Players who might improve us

[WallyA]

I know this is not going to happen, but Julian Brandt would be a great signing IMO.

Available for €25m apparently, Arsenal interested.

I think he's a really clever player, the kind Pep would love and would be a much closer fit to Silva as a number 8 than Phil or Gundo.

He's always looked good for Dortmund when I saw him play, but apparentlly not been a good season for him so far, I mean I wouldn't really judge many players on this season.

At 25m I'd take him in a heartbeat.

 

[LucahArchie10]

He isnt poor on the ball at all,im not sure who you have been watching.

Kante has gone imo, hes a shadow of himself

 

[domalino]

Wasn't he a hot commodity a few years back? What's happened that he's available for €25m?

A lot of the Dortmund players seem a bit unhappy with things, and his form has dropped off as a result (like everyone at the club). He came on a free so I think they're happy to let him go for reasonable amount if he doesn't want to stay.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Messi maybe?

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Not really a necessity given Joao’s form & the impending return of KW, but having watched a fair bit of Leicester, I like the look of the lad Justin, he’s played LB RB RCB RWB & LWB with relevant ease & shows a lot of maturity for a lad with less than a full season at this level, definitely one to watch & to think Phil Neville played international football (badly) mainly because he was (not my words!) versatile, then this lad might have a chance

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Marko Arnautovic anyone. He's in China and would be pretty cheap. He's a decent goal scorer / out and out striker.

 

[EdersonsSmiley]

He isnt poor on the ball at all,im not sure who you have been watching.

Maybe not poor compared to his teammates but compared to Gundogan, Rodri or even Fernandinho he is.

Pep won't play a player with 80% pass accuracy in that position as we will be back to conceding counter attacks non-stop.

 

[ManCitizens.]

Anybody else from Benfica, is that Grimaldo any good?

 

[mccity]

Anybody else from Benfica, is that Grimaldo any good?

Be careful. For every Dias there's a Lindelof.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Fernandes and rashford!:))

 

[ManCitizens.]

Be careful. For every Dias there's a Lindelof.

Ederson, Cancelo, Dias and Bernardo... I’ll take the risk (I know they all didn’t come direct)

 

[kun]

Anybody else from Benfica, is that Grimaldo any good?

Darwin Núñez looks like a world class prospect

 

[King Jay]

Anybody else from Benfica, is that Grimaldo any good?

Offense worldclass defense definitely not.

 

[ManCitizens.]

Offense worldclass defense definitely not.

So he’s not Ruben ‘the Great Wall of China Dias’?

 

[jay laruja]

Anybody else from Benfica, is that Grimaldo any good?

Let's just add Benfica to CFG, force them to wear blue, and be done with it

 

[the_tevez_wiggle]

Ferna wasn’t a defensive midfielder when we signed him. He was an outstanding box to box player with brilliant all round attributes - passing, shooting, tackling, mobility, aerial ability - and also the football intelligence, character and discipline to be moulded into playing the holding role.
So might Pep be looking at a similar profile of player to replace him rather than a current DM specialist?
If so, then one who stands out as having similar attributes to Ferna when we signed him would be Tielemans at Leicester. Likes a tackle, good energy and very good quality on the ball. He would be expensive but a miles better fit for us imo than a technically limited destroyer like Ndidi

I've always seen tielemans as the ferna successor. Think he ticks the box in most departments. Very intelligent player and gets on with kdb already.

 

[Sir Joe Aguero]

Ferna wasn’t a defensive midfielder when we signed him. He was an outstanding box to box player with brilliant all round attributes - passing, shooting, tackling, mobility, aerial ability - and also the football intelligence, character and discipline to be moulded into playing the holding role.
So might Pep be looking at a similar profile of player to replace him rather than a current DM specialist?
If so, then one who stands out as having similar attributes to Ferna when we signed him would be Tielemans at Leicester. Likes a tackle, good energy and very good quality on the ball. He would be expensive but a miles better fit for us imo than a technically limited destroyer like Ndidi

He's slow as shit and that's why he needs Ndidi next to him. Ndidi can play a 1 man defensive midfield, Tielemans can not. Obviously has quality but would not be a Fernandinho replacement, he'd look similar to Rodri but offering more offensively.

 

[dadnlad]

that free transfer on 2 January MOJO slotted in well

 

[Sir Joe Aguero]

Wouldn't be first choice striker but Odsonne Edouard is entering the last 18 months of his contract at Celtic. Pretty mental scoring rate for youth internationals and has a 1 in 2 for Celtic.

 

[the_tevez_wiggle]

Wouldn't be first choice striker but Odsonne Edouard is entering the last 18 months of his contract at Celtic. Pretty mental scoring rate for youth internationals and has a 1 in 2 for Celtic.

Could probably send some youth there to sweeten the deal as well. He does look good but blows hot and cold.