Players who might improve us

skillman said:
Was gutted when we didn’t go for him in that recent window (after Grealish had already come) where he went to Spurs.

He took the piss in that first half yesterday and essentially controlled the play. Dropped deep to get it off the keeper, clever to get fouls where needed and wasn’t scared to put a foot in. And plays passes FORWARD!

Too late now. But would’ve loved him here.
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bear in mind that last year in january when cancelo left , we approached leicester for him , but they didn't want to sell him
 
Im prepared to be shot down on this but with January transfers usually quite difficult, would people be interested in taking a punt on Douglas Luiz? Hasn't worked out for him at Juve but he could be a decent squad player surely given our lack of DM cover? Appreciate we need some actual top drawer transfers too, but they might have to wait til Summer.
 
I think we need a left back, a holding midfielder and a back up striker as a bare minimum asap.

Left back would allow us to play Josko centre back and also give us a different option at left back. We have never had a class left back. Three premier league left backs that would improve us:

Ait Nouri
Kerkez
Robinson

Holding midfielder goes without saying, Peps teams struggle to function without the CDM being perfect and up to speed. Kovacic is not a CDM. Zubimendi is the obvious choice and I think if we want him we will get him, whether Pep wants him is another story.

Back up striker, a bit tricker but theres no harm having an oldie here, look at Real Madrid with Joselu and Bayern/PSG with Chupo Moting. Lets spend 20m on a an oldish striker whos happy to play second fiddle and do a job when required, Chris Wood would have done a job for us but likely wont get him for 20m. A fit Callum Wilson would do a job, it doesnt need to be a superstar, this is assuming we cant get Delap back easy. Options in this department a bit limited, maybe we go back for Kyogo. I dont know for sure here.
 
Txiki Txiki Bang Bang said:
Nonsense.
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Madisson was taken off at half time against west ham recently for tactical reasons and the two games before us was dropped playing a combined 14 mins across both games. he is the definition of a hot and cold player. He also threw in the towel at leicester the season they went down(not as much as tielmanns mind) and is a reason he is at spurs rather than a top top team. He also appears to be a divisive character with a lot to say, the opposite of what we have built.
 
Maddison would have been the cheaper option to Grealish but still would have struggled to make a real impact at City.
 
WallyA said:
Players Id like to see come in over the next 2 windows:

Liam Delap (Haaland back up)
Florian Wirtz (Future Kev replacement)
Martin Zubimendi (Gundogan replacement)
Bruno Guimaraes (Bernie/Kova replacement)
Tino Livramento (Walker replacement)
Antonee Robinson (LB with pace)
New Young Fast CB (high potential)

Play More:
Jacob Wright
Nico O Reilly
James McAtee

Leave Soon:
John Stones (love him, but made of glass and getting older)
Kyle Walker (obviously)
Gundogan (his time has already passed)
1 of Kovacic or Bernie? (Im not sure we need both controllers)
....
Kevin? (saddest and most difficult, but I imagine he has like 1 more year at this level before his body cant keep up)
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Welcome! You've finally arrived.

Outside of Stones, this was my list from last year. :(
 
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