It's Quiet thread 14 - 'do one' edition

[kaz7]

But then there’s players like de Jong. Who wanted to join us before going to Barcelona and for whatever reason we decided not to go balls deep for. Big miss IMO, don’t get me wrong it’s not a glaring position we desperately need a player in but I just think the lad is exceptional.
In Barca’s squad I think there aren’t many players that are unsellable and he’s one.

He didnt want to come here,you can't kidnap them

 

[TonyM]

He didnt want to come here,you can't kidnap them

Well you can but its to be discouraged really.

 

[krswanny]

He didnt want to come here,you can't kidnap them

The pisscan did once kidnap Berbatov from the airport :)

 

[WRicko]

No to Nouri. Still looking at others.

Why have we moved on ? Seems odd to move on from him given his age ability availability and the fact he seemed to want to come. Also odd to move on unless you have identified better but still looking suggests not

 

[richards30]

Why have we moved on ? Seems odd to move on from him given his age ability availability and the fact he seemed to want to come. Also odd to move on unless you have identified better but still looking suggests not

still cant help thinking we are going for chilwell.

 

[AJ71]

The pisscan did once kidnap Berbatov from the airport :)

Don’t think I ever saw any kind of explanation on that. From what I remember Spurs accepted our bid and not United’s, (they obviously came to agreement ultimately) but we never had the chance to speak to him? Surely United rode roughshod over the rules with that one?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Why have we moved on ? Seems odd to move on from him given his age ability availability and the fact he seemed to want to come. Also odd to move on unless you have identified better but still looking suggests not

Just not something we have looked to pursue.

We don't get to hear half the names we actually express an interest in, Nouri is just another who was flagged up initially by our scouts.

It wasn't advanced, certainly not at the level previous reports had stated.

 

[himalayan_blues]

We have moved on from Nouri. Not gone anywhere.

I am pretty sure you are not gonna ans it but still i want to ask
Is Zinchenko going anywhwhere?
I am pretty sure he wont go anywhere. Why would he? There are no rumors as well. His transfer changes a lot of thing in our squad. If he goes then we have to buy a quality left back which doesnt come in amount less than 60 million. That gives less money for a CF or a midfielder. Another CB we are buying anyway. So i think we will not buy a LB this season.

 

[better dead than red]

He didnt want to come here,you can't kidnap them

Of course you can!
"Here lad, smell this cloth. Does it smell funny to you?"

 

[domalino]

Just not something we have looked to pursue.

We don't get to hear half the names we actually express an interest in, Nouri is just another who was flagged up initially by our scouts.

It wasn't advanced, certainly not at the level previous reports had stated.

Even in the highlights videos he looked very raw. Maybe he's one we will revisit later if he progresses. The club is on a bit of an u20 full back buying spree at the moment. 4 RB's already, now Caio Roque the Brazilian 18 year old LB.

You'll know better than me, but I don't see us buying a LB. Aké seems like too big a purchase to only get games when Laporte is rested or injured. I don't think they'd have spent that much on him if they didn't expect him to play alongside Laporte sometimes, and that means time at LB or a back 3. On paper he's a much better version of the Delph/Zinchenko type LB we've had so much success with.

 

[kaz7]

Of course you can!
"Here lad, smell this cloth. Does it smell funny to you?"

I might try that on Sergio lol

 

[City Raider]

maybe i am in the minority here but i would take Grealish over Aouar .
and i personally believe anyone that would want Martinez over Kane is being silly . An unproven(to a degree) 22 year old for 100m + or a Englishman in his prime who bangs them in nearly as regularly as Kun for probably around 120m.

Agree on the assessment but it’s not as simplistic as that. Which club wants to sell, what are wage demands etc? Does the player have interest from elsewhere?

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Wasn't sure how we could have afforded Ait-Nouri as well as Chilwell anyway.

 

[twosips]

Even in the highlights videos he looked very raw. Maybe he's one we will revisit later if he progresses. The club is on a bit of an u20 full back buying spree at the moment. 4 RB's already, now Caio Roque the Brazilian 18 year old LB.

You'll know better than me, but I don't see us buying a LB. Aké seems like too big a purchase to only get games when Laporte is rested or injured. I don't think they'd have spent that much on him if they didn't expect him to play alongside Laporte sometimes, and that means time at LB or a back 3. On paper he's a much better version of the Delph/Zinchenko type LB we've had so much success with.

Guarantee that if we revisit on him he'll be four times the cost by then knowing us!

 

[domalino]

Guarantee that if we revisit on him he'll be four times the cost by then knowing us!

What's that old Florentino Perez story? Jorge Valdano calls Perez up in 2002 and says he has a kid called Kaka he can buy for €10m who will be worth €60m one day. Perez tells him to call back when he's worth €60m.

Big clubs buy players when they're good enough, we can't carry them before they are ready. CFG signs plenty of developing kids for that.

 

[sir baconface]

Of course you can!
"Here lad, smell this cloth. Does it smell funny to you?"

I might try that on Sergio lol

Be careful to use the right cloth...

 

[Cobwebcat]

I know it’s early days but if there was one time to go and get a player you’ve always wanted it would be now with FFP not so much an issue and prices down due to Covid.

Not seeing it quite yet. If the rumours of a 300 million kitty are correct we are going to have a lot of change particularly with the outgoings.

Would have loved to see us get Werner and Havertz and 54 million for Aouar seems a good price to me.

Watch us now panic and give 100m to Napoli!

 

[doobyedoobye]

I think we will be fine with Ake and Torres as the main signings. Only concern is if Kun's injury is worse than expected

 

[City_Sean]

I think we will be fine with Ake and Torres as the main signings. Only concern is if Kun's injury is worse than expected

I'm starting to come around to this way of thinking, but the signing of a commanding CB would be perfect. The LB situation still isn't ideal. But unless we sign someone of high quality, I'm assuming Ake could fill in (assuming we do sign one CB), plus Mendy has looked better.

 

[domalino]

I think we will be fine with Ake and Torres as the main signings. Only concern is if Kun's injury is worse than expected

I'm starting to come around to this way of thinking, but the signing of a commanding CB would be perfect. The LB situation still isn't ideal. But unless we sign someone of high quality, I'm assuming Ake could fill in (assuming we do sign one CB), plus Mendy has looked better.

I don't think we're going into the season without another CB in and Otamendi out.

I've come around to Diego Carlos after watching the Roma game, he's back on TV vs. Wolves tonight.

If Napoli won't play ball, £67m on Carlos will fill the gap, and selling them Angelino really makes sense as well with them losing Reguillon so I'd hope that happens.