Florian Wirtz

Marvin. said:
The change in the form of Grealish and Foden has nothing to do with Pep. Foden developed under Pep

We don't have world class midfielders, or at least Rodri is injured, Foden is out of form, and KDB's career is old.
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This season under Pep, we have employed the “needs must” philosophy, which has sapped the creativity out of the team and created a deep level of need to maintain possession, avoid counterattacks, and restrict opposition chances.

Sadly, we have been on a “1 shot, 1 goal” tear all season and had to comeback from behind more games than I can remember after being sucker punched. We have become a team that others not only do not generate fear in opponents, but give them hope that if they can maintain their rearguard action, they can make substitutions late in the game in an effort to attack us.

Conversely, Pep has chosen a “this is my team until we are 3 up with 15 to go, when I might make a substitution that requires me to shuffle 3 players into different positions” approach. Not only has this stifled potential academy throughput, but it has given some players extended periods on the bench when they think they not only should be playing but are better than what is on show!
 
We don't know what Wirtz's demand are he may well have anted parity with Haaland if so it wasn't doable there may also be a clause in Erling contract that guarantees him being the highest earner There was a report that BM had offered him a better package than we had so that might also be a consideration

We have to trust the club to make the right call and if he was going to cost more than we could offer when we have to conform to UEFA's squad costs ratio then its a deal that could be done or if it was then would mean missing out on other signings

Its a shame but at least we haven't hung around and got caught like we have in previous years at the very least we have ensured that wherever he goes they are paying top wack We move on to our next target
 
Anyone surprised???? No me neither!

Just hope tge club have a decent alternative in mind as if our rebuild is centred on MGW...a young Brazilian fullback no one has heard of until last week and cambiaso and TR from Milan then that doesn't solve our biggest single problem of zero creativity

Danny Olmo just smacks of not having the balls to play in the prem league as well.
 
Zabbasbeard said:
Because I see the decline over the last 2 seasons with a failure to refresh and rebuild the squad. The staleness and tiredness is there for all to see.
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You said lack of ambition. Where’s the lack of ambition when the transfer martket isn’t open and all anyone, literally anyone is going off is shit from people on Twitter? How do you know what we are planning in reality, and not just people posting random rumours?
 
Tricky_Trev said:
Come on man, people need to use their brains. You don’t get this far and suddenly go “hey, Ferran mate… have you actually added up how much Wirtz will cost over his contract?”

“No, I didn’t think of that - is it bad?”

We knew exactly how much he was going to cost and even had an agreement with Leverkusen. The simple fact is he chose another team and this line being peddled by Gaughan et al is club PR. We don’t need an official announcement to work that out.
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Tears in my eyes
 
TBF a £300m commitment to someone who has already had a ACL injury at his age is quite a risk no matter how good he is. On to the next one
 
Zabbasbeard said:
Because I see the decline over the last 2 seasons with a failure to refresh and rebuild the squad. The staleness and tiredness is there for all to see.
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We have refreshed and brought in several new players.
Pep is unwilling to play them, they are not up to standard or being bedded in.
Not sure how we go forward
 
mattcity5 said:
I still reckon we cut back our spending a few years ago and continue to mention value, pull out of deals etc, to look good for the charges against us. It shows we aren't just throwing it around and taking the piss. Shows there was a plan to live within our means.

And yet, as the charges drag on I'm also sure that some players are preferring other options to us because of the charges hanging over us.

That needs putting to bed and soon.

In terms of Wirtz, he wouldn't have played against a deep back 10 often for Leverkusen. There's no certainty he'd have been a success. Disappointing if he prefers elsewhere, but we'll manage.
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We just gave Haaland a 10 year contract. He’s on 500k minimum. We spent 200 mil. The charges aren’t a thing. Wirtz was almost guaranteed to bang for us like Haaland. He was one of the best talents out there. It’s deffo no about money. He just said no to us like Rice and Jude. We can still have a 10/10 window. The just have to lock tf in
 
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