Future Wingers

Colin Bells Boots said:
Have you lost all faith in the system, genuine question , as I do not watch our youth teams etc.

And if so, are the club wasting time and money with the academy , and if so, what is the solution ?

No doubt if the FL would permit clubs to play junior teams in the lower leagues as Spain do, it would be better ?
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I just think we mainly see it as a selling for profit tool. Given the options we have in our squad, and the money we have to spend, I just can't see a young winger breaking through any time soon. I think he'll get restless and move on.
 
charlie9872 said:
We don't need another winger if/when we sell Sane. You cannot keep 4 top class wingers happy in a squad and we will always have 1 spitting their dummy out.

Sterling, Mahrez and Bernardo is more than enough depth. We should then be bringing in someone like Braaf for cup games/in the event of an injury crisis and even then we have players capable of filling if needs must (Jesus, KDB, Cancelo).
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Yeah, IF we sell Sane then the cash should be invested in defence
 
twosips said:
I just think we mainly see it as a selling for profit tool. Given the options we have in our squad, and the money we have to spend, I just can't see a young winger breaking through any time soon. I think he'll get restless and move on.
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Ok thanks .
 
twosips said:
Let's be honest, he'll leave in a year or so after a solitary 8 minute carabao cup appearance. Then go on to be a star somewhere else.
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if he’s good enough he’ll play for us. Who have we let go who is good enough for us? Please don’t say Sancho, because he wasn’t and isn’t good enough for our front 3 (although maybe for a few inferior teams to us, England included)
 
twosips said:
I just think we mainly see it as a selling for profit tool. Given the options we have in our squad, and the money we have to spend, I just can't see a young winger breaking through any time soon. I think he'll get restless and move on.
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This. I think it's mainly just used for creating revenue streams.
We sell a lot of those players on and they end up generating a good amount of money.
 
HolisticJim said:
This. I think it's mainly just used for creating revenue streams.
We sell a lot of those players on and they end up generating a good amount of money.
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Perhaps we should employ the people ( loosely ) whose job it is to hype the rags juniors as the " world's best since " to run the academy and then we would be up in the mainstream of excellence that our neighbours clearly enjoy.

We would bring in billions overnight.
 
chesterbells said:
if he’s good enough he’ll play for us. Who have we let go who is good enough for us? Please don’t say Sancho, because he wasn’t and isn’t good enough for our front 3 (although maybe for a few inferior teams to us, England included)
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No kids are ever good enough to walk into a first team immediately. Doesn't mean that they won't be world stars one day with the right nurturing/exposure to first team action.
 
twosips said:
No kids are ever good enough to walk into a first team immediately. Doesn't mean that they won't be world stars one day with the right nurturing/exposure to first team action.
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“No kids”? I don’t wanna name names, but let’s be honest, there have been some over the years haven’t there, be they Argentinian, Brazilian, French even English spring to mind?

With regard to our academy in its current set up, I suppose your point is impossible to disprove, because long enough hasn’t passed, to pass your “one day” test. Nevertheless,
I’m still highly sceptical we’ve let players good enough for our first XI slip through our own fingers. They would have to be truly something else to be good enough, and statistically in such small cohort.
 
chesterbells said:
“No kids”? I don’t wanna name names, but let’s be honest, there have been some over the years haven’t there, be they Argentinian, Brazilian, French even English spring to mind?

With regard to our academy in its current set up, I suppose your point is impossible to disprove, because long enough hasn’t passed, to pass your “one day” test. Nevertheless,
I’m still highly sceptical we’ve let players good enough for our first XI slip through our own fingers. They would have to be truly something else to be good enough, and statistically in such small cohort.
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Maffeo, angelino, frimpong, Marco's Lopez, sancho & Gunn are the only ones I could see being used in squad rotation. But others being showcased here and there would go for £20m instead of £5m. If we dont show players off we cant demand decent fees.
 
the_tevez_wiggle said:
Maffeo, angelino, frimpong, Marco's Lopez, sancho & Gunn are the only ones I could see being used in squad rotation. But others being showcased here and there would go for £20m instead of £5m. If we dont show players off we cant demand decent fees.
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I’m hoping to see ‘em all tomorrow night mate :-)
 
Surprised that no one has mentioned David Neres from Ajax. Brazilian, 22 years old, left footed winger who can play one either flank. Main starter throughout Ajax` CL campaign last season. Pacy, direct & technically good. A bit inconsistent, but got potential and something for Pep to develop should we sign him.

Stats:
Eredivise 18/19: 8 goals, 11 assists in 29 games.
CL 18/19: 2 goals, 2 assists in 11 games.

Eredivise 19/20: 6 goals, 1 assist in 12 games.
CL 19/20: 0 goals, 1 assist in 4 games.

The dream scenario for me would be to get Sane on a new deal, then replace Mahrez next summer with one of Sancho/Neres, the latter more likely to accept a squad role. With David Silva moving on, the role of left CM + the 4th winger in the squad would be shared between Bernardo & Foden. Perfect balance imo in terms of game time for Foden & high quality squad depth.
 
We may well be looking for two wide players, a replacement for Sane and to me Mahrez is simply not trusted by Pep and will go if we can get a decent offer on him.
 
nmc said:
increasingly looking like we did good business there.
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The shame is that it was extremely predictable. Madrid in a crisis of sorts flirting with Hazard and having spent around 100m on two Brazilian wonder kids should have been enough for him to realise that he should have gone to another team (or stayed). He needs a loan now and I doubt he is happy with his 18 minutes of football this season.
 
blue_hawk said:
Surprised that no one has mentioned David Neres from Ajax. Brazilian, 22 years old, left footed winger who can play one either flank. Main starter throughout Ajax` CL campaign last season. Pacy, direct & technically good. A bit inconsistent, but got potential and something for Pep to develop should we sign him.

Stats:
Eredivise 18/19: 8 goals, 11 assists in 29 games.
CL 18/19: 2 goals, 2 assists in 11 games.

Eredivise 19/20: 6 goals, 1 assist in 12 games.
CL 19/20: 0 goals, 1 assist in 4 games.

The dream scenario for me would be to get Sane on a new deal, then replace Mahrez next summer with one of Sancho/Neres, the latter more likely to accept a squad role. With David Silva moving on, the role of left CM + the 4th winger in the squad would be shared between Bernardo & Foden. Perfect balance imo in terms of game time for Foden & high quality squad depth.
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As an Ajax fan who watches every game, I assure you he's not at City level. On the other hand, Ziyech is a world-class player, can be a bargain
 
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