Cavani Speculation/News 3 (or 4)

[taconinja]

with a strike force of Dzeko, Aguero and Guidetti.

That's sort of scary to be honest.

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

http://it.ibtimes.com/articles/50701/20130612/calciomercato-napoli-el-shaarawy-galliani-milan-cavani-real-madrid-chelsea.htm?



Its getting hard to decipher what the fucks going on !

Cavani to Chelsea, Shaarawy to Napoli and Tevez to Milan? If so, where does that leave us?

Looking like mugs, again?

Again?

Have you seen ourt squad recently?

You know...Aguero...Tevez...Silva ring any bells?

 

[FrancoisToure]

Yes, it's like our Euros.

The final was end of July if my memory serves me right,so it means no pre season for potentailly three of our strikers, risk of injuries etc. We could have three strikers fucked before they even pull a city shirt on.

It's from the 15th of June until the 30th of June :P So we will lose those players for the first 1-2 weeks of July ?

They then typically get some down time. Week or so.

 

[Goo]

Calm down, we're in safe hands. This is on!

 

[LoveCity]

with a strike force of Dzeko, Aguero and Guidetti.

That's sort of scary to be honest.

Some on here think that'll be enough to compete on all fronts... Aguero is 100% nailed on to regain his best form (and stay fit... after 3 separate injuries this season), Pellegrini will transform Dzeko into the best target man in the world (despite fundamental problems in Dzeko's game such as low compatibility with our brand of football), and Guidetti will be the striker equivalent of Isco. All very optimistic. For me, it would be a huge huge huge gamble to start the season without adding a new striker. Luckily it does seem we want a striker so even if we miss out on Cavani we may have some fall-back options. And there are some good ones out there. Not Cavani level (on paper at least, stranger things have happened) but maybe players who could make a big impact. I'd be intrigued to see who #2 on "The List" is underneath Cavani.

 

[Rammyblues]

This is how I see us lining up next season and it is based on the fact we sign Cavani and Isco in addition to the two completed signings of Fernandhino and Navas. It also presumes that no one else leaves. The rules require us to have 3 keepers.

Prem league squad


_________________Hart / Pants / Wright____________________

_________Kompany /Garcia/ Nastasic / Lescott____________

Zabaleta / Richards___________________________Clichy / A Kolorov

___________Y.Toure / Fernandinho / Rodwell / Barry_____________

Navas / Maicon___________Silva / Isco____________Nasri/Milner

_______________Cavani / Aguero/Guidetti __________________


CL squad


_______________Hart / Pants / Johannsen

_________Kompany /Garcia/ Nastasic / Lescott____________

Zabaleta / Richards___________________________Clichy / A Kolorov

___________Y.Toure / Fernandinho / Rodwell / Barry_____________

Navas / Maicon___________Silva / Isco____________Nasri/Milner

_______________Cavani / Aguero /Guidetti_____



IMO. Any further additions to the above will mean a player needs to be sold if they are to be present in BOTH squads, however 1 further player can be added to prem league squad.


Above is based on the following:-

Razak is still under 21 so doesn't need to be included.
Sinclair is out injured for three months before he will be able to train so can't see him being available much before Christmas.
Guidetti is now over 21 but is now classed the same as Richards and Johanssen having come through our Academy.

 

[FrancoisToure]

with a strike force of Dzeko, Aguero and Guidetti.

That's sort of scary to be honest.

Some on here think that'll be enough to compete on all fronts... Aguero is 100% nailed on to regain his best form (and stay fit... after 3 separate injuries this season), Pellegrini will transform Dzeko into the best target man in the world (despite fundamental problems in Dzeko's game such as low compatibility with our brand of football), and Guidetti will be the striker equivalent of Isco. All very optimistic. For me, it would be a huge huge huge gamble to start the season without adding a new striker. Luckily it does seem we want a striker so even if we miss out on Cavani we may have some fall-back options. And there are some good ones out there. Not Cavani level (on paper at least, stranger things have happened) but maybe players who could make a big impact. I'd be intrigued to see who #2 on "The List" is underneath Cavani.

If we play with one striker we don't need more than three. Guidetti is untested though. IMO not really the equivalent of Isco. Isco has proven it on a larger stage. Three proven strikers and Guidetti on loan to Swansea after they sell Michu would do me.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

stop fucking flapping. everytime something negative happens everyone thinks its 100% true.
its really annoying.

 

[LoveCity]

If we play with one striker we don't need more than three. Guidetti is untested though. IMO not really the equivalent of Isco. Isco has proven it on a larger stage. Three proven strikers and Guidetti on loan to Swansea after they sell Michu would do me.

But if our intention is to sign Cavani we will surely be playing with two strikers. There's no way we'll rotate Aguero and Cavani on and off the bench, they'll be there together (most games at least) with Aguero probably behind Cavani in a recreation of the Forlan/Aguero partnership. We COULD play with one if the other is injured/unavailable though. This is how Atletico used to line up with Aguero and Forlan and neither really suffered, they had a great partnership with loads of goals:

 

[blueparrot]

This is how I see us lining up next season and it is based on the fact we sign Cavani and Isco in addition to the two completed signings of Fernandhino and Navas. It also presumes that no one else leaves. The rules require us to have 3 keepers.

Prem league squad


_________________Hart / Pants / Wright____________________

_________Kompany /Garcia/ Nastasic / Lescott____________

Zabaleta / Richards___________________________Clichy / A Kolorov

___________Y.Toure / Fernandinho / Rodwell / Barry_____________

Navas / Maicon___________Silva / Isco____________Nasri/Milner

_______________Cavani / Aguero/Guidetti __________________


CL squad


_______________Hart / Pants / Johannsen

_________Kompany /Garcia/ Nastasic / Lescott____________

Zabaleta / Richards___________________________Clichy / A Kolorov

___________Y.Toure / Fernandinho / Rodwell / Barry_____________

Navas / Maicon___________Silva / Isco____________Nasri/Milner

_______________Cavani / Aguero /Guidetti_____



IMO. Any further additions to the above will mean a player needs to be sold if they are to be present in BOTH squads, however 1 further player can be added to prem league squad.


Above is based on the following:-

Razak is still under 21 so doesn't need to be included.
Sinclair is out injured for three months before he will be able to train so can't see him being available much before Christmas.
Guidetti is now over 21 but is now classed the same as Richards and Johanssen having come through our Academy.

Don't you need 4 academy players in the c/l 24 ?