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It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?
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Tugay One Cup
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Jeremie Frimpong
Please
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There must be massive things happening behind the scenes in terms of transfers. If we are losing all the reported players, then they will need replacing obviously. We also needed a few extra squad players in general so they will still need to be brought back in too.
pavelsrnicek
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Staying
GK
Ederson, Ortega, Carson
Defenders
Ake, Stones, Dias, Lewis, Akanji
Midfielders
Rodri, KDB, Foden, Grealish, McAtee, Phillips (?)
Forwards
Haaland, Alvarez.
That leaves 16 players- 3 club trained, 4 association trained and 9 others.
Even if Gundogan, Bernardo, Mahrez all stay plus both Kovacic and Gvardiol join we have space for 3 more.
GK
Ederson, Ortega, Carson
Defenders
Ake, Stones, Dias, Lewis, Akanji
Midfielders
Rodri, KDB, Foden, Grealish, McAtee, Phillips (?)
Forwards
Haaland, Alvarez.
That leaves 16 players- 3 club trained, 4 association trained and 9 others.
Even if Gundogan, Bernardo, Mahrez all stay plus both Kovacic and Gvardiol join we have space for 3 more.
IMO both yes and no . . Though 99% yes.
I agree with everything you say except the suggestion that Stones & Akanji can do what Walker can do.
Yes, Pep has played both Stones and Akanji at RB but never to do the job that Walker did. They’re both better than Walker at stepping into midfield in possession phases, and they’ve been played at RB - not ‘over Walker’ as such but when that has been tactically appropriate to employ their particular talents. Fact is that neither of them can ever do what Walker does because they’ll never have his speed. When a fast as fuck RB has been required Pep has never looked beyond Walker.
My concern in this is that Walkers blistering pace has regularly nullified the threat posed by very fast left wingers, wingers fast enough to leave Stones and Akanji in their dust trail.
If Walker does go then, while Stones et al can fill his spot by playing as excellent RB’s with ability to transition into midfield roles with panache, I hope we get a blisteringly fast replacement in asap because IMO there’ll be times that we need one.
Agreed. For clarity, I didn't (and wasn't suggesting) that Stones/Akanji can do what Walker can - I'm not sure any full back in world football can.
and kdb will be out first couple of weeksStaying
GK
Ederson, Ortega, Carson
Defenders
Ake, Stones, Dias, Lewis, Akanji
Midfielders
Rodri, KDB, Foden, Grealish, McAtee, Phillips (?)
Forwards
Haaland, Alvarez.
That leaves 16 players- 3 club trained, 4 association trained and 9 others.
Even if Gundogan, Bernardo, Mahrez all stay plus both Kovacic and Gvardiol join we have space for 3 more.
pavelsrnicek
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and kdb will be out first couple of weeks
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Youve 3 less defenders there than we started last season withStaying
GK
Ederson, Ortega, Carson
Defenders
Ake, Stones, Dias, Lewis, Akanji
Midfielders
Rodri, KDB, Foden, Grealish, McAtee, Phillips (?)
Forwards
Haaland, Alvarez.
That leaves 16 players- 3 club trained, 4 association trained and 9 others.
Even if Gundogan, Bernardo, Mahrez all stay plus both Kovacic and Gvardiol join we have space for 3 more.
pavelsrnicek
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Youve 3 less defenders there than we started last season with
Walker, Cancelo and Laporte.
Gvardiol hopefully replaces Laporte. After that I’ve no idea