It's Quiet thread 14 - 'do one' edition

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Anyone know how much money progressing further in the CL will bring us? I mean, it can only be a good thing for our transfer budget? Right? :)
 
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BlueCityfan said:
Anyone know how much money progressing further in the CL will bring us? I mean, it can only be a good thing for our transfer budget? Right? :)
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Was thinking the same thing

Also with the prestige of going further and further will stick in some players minds as well which may help
 
What is there 50 days left of the transfer window think we won’t sign anyone else for until halfway through that 50 days.
 
waspish said:
What is there 50 days left of the transfer window think we won’t sign anyone else for until halfway through that 50 days.
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It’s been opened 12 days and we’ve signed two. We cannot get Aouar now until the week starting August 16th, assuming we win next Saturday, and Koulibaly will likely be dependent on tonight’s result.

Serie A is slated to begin on September 19th, so the week after us, but Ligue 1 is due to start much earlier, August 21st.

If all goes well, we could announce Ait-Nouri this coming week and Aouar/Koulibaly in the fortnight after, but as I say, results and promised ‘holiday time’ might have an impact on when they come. It might also be a bit unseemly to announce we’ve signed Aouar days after eliminating his team, hopefully, so we may have to wait.
 
Gabriel said:
It’s been opened 12 days and we’ve signed two. We cannot get Aouar now until the week starting August 16th, assuming we win next Saturday, and Koulibaly will likely be dependent on tonight’s result.

Serie A is slated to begin on September 19th, so the week after us, but Ligue 1 is due to start much earlier, August 21st.

If all goes well, we could announce Ait-Nouri this coming week and Aouar/Koulibaly in the fortnight after, but as I say, results and promised ‘holiday time’ might have an impact on when they come. It might also be a bit unseemly to announce we’ve signed Aouar days after eliminating his team, hopefully, so we may have to wait.
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Are we really after Ait-Nouri and Aouar? Not convinced myself.
 
Gabriel said:
It’s been opened 12 days and we’ve signed two. We cannot get Aouar now until the week starting August 16th, assuming we win next Saturday, and Koulibaly will likely be dependent on tonight’s result.

Serie A is slated to begin on September 19th, so the week after us, but Ligue 1 is due to start much earlier, August 21st.

If all goes well, we could announce Ait-Nouri this coming week and Aouar/Koulibaly in the fortnight after, but as I say, results and promised ‘holiday time’ might have an impact on when they come. It might also be a bit unseemly to announce we’ve signed Aouar days after eliminating his team, hopefully, so we may have to wait.
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Have there been any genuine links to us signing this kid?

I’d love it to be true as he looks like a very good prospect in a position we need filling, but at the moment there seems little more to this than pure speculation on here.
 
Nicholas van Whatsisface said:
Have there been any genuine links to us signing this kid?

I’d love it to be true as he looks like a very good prospect in a position we need filling, but at the moment there seems little more to this than pure speculation on here.
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What constitutes ‘a genuine link’? :-)

I posted links from France on his specific thread, which acknowledged that a host of English clubs are interested in him. However, he only came to England for one day and visited only us and that lot; in the current climate, you would visit all truly interested clubs in one trip, I’d imagine. A few days later, after his visit, that lot quietly extended the contract of their own young fullback, who already had years on his contract. Angers know he is leaving and have already signed his replacement, which suggests they’re convinced they’re getting the payment. We’re currently on solution six to cover Mendy and don’t have an academy solution of his calibre or age; similarly, we haven’t been mentioned with anyone else, other than the ridiculously overpriced Chilwell.

My logic tells me that there’s more to this than speculation and that we’ll sign him, but time will tell.
 
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Gabriel said:
If all goes well, we could announce Ait-Nouri this coming week and Aouar/Koulibaly in the fortnight after, but as I say, results and promised ‘holiday time’ might have an impact on when they come. It might also be a bit unseemly to announce we’ve signed Aouar days after eliminating his team, hopefully, so we may have to wait.
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Don't know much about Ait-Nouri. But i'm really hoping we sign Aouar (as well as Koulibaly). The lad is a special midfielder. The more i watch clips of him. The more i think he could play all the positions Gundogan has played for us. As a Pivot or the "8" position.

That said, you do realise that we have Zinchenko/Otamendi/Stones that we want/need to sell, to make space?
 
Gabriel said:
What constitutes ‘a genuine link’? :-)

I posted links from France on his specific thread, which acknowledged that a host of English clubs are interested in him. However, he only came to England for one day and visited only us and that lot; in the current climate, you would visit all truly interested clubs in one trip, I’d imagine. A few days later, after his visit, that lot quietly extended the contract of their own young fullback, who already had years on his contract. Angers know he is leaving and have already signed his replacement, which suggests they’re convinced they’re getting the payment. We’re currently on solution six to cover Mendy and don’t have an academy solution of his calibration or age; similarly, we haven’t been mentioned with anyone else, other than the ridiculously overpriced Chilwell.

My logic tells me that there’s more to this than speculation and that we’ll sign him, but time will tell.
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Thanks mate - hadn’t spotted the links, so this sounds more promising than I understood.

My understanding was that Ake has been brought in both as back up to Laporte and as rotation with Mendy, so we probably wouldn’t be looking at another this year.
 
BlueCityfan said:
Don't know much about Ait-Nouri. But i'm really hoping we sign Aouar (as well as Koulibaly). The lad is a special midfielder. The more i watch clips of him. The more i think he could play all the positions Gundogan has played for us. As a Pivot or the "8" position.

That said, you do realise that we have Zinchenko/Otamendi/Stones that we want/need to sell, to make space?
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For me, Aouar will play the Silva role. They’re both incredibly clever at playing between increasingly tightening lines and neither gives the ball away. De Bruyne and Foden need more space and Gundogan needs the chessboard in front of him.

Zinchenko might stay another season (or Napoli/Everton-Ancelotti fancied him when at Naples), Otamendi will likely go to Valencia (has to be a reason Torres was so cheap), and Stones should land in London (Arsenal with Arteta). All guesses. We’re going to be taking hits, undoubtedly, but that’s the price of a comparatively poor season, to date. Sound plausible?
 
Gabriel said:
For me, Aouar will play the Silva role. They’re both incredibly clever at playing between increasingly tightening lines and neither gives the ball away. De Bruyne and Foden need more space and Gundogan needs the chessboard in front of him.

Zinchenko might stay another season (or Napoli/Everton-Ancelotti fancied him when at Naples), Otamendi will likely go to Valencia (has to be a reason Torres was so cheap), and Stones should land in London (Arsenal with Arteta). All guesses. We’re going to be taking hits, undoubtedly, but that’s the price of a comparatively poor season, to date. Sound plausible?
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Think Zinchenko/Mendy has to go if we want another LB. And Otamendi has to make way for Koulibaly. Another midfielder/Forward can take Silvas position.

But i don't see anything close. And i think we have to have a deal in place for these players before we sign their replacements.
 
BlueCityfan said:
Think Zinchenko/Mendy has to go if we want another LB. And Otamendi has to make way for Koulibaly. Another midfielder/Forward can take Silvas position.

But i don't see anything close. And i think we have to have a deal in place for these players before we sign their replacements.
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Zinchenko was effectively 3rd choice LB last night, so I imagine he's off.
 
Nicholas van Whatsisface said:
Thanks mate - hadn’t spotted the links, so this sounds more promising than I understood.

My understanding was that Ake has been brought in both as back up to Laporte and as rotation with Mendy, so we probably wouldn’t be looking at another this year.
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Ake should challenge Laporte for his position and offer solidity at left-back in games where we are under intense pressure (Liverpool/that lot), but he’d offer as much attacking threat in that position as Zinchenko, which is why I think we need a more attack-minded alternative. We cannot afford to change our preferred style of play every time Mendy is unavailable, and even if he is available, Ait-Nouri would keep him on his toes.

Ake should also provide a bit of dig and solidity in front of the defence if necessary- circumstances like last night when Rodrigo went off. Another problem we have is that we all too often allow people to shoot from outside the box and don’t apply pressure on the shooter. Ake is fast enough to get out there and brave (daft) enough to throw his body in the way. He’s a man with many hats and fabulous hair to boot, but he’s not going to be attacking the opposition’s byline. Entrer Ait-Nouri.
 
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