Who now then?...

[kun]

From that list it would be either Kovacic or Pellegrini.

Not on the list is Malinkivic-Savic. He is perhaps the finest of the B2Bers in Europe.

The cost may be problem as the auction would start at £100m (€110m)

That price takes him out of the equation in my eyes. I didn't include any player I didn't think was possible or else Casemiro, Busquets, Tolisso, Verratti and Diawara would also be in there.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

I think we'll be told very politely where to go.

As long as everything is civil, I'm fine with that.

 

[kun]

I remember watching Villarreal last season in a game on a saturday night and one player caught my eye that day... he looked THAT good in that one game, I had to find out his shirt number so I could look him up.

His name was Manu Trigueros.

I didn't know whether he just looked good in that game I saw him in, or whether he is consistently as good as that. I don't proclaim to watch Villarreal every week... but my god does he look good on this YouTube compilation... What he has done on this video is just pure footballing artistry...

He's probably the player most like Jorginho on that list. Excellent passer. I think a ball carrier like Kovačić or Ndombele might be better however I'd trust anyone on that list to deliver under Pep.

 

[OB1]

Was thinking maybe Pep would be interested in bringing in Javi Martinez, though he does turn 30 in September.

I don't think every signing has to be young and up and coming.

 

[KCblue]

I don't think every signing has to be young and up and coming.

I don't either. I just think they are less likely to go for someone who is 30+

 

[Delphinho]

N`Zonzi has a 35m release clause and he`s 29, which means that both Claudio Gomes and Matt Smith both can have a fair chance of breaking into the first team in a couple years

 

[km09]

Great shout! Or what about Golovin been awsome this world cup

 

[Delphinho]

Great shout! Or what about Golovin been awsome this world cup

As a DM? He`s more like a 10 or a winger from what I saw in the world cup

 

[Sir peace frog]

MENTIONED IT IN ANOTHER THREAD,AXEL WITZEL ROTATING WITH FERN WOULD DO THE TRICK, ooops sorry

 

[pbueno16]

MENTIONED IT IN ANOTHER THREAD,AXEL WITZEL ROTATING WITH FERN WOULD DO THE TRICK, ooops sorry

He would be a pretty good fit. Issue with the market right now, is that the safest options available are all 27+ and that wouldn't entirely solve the young replacement for Fernandinho issue. Witsel, N'Zonzi, Dembele can all be stop gaps for a season or 2, which may give time for current young options to mature and prove their worth, but then there's the risk of their value sky rocketing out of our budget.