Think he may be wrong on this one, maybe he was sill thinking Fred which seems to have been dropped and could Gomes from PSG have been the 4th. Don't know but every other source and even Pep seem to be saying 2.
The other thing is I don't see who leaves to fit more than 2 in the squad.
4 it is then pmsl@tolmie's hairdoo said that there was an agreement to go and get 4 as his first post? I agree we don’t need many but a DM, Versatile front 3 player and possibly another LB?
Stopped reading at Weigl for £100,000,000
You think he will go for less? The transfer market has changed. Players like Morata, who are not regular starters , are sold for 70 million. Dortmund sold Dembele to Barcelona for 100 million and he only played for them one season. Why would they not look for a similar price for Weigl?
You think he will go for less? The transfer market has changed. Players like Morata, who are not regular starters , are sold for 70 million. Dortmund sold Dembele to Barcelona for 100 million and he only played for them one season. Why would they not look for a similar price for Weigl?
Cause he's the most over rated player in Europe...?
If we get 10-15m for Denayer, then it is the luckiest deal of the century. Can`t see any clubs paying more than 5mI'm bored and there really doesn't seem to be any solid news we can get excited about right now so here's what I think will happen in the summer in terms of outs:
Out:
Bravo - Not sure on this one, apparently he's contracted until 2020 so would only be because he isn't happy with the amount of playing time he's getting. Don't think we'd get much for him but I could see him enjoying himself in Portugal or Italy.
Delph - Just not a reliable enough back up for me, too frequently injured. Having injured one cruciate ligament you are 15x more likely to injure the other side in the first year following injury, now I think this stat includes normal people and not professional atheletes with the resources we have but absolute worst case scenario this could happen to Bendy. If it does I think we should have a more natural option at backup than 2 central midfielders who happen to be left footed, regardless of how well they have done. Delph is also good enough to be in the first team of most premier league sides and he deserves the game time if he can stay fit.
Zinchenko - He's not a left back and he's not going to play CM for us any time soon so the best thing for his development is to move on this summer. Hopefully with a buy back because he's great but I can see him moving to a good Bundesliga side like Gladbach and tearing it up for a year or two. £15 million with a nice buy back, significantly more if not.
Danilo - Has been very good but could be getting an awful lot more game time elsewhere and I just prefer Maffeo, especially as he counts as home grown for CL - possibly club trained as well(?). £20 million.
Denayer - Not going to make it in the first team, didn't behave especially well last summer, we should give him the chance at a fresh start somewhere. £10-15 million.
Angelino - Only seen him play in the last two pre seasons with the first team and he's looked out of depth but he's definitely turned my head some this year. Think he'll still be sold though. £13 million
Tosin (loan) - Needs first team football to really discover what he can do. Has looked assured for the first team when he's featured just needs to gain confidence over a full season and then we'll have quite the player on our hands. I think Breda next year and then a tactically good club like Fulham year after - at that point Vinnie will have gone and he can step right in.
Diaz (loan) - The kid could be a world beater but he desperately needs first team minutes to channel that raw talent into form. Maybe Girona?
Gunn (loan but tough call) - All accounts suggest he's loving life at Norwich and since he'd be struggling for minutes here why not let him play there again? Could be our backup if Bravo leaves or could easily play in the premier league.
Foden (maybe loan) - I don't think Foden needs a loan, he's young enough and good enough to stay with the first team and pick up minutes wherever but equally I think he'd rip up trees somewhere like Breda so could have a crack at it.
Would take some ruthless management in there for the first team guys but I think thats what you need to do to stay on top at this level. All depends on the transfer ban talks though, we might be even more ruthless if this summer is our last window till Jan 20 or we could try not to disrupt what is already a very capable squad.