Joao Cancelo

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I don't want to seem greedy/ needy but please please please

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I don't see this one happening myself. Juve seem happy to sell, but for a price they've set, to make a profit. The player only signed last year, so they are in no rush, and an attacking manager has come in that could use the player. If the reports are to be believed, we seem unwilling to pay their asking price, but are not far off? It supposedly looked close before 1st july when juve reportedly needed to balance their books and would have accepted less, but now after they sold their LB and cleared that hurdle they can seemingly hold out for their asking price. We are also reportedly not the only club interested, with bayern and barca supposedly both willing to make offers. (appreciate i say reportedly/supposedly a lot, but this is the media we're talking about, what can really be believed/true?)

meanwhile, nobody has come in for danilo yet. he maybe doesnt need sold Before cancello is signed, but would need moved on within the same window, and at least some indication of a move happening might be needed.

Our window ends two weeks before everyone else's, so any other interested clubs can wait till we drop out mid august. we can still sell danilo abroad after that, but clubs will know we need to. So i myself cant see any movement on this till someone makes an offer for danilo, and we or juve or both make an effort to agree on the asking price.

As for danilo vs cancello and who is better, i honestly don't know enough about cancello to have an opinion. But danilo is a good player, and has done well for us, and im not worried at all if he stays. Remember, he had a long term injury he picked up with brazil last season, imho, he would have challenged walker more if he was available. He certainly did fine in the run of games he was preferred to walker. I don't rate him as highly as some on here do, but im happy having him in the squad, and going into next season without replacing him.
 
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Not trying to derail the thread but this here would be money well spent. With Vinny gone and Ota in his 30's, we need an experienced quality CB and I think we should be all over this move, CB should be the main priority now. We have Kyle and Danilo why spend 60m euros on another?
 
aguero93:20 said:
We attack 90% of every game and we can do that because 4 players hold their position at all times and one of those is Walker.
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correct

im sure pep instructs him what to do and by the look of it he has been told to come inside as a 3rdish cb because his pace is essential to stop the counter attack
 
The Riot Club said:
Walker at RB and Stones CB is much better than having Cancelo and Fern in those positions. Fern isn't a central defender at all and despite a dip in form from which he came back strongly, Walker is the best RB in the league.
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It’s definitely an option though. Nobody expected Mascherano to start playing in defence more than in midfield but it happened. And Pep has already tried Fern there a few times, maybe with an eye on this season? I doubt he’d be Laporte’s main partner, but I think we could well see it a fair bit. Our build up would be next level.
 
For whatever reason, even when fit Danilo didn’t do enough to oust Walker last season, and it would appear that he’s one of those unhappy with his playing time. Cancelo will offer even more in the final third, and his acquisition should be seen as adding more to our armoury. It gives us more options and angles from which to attack and makes us less predictable on that side of the pitch; if Mahrez/Bernardo receive the ball on the edge of the final third, the opponent would have to consider an under/ overlapping Cancelo, a ball inside for de Bruyne to cross, or the wide man delivering it or taking it inside himself. Even thinking about those extra options will be mentally draining for defenders.
 
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