The Squad planning thread

bell_mcfc said:
I’m starting to think one of Reijdners or Nico G will go. Just with the profile of the squad - Nico OR ready to step up in midfield and the players linked
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Very difficult to know who is going to leave at the end of this season.
Obviously Bernardo but there are several others who may want to leave.
The guy dealing with sales and transfers is going to be a lot more busy than the person bringing players in. I presume we will be happy enough to sell Philipps, Grealish and Akanji for a nominal fee and not hold out for silly money.
We have a glut of centre halves now compared to mid season. The younger ones like Mfuni, Alleyne, Bah, Reis, Simpson Pusey have all got a taste of regular football and will now want that playing time to continue.
Wrexham will probably buy Kabore and Thomas Galvez may also be sold.
Mubama is a strange one. He is a regular starter for the England U21 team so obviously a decent player but there is no obvious position suitable to him unless Marmoush goes and he becomes the back up to Haaland.
Heskey and Mukasa probably stay on loan again next season and McAidoo, Sangare may join them.
Echeverrivi and Nypan didn't have great loan spells in the first half of the season.
Thats just the players that aren't involved with the first team squad.
 
domalino said:
He’s not a winger though. He’s played in the defensive 2 ahead of the back 3 for Leverkusen. He’s played in a midfield 3 for Algeria and played half a season in the bundesliga there for Herta.

So he can definitely play in midfield, he seems to have the same profile as Bernie, but he’s also 20, fast and 6ft.

Seems like the ideal player to have alongside Rodri, Nico O, Anderson, and Nico G or his replacement.

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Fair enough.

I just looked at Fotmob and his last 5 games for Leverkusen and saw him in the attacking 3 of the 343.

Wasn't sure further back how much he played in other spots. Maybe he played deeper earlier on I guess (too lazy to check).

I could come around to it.
 
domalino said:
Remember where Bernardo played when we bought him?

Maza already has form for playing deeper, as an 8 and as part of the 2 sitting midfielders for Leverkusen.

If they think he can replace Bernardo then 100% get him in ASAP.
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I have a feeling Maza will be signed by City, there seems to be a lot of positive noise on this one. Indications are he would be open to City. Fee could be high if bidding war happens.
 
The dippers are open to selling MacAllister this summer, depending on the fee could be an excellent signing?
 
richards30 said:
The dippers are open to selling MacAllister this summer, depending on the fee could be an excellent signing?
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There’s a reason, he’s crap. Gone backwards since he went there and I wouldn’t give them the time of the day never mind tens of millions for a player they don’t want
 
Blue Bogey said:
I have a feeling Maza will be signed by City, there seems to be a lot of positive noise on this one. Indications are he would be open to City. Fee could be high if bidding war happens.
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To me I just read us linked to a player like we have loads of others and I am not sure it’s appeared in the big English papers or at least not more than any of the other names
 
If Andersons fee is too high, 100m+ then I can come around to Maza as a cheaper alternative who isnt as good defensively but perhaps a better atracking 8.

I also like Diomande as an out an out wide RW if Marmoush goes, he might be mega expensive though.
 
I think many of us think Kova will go next season.

But... He might stay and just take Bernie's spot in a sense.

Maybe next season is Rodri- Kova with Nico G-Maza the heir to that duo?
 
Can’t see Kovacic going. He will stay for another season. Can even Gonzalez going before him. Pep doesn’t rate him enough.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
It was mandatory if Akanji played at least 50% of games and Inter won the Serie A.
They have requested to buy him for 15m even if they don't win the league and we have accepted that offer.
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regardless, they will buy him

he has played 50% of the Seria A games and Inter is on cusp of winning the thing
 
Skrastins said:
regardless, they will buy him

he has played 50% of the Seria A games and Inter is on cusp of winning the thing
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They are buying him.
We accepted their offer to buy him even if they don't win the league.
They were worried that some other team might come in with a bigger offer if they didn't win the league.
It is 15m but not sure if that is £'s or €
 
King Jay said:
Can’t see Kovacic going. He will stay for another season. Can even Gonzalez going before him. Pep doesn’t rate him enough.
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I can see him cashing in and going to Saudi after the World Cup. He’s had an offer on the table for a long time according to some
 
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