nmc
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I thought a wide player would be at the bottom of our list of priorities - if we have circa £200m to spend I suggest a defensive MF and a few defenders might better occupy our scouting network.
I thought a wide player would be at the bottom of our list of priorities - if we have circa £200m to spend I suggest a defensive MF and a few defenders might better occupy our scouting network.
We are regularly using Navas in the team, so we are clearly missing something.
Coman doesn't score enough for me.
I'm sure there's a few people in the Family Stand that could replace Navas's contribution over the last 18 months. I worry we are not getting our priorities right (again) and in 6 months we will be moaning about Kolorov playing too much and Kompany being injured. We have to remodel the defence. We need 3 or 4 full backs and at least 1 quality CB and a quality defensive midfielder.
Navas is being used at full back/wing back though a lot more than he is as a winger. I think it depends on where De Bruyne and Roberts play next season (whether we need a wide player). Far bigger priorities for me in any case.We are regularly using Navas in the team, so we are clearly missing something.
Coman doesn't score enough for me.
Navas is being used at full back/wing back though a lot more than he is as a winger. I think it depends on where De Bruyne and Roberts play next season (whether we need a wide player). Far bigger priorities for me in any case.
As for Coman, I don't see what he brings us that we don't already have in Sterling bar a stronger left foot, don't rate his positioning as anywhere near as good as Sterling's either. If we're going to bring in another winger I'd rather a goalscorer.
I could see this being lined up if Sanchez is going to Bayern, otherwise not. Can't see us signing both and can't see Bayern letting him leave without a replacement, Ribery and Robben probably have a season left, two at most.Coman could be a result of us either being knocked back by the players we want for the position, or a fallback option, in case we are knocked back.
Nah, Pep has said in public that we need fullbacks, so it's just a case of how many he signs.
We seemed to be in the market for another cb last season, & for a lot of money, so I can't imagine this season's cb efforts have done anything to ease that requirement ;)
No idea regarding midfield.
Coman doesn't score enough at the moment, but I think he is like Sané in that he will get better quit quickly with age and regular game time. He scores a variety of goals, from tap ins at the back post, to headers or outside the box curlers, and he seems to be good under pressure which are two biggest things a big goalscorer needs.
IMO His main problem is that something like half his appearances for Bayern are substitutions and he doesn't get a decent run in the team to really find his rhythm - plus he's only 20.
For Schalke, Sané never got near the roughly 1 in 2 he's had since breaking into the team properly here. I think we'd see a similar increase in Coman's goal numbers if we bought him, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'd want him.
He's a better dribbler in 1-on-1s, and it's a crucial quality for our wing system: when a wide forward recieves diagonal pass and gets 1-on-1 situation, he is often supposed to make a dribbling attempt. Name me a decent fullback who really struggled to contain Sterling this season? Even fat Shaw had him in a pocket. Coman, on the other hand, is very difficult to defend against in such situations due to explosiveness.Navas is being used at full back/wing back though a lot more than he is as a winger. I think it depends on where De Bruyne and Roberts play next season (whether we need a wide player). Far bigger priorities for me in any case.
As for Coman, I don't see what he brings us that we don't already have in Sterling bar a stronger left foot, don't rate his positioning as anywhere near as good as Sterling's either. If we're going to bring in another winger I'd rather a goalscorer.