Summer Transfers

Ederson's smiley tattoo said:
Low release clause, fast, strong, good on the ball and passing, leader at the back, world class potential. I'd imagine he's at pretty much every elite clubs radar so it's no suprise he's already tapped up by Bayern
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Konaté is already better than him. He is not even their best CB shows how much class that defence of Leipzig has.
 
Would it be a bad idea going into next season with 2 young fullbacks as understudy to walker and Mendy, in thinking Couto and Sakho from Arsenal.
 
King Jay said:
Konaté is already better than him. He is not even their best CB shows how much class that defence of Leipzig has.
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True Konate is better but he's been injured for a while. So Upamecano has taken over that starting spot and done great. Upamecano would also be a lot cheaper than Konate as his contract expires next summer while Konate's expire the summer of 2023
 
g180aj said:
Would it be a bad idea going into next season with 2 young fullbacks as understudy to walker and Mendy, in thinking Couto and Sakho from Arsenal.
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Reports were that Couto Will demain with the first team, so most likely rotating for cups game.

Now for left back is interesting. I cannot think of any available experienced left back that would fit play style & age wise, so going for a young talent would be best.



One youngster who I think is ready to be an understudy is Rayan Ait Nouri, 2001 born, playing for Angers League 1.

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/a...201920-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics
 
Ezzy said:
Reports were that Couto Will demain with the first team, so most likely rotating for cups game.

Now for left back is interesting. I cannot think of any available experienced left back that would fit play style & age wise, so going for a young talent would be best.



One youngster who I think is ready to be an understudy is Rayan Ait Nouri, 2001 born, playing for Angers League 1.

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/a...201920-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics
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Tsimikas Leicester are looking at him to replace Chilwell ` paper talk` he is better than him and might have enough know how to interest us. he is better defensively than what we have and better going forward, but whether that is good enough for us long term with other options ? out there is another matter
 
King Jay said:
Konaté is already better than him. He is not even their best CB shows how much class that defence of Leipzig has.
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And he is not as good as Millenkovic at Fiorentina , but that style of CB beast Pep has not even looked at, Upmecano is a ball player with good positional understanding
 
g180aj said:
Would it be a bad idea going into next season with 2 young fullbacks as understudy to walker and Mendy, in thinking Couto and Sakho from Arsenal.
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Ah last seasons conundrum and still there, it would take a brave man to put two kids into the squad behind, to be polite an unreliable Walker and Mendy. but put them in the EDS side where they are available and buy Atal and Tsimikas and you have cover for the inevitable, PS i would buy Henry before Sakho just as good but without the hype
 
Ederson's smiley tattoo said:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.da...Manchester-United-target-Dayot-Upamecano.html

Txiki caught napping yet again. How many center halves do Bayern need?
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Not sure i believe this, ( maybe just wishful thinking) but i have seen no chase like Sane for example, and no Bayern rubbing Red Bull`s nose in the dirt, as they usually do when taking other German teams players, i have seen him linked to every team that could possibly challenge us for him though in the press, it is understandable that Bayern would want him, and i think Txiki is after Ruben Dias anyway
 
salfordbluetrue said:
Not sure i believe this, ( maybe just wishful thinking) but i have seen no chase like Sane for example, and no Bayern rubbing Red Bull`s nose in the dirt, as they usually do when taking other German teams players, i have seen him linked to every team that could possibly challenge us for him though in the press, it is understandable that Bayern would want him, and i think Txiki is after Ruben Dias anyway
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Ruben Dias could be decent. He definitely knows Bernardo, Cancelo and Ederson from their Benfica days too so it would probably be a bit easier to acclimatise
 
I understand the arguments about not needing offensive players, but dont agree with them. Should be comparing our team to 2 to 3 years ago, not this year where we were clearing 2-3 levels behind those teams. Cant lose Sane, Silva, Fernardino and potentially Bernardo from that starting 11 and not at least replace them with players that have close to there potential knowing we wont get a like for like player. It's more important now than ever to be targeting young players that can rotate in the squad with CAS rumors surrounding us
 
Ezzy said:
Reports were that Couto Will demain with the first team, so most likely rotating for cups game.

Now for left back is interesting. I cannot think of any available experienced left back that would fit play style & age wise, so going for a young talent would be best.



One youngster who I think is ready to be an understudy is Rayan Ait Nouri, 2001 born, playing for Angers League 1.

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/a...201920-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics
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I'd rather buy a young english left back who has not just prem expierience but also in Arteta's team than a kid in France.
 
y nly issue with Pep and his trasnfer targets is his obsession with midfielders/attackers who seem to be all similar types - Bernardo, Aouar - along with Foden, and Gundogan dont offer to much difference you could add Mahrez to that list as well - Leroy offers something different and when we lose him we need to replace that with something at least similar that offers us a different dimension.especially outwide.

I hope we go for someone who offers a bit of pace on the outside and not just cutting in like Mahrez and Aouar would do
 
simon23 said:
y nly issue with Pep and his trasnfer targets is his obsession with midfielders/attackers who seem to be all similar types - Bernardo, Aouar - along with Foden, and Gundogan dont offer to much difference you could add Mahrez to that list as well - Leroy offers something different and when we lose him we need to replace that with something at least similar that offers us a different dimension.especially outwide.

I hope we go for someone who offers a bit of pace on the outside and not just cutting in like Mahrez and Aouar would do
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I wouldn't get my hopes up. I think he likes midfielders seeing how a lot of teams sit deep on us. I agree pace would be good, but not sure he sees it the same way. Remember how people questioned Leroy breaking down a low block? With Aouar he probably sees someone who can cut in from the left side to free up space for Mendy or Foden to make run toward the byline to make a cross. Right now the 2 right footed midfielders are KDB who is better on the right and Gundogan who isn't really creative and Aouar could be like a right footed Bernardo on the left.
 
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Larry Stranger said:
I wouldn't get my hopes up. I think he likes midfielders seeing how a lot of teams sit deep on us. I agree pace would be good, but not sure he sees it the same way. Remember how people questioned Leroy breaking down a low block? With Aouar he probably sees someone who can cut in from the left side to free up space for Mendy or Foden to make run toward the byline to make a cross. Right now the 2 right footed midfielders are KDB who is better on the right and Gundogan who isn't really creative and could be like a right footed Bernardo on the left.
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Think you are pretty spot on there - i just dont rate mendy as an attacking threat (and he is a defensive liability as well at present) and Gundogan is the biggest weak link of all our midfielders
 
simon23 said:
y nly issue with Pep and his trasnfer targets is his obsession with midfielders/attackers who seem to be all similar types - Bernardo, Aouar - along with Foden, and Gundogan dont offer to much difference you could add Mahrez to that list as well - Leroy offers something different and when we lose him we need to replace that with something at least similar that offers us a different dimension.especially outwide.

I hope we go for someone who offers a bit of pace on the outside and not just cutting in like Mahrez and Aouar would do
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I see us only signing Aouar outside of defence but then premoting Braaf as another wing option.
 
salfordbluetrue said:
Think it anybody but us the press wants him to go to, but someone has tapped him up and the press are fishing, in that it does look like us:)
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Yeah we're usually very quiet about our interest in recent years except for maybe Rodri (that transfer saga was a bit dragged out to be fair).
 
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