your missing what is important to a Pep team and that is two top class full backs i wouldn't be surprised if we spend the most in these two positions imho.
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Alex Sandro
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your missing what is important to a Pep team and that is two top class full backs i wouldn't be surprised if we spend the most in these two positions imho.
citytill1die84
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your missing what is important to a Pep team and that is two top class full backs i wouldn't be surprised if we spend the most in these two positions imho.
Yep 50m completely worth it in the long run.
Silva_Spell
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Every club will see us coming this summer though and for us we have invested too much into the whole Pep project, so if Pep wants him Pep gets him.
I don't see any difference in paying £50m for a central defender in Stones or £50m for a fullback in Sandro.
Stones' £47m fee was inflated due to being young and English.
Sandro is 27 mid way through next season.
This bollocks fee is probably his agent after more money from Juve anyway
Juventus fans think he's one of their 3 best players.
We're looking to buy one of the best players from a CL contender, and financially well off club in Juventus, not to mention a player who's already one of the 3 best in his position in the world, and has improved rapidly in the last year.
Why does anyone think that'd come cheap? I think a lot of the attitudes towards him being a fullback and t therefore not worth the fee we'd spend on a CB, midfielder or forward are pretty dated.
We have a manager who expects full backs to be world class defenders, midfielders and wingers, they are probably only behind the keeper and central midfielder in terms of importance to the team, and if we can nail down the best in the world at any position for £50m, it's worth it to me, and doubly so in such an important position.
It's also supposedly the 3rd successive year we've tried to sign him.
We're looking to buy one of the best players from a CL contender, and financially well off club in Juventus, not to mention a player who's already one of the 3 best in his position in the world, and has improved rapidly in the last year.
Why does anyone think that'd come cheap? I think a lot of the attitudes towards him being a fullback and t therefore not worth the fee we'd spend on a CB, midfielder or forward are pretty dated.
We have a manager who expects full backs to be world class defenders, midfielders and wingers, they are probably only behind the keeper and central midfielder in terms of importance to the team, and if we can nail down the best in the world at any position for £50m, it's worth it to me, and doubly so in such an important position.
It's also supposedly the 3rd successive year we've tried to sign him.
Sandro is 27 mid way through next season.
Also known as being 26.
Yeah but he'll be 30 in four years from now. Far too old.Also known as being 26.
ChicagoBlue
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The question is "Who are the best 'Pep style' full backs in the world under 23/24/25 years of age?"
Buy them, and bring back Maffeo and Angelino as their cover.
Buy them, and bring back Maffeo and Angelino as their cover.
Yeah but he'll be 30 in four years from now. Far too old.
I don't know if you're being serious, or joking because of @Silva_Spell 's weird age phrasing, but It really depends on the player doesn't it? Zabaleta & Clichy are done at 32, Dani Alves is still getting MOTM awards in CL semi-finals at 34.
If Sandro is a Zabaleta you get 4/5 years out of him, if he's an Alves you get 8 or more.
HelloCity
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Could give a shit what the fee is.
He'd be an absolutely outstanding signing.
He'd be an absolutely outstanding signing.