Surely if we have the best manager in the world, he will know best the type of player he will be after and that might not be someone who is universally known. I want the world's best team, how that is constructed, I will leave that to those who will create it, but I genuinely believe it will not contain 11 worldies.
Nolito is a winger so probably it's not connectedHis club have just signed a striker....Maybe a Nolito transfer is close?
Transfer Central TNC @TransferNewsCen 13m13 minutes ago
OFFICIAL: Celta Vigo have signed striker Jose Naranjo from Gimnastic de Tarragona for £2m on a long-term deal #Celta
Eric Bailly isn't some world class signing.
El Nenny and Xhaka aren't world class big name signings. Hell Gundogan is a more complete MF than Xhaka. Stop crying.
Nolito fits the profile we are looking for. Wide player capable of dribbling and getting inside the box, who can score us some goals. Navas and Sterling didn't give us that much. We know Silva doesn't shoot often and Nasri was hurt. Nolito joining up improves this.
while I agree with everything you say the one thing you don't mention when talking about the profile of the player is his age...this doesn't fit the profile of what the club wants.....we would get a couple of years/maybe 3 out of him by which time he is beyond his prime with little resale value. (however sterling scored 10 didn't he last season for us so thats a little unfair on him as well..)
This, plus we aren't much of a "selling club" so we shouldn't worry about resale value. We should be worried about the years they're with the team and their contributions during that time and wonder if we should give them another short term contract. Demi is a prime example except he stayed maybe a year too long, but he did help bring in trophies during his time here. If we don't offer another contract after the initial 3 years or so, we should've either have kids ready to make that jump or another target in mind during that window.If we are intending to use some of the kids then that isn't a problem it actually fits quite well.
Negredo still scored well into the 20's of goals before his injury and personal stuff happened,he was unknown from spain and was worth the money
As i have pointed out before Nolito scores into double figures for last 3 yrs,it's easy tos ay he is cheap so must be crap but he has a lot to give and at a time sterling is struggling he is an able backup,i just don't see a down side for 14m