Peps Targets

[mcfcdjr]

I'd like to see a more streamlined squad next year and going forward. Have a core of say 16/17 top quality players with the rest of the squad made up from the academy and any other youngsters we bring in.

 

[Dax777]

Out: Sagna, Mangala, Demichelis Clichy, Kolarov, Yaya, Fernando, Nasri, Bony.

In: Gaya, Piccini, Stones, Pogba, Weigl, Sane, Dybala.

Promote: Maffeo, Angelino and Denayer

I know we've been linked at some point with all these guys, but some of them just don't seem realistic.

For example, the idea of getting 2 of Juve's top 3 players doen't strike me as realistic.

The idea of bringing in 7 or more also sounds unrealistic. Historically, we've gone with 4 or 5. My guess is it would stay around that.

And if we go with the Guardiola few superstars, what can we expect?

 

[Dax777]

Do you think others think that of you or that they think you think he will be gone and not just that (like them) you think others think he will gone without you actually really thinking it?

I have just seen more more 'i dont know why people think Nasri will be gone' comments than I've actually seen Nasri on out lists.

 

[Dax777]

He is no Alonso though is he. I'd be amazed if he gets anywhere near the side next year if he stays. I may be wrong though!

You are right about that.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

I can see a slow transition, you cant just rip the heart out of a team and start again and expect it to work. It willbe a slow change, not the wholesale CM98 changes people are recommending here.

Yaya will be first casualty though. And then maybe Pep will bring in a 2nd in commend like Pellers did with Demichelis

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

This summer will be something like

Pogba
Stones
Sané
Maybe a fullback

With 4 or 5 the other way

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

I think pep will go for new stars upcoming players like sane , Laporte, weigl, and one superstar hopefully pogba. He can raise players to another level so iheanacho sterling and Kdb we have the core already here. Gonna be great to see how we develop I can't wait for next season but at the same time we have to keep focus on this. Players are on trial and need to prove they are worthy of a place next season so this could help us elevate our performance levels as already witnessed in the last few weeks.

 

[sh249]

It's nigh on impossible to say, I would have thought. Even in the case of those about whom so many are certain, I'd suggest it's much less clear cut, not least as it depends on numerous factors.
To take just the example of Yaya: of course he might very well move on. But that will, I'm sure, be contingent upon us being able to identify and get somebody who is better than he as a deep-lying playmaker in the centre of midfield. Or perhaps Guardiola will look at it and think that, actually, in a team that will be far, far more compact than we are at the moment, Yaya is still capable of playing that role at the highest level, without having the problem of a huge 20 yard gap behind him?
Personally, I don't think that there will be as big a turnover of players as some are suggesting (or hoping!). I reckon Guardiola will be happy, by and large, to work with what he's got, with one or two key additions. I don't really hold to the view that we have six or seven who are not 'Guardiola players', not least because of the sheer variety in the way that he sets his teams up. At the weekend, for instance, he played what would probably be written down as a 3-2-4-1 formation, with Kimmich, Badstuber and Alaba at the back, Lahm and Alonso in midfield, then a four of Coman, Costa, Müller and Robben in behind Lewandowski. He just seems to see the game differently to pretty much everyone on the planet, so it's difficult to second guess who he will/won't want.

 

[Blue Expat]

Can Pep use the current squad in different way than Pellegrini ?

We already spent fortune, so lets make him get the best out of our +300 Million Pound squad.

 

[jskilling10]

Please no stones