blueparrot
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There has to be more than one more not sure you are understanding the squad rules.
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I can see the thinking both long term projects who had offers at the door so they pulled the trigger knowing we needed bodies asap. Gotta deal with the shuffle now, if we'd have signed both this window and left them on loan a year Im sure it would have been looked at vastly different.
It what it is.
If that is the case then Akanji. But again depth is key. We can't afford another repeat of last season where we are scrambling for cover. Can't keep going into the transfer market just for that purpose.
we probably never go in for Khusanov and Reis tho if we dont have all CBs apart from Gvardiol all injured at same time and also for quite long injuries not just a week or two for 2/4 months ones.
so it was bit of a panic purchases, investment for the future too, but unless there are 2 outgoings from Akanji, Ake, Stones hard to see how Khusanov or Reis will get decent minutes from mid August. Pep wont use them and keep his trusted players on the bench.
so it was bit of a panic purchases, investment for the future too, but unless there are 2 outgoings from Akanji, Ake, Stones hard to see how Khusanov or Reis will get decent minutes from mid August. Pep wont use them and keep his trusted players on the bench.
True but those bodies we needed hardly played even with the injuries. Wouldn't surprise me if Khusanov didn’t play for us again.
In short: loan them out or sell 2 CB‘s otherwise you are wasting their potential. Considering Pep‘s words I can still see stones and akanji going.
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Problem is we can't afford to have a repeat of the injury crisis of last season where we lose most of our senior defenders at once and had to pitch in another in-experienced EDS player who despite his best efforts looked very short of being first team quality. Both Khusanov and Reis are more ready for the first team. They need to be kept for this season or again until the very least to January.
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Khusanov did right until Akanji got back, did what he needed to. Jokso/Dias were just far more reliable from then on.
Interesting to see what they do with him this year, seems they told Lyon No when he was asked for.
Pep rates Akanji higher than most fans, plenty of evidence about that. Kovacic is injured till September. Losing both Gundo and Kova is unlikely.
Stones and Ake shouldn't have been here last season, let alone next season. The club won't be willing to keep the injury prone players, HG or not. Pep has been quite clear about that. So, I'd be surprised if both Stones and Ake were here after August.
Akanji needs to leave for me.
Been average for 2 years and his comments before the CWC basically saying he doesn't want to go and wants a holiday despite being injured most of the season when he could have had a few weeks then tells me his head isn't in it at all. Especially as Khaldoon said all the players he has spoke to were up for it and looking forward to starting back as soon a possible and rectifying last season.
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are we using chelsea's rules or premier league rules
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Neither in my opinion, think we will be pretty much sticking to UEFA rules, it the only way to have a squad of around 24/25, 17 NHG, 3 or 4 HG, 2 CT, 2 U21.
Either Chelsea's or PL rules and we will be looking at 27/28 plus exactly the opposite of what Pep has said he wants
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Apart from swapping Akanji for Nunes I can’t see any other way of meeting the squad numbers. Kovacic‘s injury won’t make any difference whether he stays or not ,injured players have move before.Stones or Ake could go but I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t.
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We apparently declined Lyon’s request for Khusanov during the Cherki negotiations, but it’s going to be tricky for him to get substantial minutes, which he desperately needs, if Guardiola has a fit Stones, Akanji, and Ake on whom to call.
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I'm thinking this will happen..
L indicates possible loan.. (I'm not convinced Savinho or Echeverri both go on loan as yet though.. but most likely 1 of them probably will if we plan to keep Ortega)
I just can’t see us keeping all these defenders.
I think 1 of Ake, Stones, Akanji definitely goes. Wouldn’t surprise me if 2 were to go. Akanj the most likely to stay in my opinion.
Grealish we know is gone as is Walker, McAtee looks certain, Echeverri might get a loan, Nunes I think goes unless we really bottle it with this RB, Gundo is going to Turkey, both Eddie and Ortega might entertain leaving and we might look to sell Eddie if he doesn’t commit.
Exactly. Khusanov isn’t going anywhere.
It will be Dias, Gvardiol, Reis, Khusanov and Akanji in my opinion.