Marc Cucurella

[MarsLlama]

Did he hand in a transfer request? I honestly don't remember.

A transfer request essentially does nothing except help with optics for the selling club, but he did say he wanted to leave

 

[dctid]

The attitude from the fans seems to be , we have Haaland now, we can sell some key players and let others fill in here and there when needed

it will bite us on the arse

rags, spuds and arse will all significantly improve and are ready to go

 

[HelloCity]

Madness really. If we get an injury at the back we cannot rely on Ake’s poor injury record. Phillips at centre back in one first 5 league games

Is Ake’s injury record that bad?

 

[Thenumber1blue]

Not at all mate

I'm guessing he means the Chelsea links

 

[homerdog]

a flapper

Yep!

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

it will bite us on the arse

rags, spuds and arse will all significantly improve and are ready to go

Rags?

Did you mean Chavs?

Worst case for us is that we have to give JWE (Joshua Wilson-Esbrand) a decent run. How bad can he be. And if he is shit then we might have to play some other kid in a few games. I'm ok with it. Odds are the kids are alright.

 

[Withnail]

This is spot on

pep says in the media we are OK if we don't sign a left back, but the truth is clear we are short of a left back and the BIGGER teams will see it as our weakness and hurt us, wilson esbrand is an option, but again pep would never throw him in the deep end and play him as our main left back because of his age

just go a rewatch the Liverpool game from the weekend our defence at times got found out down the left
I never fancy cancelo playing left back in the bigger games and even the left centre back covers far too much because cancelo pushes up far too much and sometimes forget his defences' duty

Agreed Cancelo against the better teams is sometimes found out and goes awol. Disappointed we didn't seal the Cucurella deal as he would give the balance the side needs both defensively and going forward.

In terms of alternative options Ait-Nouri looks decent but I don't know if Wolves want to sell.

 

[gazinho]

Shitshow, no matter how many happy clappers in here try to dress it up, to go into a season with 2 full backs 2 fit centre halves (one of whom has suddenly become prime Roberto Carlos at left back despite all evidence of him playing there for us pointing to the contrary) and seemingly no plan b to our only target.

The need for a left footed left back has never been higher especially with wide men who tend to prefer to cut inside and more so now we've actually got ourselves a centre forward.

 

[djhcity]

Is Ake’s injury record that bad?

According to Transfermarkt he’s missed 25 games in 2 seasons. Not counting the last couple games of season when on bench but clearly not fit.

 

[dannyboiblue]

So he's signing for Chelsea? What media outlet have suggested that?