Your Hidden Gems or under the radar - Wanted Signings

Surprised not to have seen a thread on that young Saints winger who absolutely murdered Dalot in the first half
 
mitchmouse said:
I'd love to find a very experienced older centre forward, someone to turn to if the goals aren't flowing, proven goal-scoring class but now towards end of his career who could also help younger forwards (yes, I know we've got RvN on staff but not same thing). A Vardy-type character but not particularly Vardy...
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What could go wrong?

Falcao, Cavani, Ronaldo……

Glad this didn’t become a thing this summer.
 
Brophs said:
Free is irrelevant at those sorts of wages. Cavani was very expensive overall. He was decent in the first season and crap in the second. Success would be a stretch.
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Mate it's the equivalent of paying a 10m transfer fee and a player playing for free without wages. You're severely overblowing it, and for what he brought (basically saved our ass second half of 20/21 along with Pogba and Greenwood) it was worth it.

I say this as someone that thought it was embarassing that people were singing songs and adored him after how little he actually played his time here. But people overrate the wages thing far too much for free/short term signings.
 
Brophs said:
Free is irrelevant at those sorts of wages. Cavani was very expensive overall. He was decent in the first season and crap in the second. Success would be a stretch.
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He seemed to see his arse over Ronaldo. That and his persistent injury issues did for him.

As an aside, he would have been an absolute club legend for us if we’d managed to sign him 5 years earlier. Ah, coulda woulda shoulda.
 
BuzzKillington said:
He seemed to see his arse over Ronaldo. That and his persistent injury issues did for him.

As an aside, he would have been an absolute club legend for us if we’d managed to sign him 5 years earlier. Ah, coulda woulda shoulda.
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It was purely the Ronaldo introduction. Cavani only stayed on after Ole persuaded him he was a large part of his plans and then out of nowhere the club forced Ronaldo into the squad and Cavani was no more.
 
Fussball.News linked us with 3 Red Bull Salzburg players. Laola1 made a story out of it.

Baidoo CB - 20y - 8 Mill. € - Austria
Gloukh OM/CM - 20 - 25 Mill. € - Israel
Daghim Striker - 18 - 2 Mill. € - Denmark
Baidoo was linked to City too, young CB with talent, but had an injury last season and struggles this season under a new coach/ system and without a good partner.
Gloukh played a good tournament for Israel this summer, has great potential. He could be a Bruno Fernades replacement. His price tag is already high.
Daghim could be the unknown gem. Just 18, great hight, great speed. He plays at the right wing at the moment, but has everything for a great Nr.9. His body could fit the PL.


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Resch said:
Fussball.News linked us with 3 Red Bull Salzburg players. Laola1 made a story out of it.

Baidoo CB - 20y - 8 Mill. € - Austria
Gloukh OM/CM - 20 - 25 Mill. € - Israel
Daghim Striker - 18 - 2 Mill. € - Denmark
Baidoo was linked to City too, young CB with talent, but had an injury last season and struggles this season under a new coach/ system and without a good partner.
Gloukh played a good tournament for Israel this summer, has great potential. He could be a Bruno Fernades replacement. His price tag is already high.
Daghim could be the unknown gem. Just 18, great hight, great speed. He plays at the right wing at the moment, but has everything for a great Nr.9. His body could fit the PL.


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I assume with Vivel this will be a theme that will come up, maybe one will be successful.
 
Lorran, my GF is brazilian and supports Flamengo so started watching him this calender year. He's one of the best young players in Brazil.
 
Chris Rigg at Sunderland. Only 17. Will have a lot of interest in January.

 
I'd be gutted to miss out on Gourna-Douath, especially with the Vivell connections.
 
Jim Beam said:
Haha yeah.. this wasn't for seniors though. He scored 2 for the first team on his debut last night at the age of 16
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Scored another one yesterday. I wonder if that little lift was intentional.



Goal at 2:55
 
Why do clubs avoid Santiago Fernández of Feyanoord?

Has he got a bad mentality or something?
 
Liam Delap is having a good season at Ipswich so far. Can be worth a punt if they get relegated.
 
TheBigLewandowski said:
Why do clubs avoid Santiago Fernández of Feyanoord?

Has he got a bad mentality or something?
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A lot of clubs seem to want their strikers to be either very strong, very quick, or ideally both. Assuming you mean Gimenez at Feyenoord, he doesn't fit into any of those categories. He's also quite streaky, and currently out with a long term injury.
 
The Benfica left back is attracting some interest . Another Ten Hag masterstroke
 
pascell said:
I think it was West Ham who tried to sign him in summer but he rejected them.
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I'm pretty sure Forest sent in like three bids for him but had no interest in them, supposedly there was also interest from Milan but don't think they ever made a move.
 
Andrija Maksimovic from Red Star Belgrade
 
Konstantinos Karetsas, at Genk.

He's special. At 16, dominating games in Belgium, not unlike De Bruyne.

Luka Vuskovic at Sint-Truiden. 17 year old commanding center back (1m93). Scored 4 goals in 10 games as a CB. Already agreed a move to Tottenham unfortunately.
 
onemanarmy said:
Konstantinos Karetsas, at Genk.

He's special. At 16, dominating games in Belgium, not unlike De Bruyne.

Luka Vuskovic at Sint-Truiden. 17 year old commanding center back (1m93). Scored 4 goals in 10 games as a CB. Already agreed a move to Tottenham unfortunately.
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Konstantinos Karetsas looks quality
 
Dario Osorio from FC Midtjylland. Like him - needs to work on his temper, but could easily see him explode in the future
 
Nickosaur said:
That Baturina kid got a goal and an assist tonight got Croatia.
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Ditto Petar Sučić (No. 13) in central midfield, who scored off Baturina's assist and then assisted Baturina's goal.

Quite impressive, even though Croatia ultimately relenquished what should have been a relatively comfortable lead.

 
Giggs' right foot said:
Dario Osorio from FC Midtjylland. Like him - needs to work on his temper, but could easily see him explode in the future
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Pun intended?!

Talking of Chileans, Damian Pizarro(joined Udinese in the summer) is another that could potentially become a top player. Could go the other way as well though, and just turn out average.
 
nav_10 said:
Pun intended?!

Talking of Chileans, Damian Pizarro(joined Udinese in the summer) is another that could potentially become a top player. Could go the other way as well though, and just turn out average.
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Is he David's son? He was at udinese for a large part of his career I think.
 
Lash said:
Is he David's son? He was at udinese for a large part of his career I think.
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Funnily enough, it crossed my mind too when first hearing/reading about Damian. No relationship to David Pizarro though.
 
nav_10 said:
Funnily enough, it crossed my mind too when first hearing/reading about Damian. No relationship to David Pizarro though.
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Ha, that's a funny coincidence. I'll look out for him now anyway!
 
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