wolviedinho
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£50m in the mail. You must be wrong @Ric -:)I’m sad to see him go, but £45m is a pretty decent fee imo, given his contract situation.
£50m in the mail. You must be wrong @Ric -:)I’m sad to see him go, but £45m is a pretty decent fee imo, given his contract situation.
I think so too and probably a good move for both parties. He is mad to leave but we will sign a replacement. Felix links won’t go away.Think Sterling has gone personally.
I think so too and probably a good move for both parties. He is mad to leave but we will sign a replacement. Felix links won’t go away.
What if Pep is planning to go back to that 532-ish style he wanted to try back when we had Mendy? Especially with Cucurella heavily linked and us moving to more clinical-type forwards.
In possession it could look something like this:
Alvarez Haaland
Cucurella Bernardo KDB Walker
Rodri Cancelo
Dias Stones
Ederson
And out of possession:
Alvarez Haaland
Bernardo KDB
Rodri
Cucurella Dias Stones Walker Cancelo
Ederson
Which if you think about it makes sense. Cancelo can play his inverted role alongside Rodri. We've got KDB and Bernardo between the lines doing their thing. Crucially our two wingbacks who will provide the width and overlap and run up and down the pitch all day and are defensively GOOD. We have Haaland and Alvarez who can play off each other ala Dzeko and Aguero. I really think they can complement each other very nicely.
Finally, we have our centrebacks in Dias and stones at the back to provide the defensive foundation.
This also allows say de bruyne to drift wide as there will be more space in that wide right/ right halfspace area to deliver the crosses into Alvarez and especially Haaland. We also have a midfield overload as we will have 4 in the middle.
This could be our tactical evolution maybe.
Jesus is not quick. At all.also selling both sterling and jesus without bringing in anyone with pace is dicey
Jesus and sterling will be hard to replace. If the new players can reach or surpass their achievements we will be laughing all the way to the champions league and retaining the league.If we trade Ferran, Jesus & Sterling for Haaland, Felix & Alvarez. That just might be the best business in history.
Foden/Grealish will cover De Bruyne/Silva. Mahrez for AlvarezLeaving Foden, Grealish, Mahrez etc... on the bench...he's never doing that.
If we drop to a back 3 it'll be because Rodri has dropped back to fill in.
If he plays Alvarez and Haaland together then it'll be Alvarez playing wide.