Haaland. Nobody else, for now. If there is a clear left-footed CB talent we have identified, then them too.RW, CB, CF, DMF in that order.
Sancho, Chukwueze, Sarr, Haaland, Upamecanо,Vestergaard, Ndidi.. are amongst the players I rate but will be hard to sign Haaland, Sancho or Ndidi for example.
We definitely need a CDM as we have none bar Matic in the squad. We are filled with box to box. If we sell Pogba we should use the money and get a CDM like Camavinga or Zakaria or Kalvin Phillips.
CB is a major problem. We need a fast agile CB. Upamacano or Komate would be the best option.
ST - Should get Halaand at any cost.
RW is also a problem as we are more reliant on the left side to move the ball forward and for creativity. Give chance for Amad Diallo and Pellistri till the summer. If they can show good signs then we can go next season with them. Or else we can place a bid around 70m for Sancho and mostly Dortmund will accept it.
RB - AWB needs some one to compete with him and to rotate with him. Need to get a attacking RB.
Totally agree. Not the priority - we need a CB and DM. But sometimes you just buy a player cos he's class. Why no one went for him in summer Ill never know.I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but we should buy Buendia this january.
I've been hoping we go for him the previous two transfer windows, so third time's the charm.
Excellent playmaking abilities from the right.
Not a traditional winger, he's similar to Mata where he drifts centrally a lot.
I think our forwards would thrive of his slick passing between the lines.
He's also got exceptional work rate.
His biggest "flaw" is he loses possession, but I'd say it's a similar problem to Bruno, where these two are constantly trying for the killer pass.
If anyone's interested:
https://eplanalysis.com/emi-buendia-201920-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics
Offload Rogo, Jones, Lingard, Matic and Bailly in January. Bring in Zakaria to replace Matic and Pau Torres to replace Bailly.
Zakaria looks the ideal DM, defensively reliable, fast, an excellent reader of the game and a great passer. The one worry I would have is he fully over his injury.
Pau Torres would be a brilliant signing, ticks all the boxes. Very composed under pressure, strong in the air, great passer, left-footed, not slow. I would rate him above all the options that we have for the CB role.
If we could improve CB and DM in January we could give the title a real go.
If the summer I can see Mata, Pogba moving on, Grealish would an excellent replacement for both.
The usual suspects should be off the books within the next 18 months.
Within that time we should go all in on Haaland, Grealish and a great CDM.
Would be amazing to get Zakaria in January,however cannot see Monchengladbach letting him leave with a Champions League tie against City coming up.
In regards to Pau Torres I am still not sure whether he is a serious target but we definitely need a pacy CB that is for sure.
Can't help feeling we have missed the boat with Grealish last summer,however he may well have something in this new contract about what happens if a top six club comes in.
Unfortunately, you could be correct about Grealish, he would be a great addition as he's great at breaking the press. As for Zakaria, we should be trying o get him before city or Liverpool snap him up. Pau looks the part, he would be a great signing.
Rashford, Martial, Greenwood, Bruno, Cavani, Vdb, James, Mata, Pellistri and Diallo.
That's an exciting set of attacking options even if a bit stretched at each end of the age scale. I'm sure in the summer we'll try and add Grealish to that list in replacement of Pogba.
All other focus needs to be on midfield and defense, I like the prospect of this young Ecuadorian DM but we need a ready made starter as well. Same at CB, someone quick and athletic to cover Maguire, and then lets see some genuine rotation with Axel and Lindelof getting games as a partnership so we don't run the starters into the ground. It also wouldn't hurt to get a RB to compete with AWB as I think we've seen the benefits of having Shaw and Telles as options at LB.
Just read the article by Laurie Whitwell on the Athletic and he’s suggesting the following:
CB - mentions interest in Upamecano has cooled as he’s likely going to Bayern.
CDM - Caicedo
RW - Sancho (however only really if Dortmund drop the price), Dembele, Sarr and Coman
ST - Haaland and DCL
Interestingly he used a smarterscout’s search to show other players for the RW and ST position and mentioned Lozano who can play anywhere across the front line and also Andre Silva who has 24 goals in 48 games.
Take it he didn't mention any other CB alternative options then,still be surprised if anything happens with Haaland due to Mino.
He gave his opinion on Konate but didn’t suggest we’re interested or anything.
Yeah we could definitely do with a starter DM as well so there's not too much pressure on Caciedo to perform if we signed him.
Would you take Trippier as a RB option or should we be looking at someone around a similar age to AWB but offers more going forward.
Caciedo is in the Pellistri bracket, looks a talent that's worth a punt for the fee, but we need a ready made Matic replacement as well, that would give us 2 DM's and 2 box to box CM's in Fred and McTominay.
I haven't seen Trippier play for ages mate so I'm not sure how his form has been for Atletico, I like the look of Lamptey but I guess his age is an issue if Ole sees genuine futures at the club for Williams and Laird.
Well just seen Trippier has been banned for 10 weeks so we can now safely scratch his name off the list.
Would be surprised if we bought 2 DM's in January but do need someone to slot straight into the role.
Wow, what did he do to be banned for 10 weeks?
Agreed, it'll only be Caciedo in January, if anyone, we won't fully replace Matic until the summer, the key to me is to get a CB in January that compliments Maguire so we can give the 2 CM's a little more freedom instead of them having to sit deeper to protect the lack of pace at CB.
Which decent CB can we get in the January window though and in regards to Trippier it's to do with that betting thing
Well I'd go all out to try and get Alaba in January.
Which decent CB can we get in the January window though and in regards to Trippier it's to do with that betting thing
Pau Torres. Possible swap deal with Bailly?
Would also throw Badiashile or Milenkovic in there too,very much depends on getting rid of Jones/Rojo ideally both
Yeah, I think you’re right and most likely the reason why we never signed one in the summer. We need to get rid of one our out of favour CB’s before we bring in someone new in that position.
Think he was caught gambling on the football results and thats a big no for players.Wow, what did he do to be banned for 10 weeks?
Agreed, it'll only be Caciedo in January, if anyone, we won't fully replace Matic until the summer, the key to me is to get a CB in January that compliments Maguire so we can give the 2 CM's a little more freedom instead of them having to sit deeper to protect the lack of pace at CB.
