Players who might improve us

[John Wayne]

The January window is solely down to Txiki, as it should be. Viana takes post in the summer but is involved in a handover process from February. That being the case, the club has to behave as it would at any other time. If Txiki has identified targets in January then they must be pursued, regardless of what Viana thinks. Txiki is being paid to be our DoF until the summer, so he should perform the role in its fullest form until the day he leaves the club.

 

[RayCTID]

Ok. Let's just write the season off then so that the new fella have a nice cushy start, or maybe we can start the rebuild now. The manager is in place, Viana will have been selected with our way of playing in mind. It's highly unlikely he'll go for wildly different players to Tkixi

It's nothing to do with giving Viana a cushy start. Both have (or will have budgets) they have to work with and with the 115 charges still hanging around it not going to be limitless.

 

[RayCTID]

The January window is solely down to Txiki, as it should be. Viana takes post in the summer but is involved in a handover process from February. That being the case, the club has to behave as it would at any other time. If Txiki has identified targets in January then they must be pursued, regardless of what Viana thinks. Txiki is being paid to be our DoF until the summer, so he should perform the role in its fullest form until the day he leaves the club.

The issues is getting the players to move and that would involve throwing more money around than usual. Something that we really do on a regular basis. We have tried to sign Mahrez mid-season after being rejected by Sanchez for the millionth time but Leicester didn't want to sell at that particular time (ie wanting more money than we were willing to pay at that time). We did sign him the following summer.

 

[chiswick blue]

It's nothing to do with giving Viana a cushy start. Both have (or will have budgets) they have to work with and with the 115 charges still hanging around it not going to be limitless.

I don't think that if the right player comes available in Jan with Pep agreeing that we will wait until Viana formally starts. I do however think he will be kept in the loop and possibly unofficially consulted

 

[hcblue95]

It's nothing to do with giving Viana a cushy start. Both have (or will have budgets) they have to work with and with the 115 charges still hanging around it not going to be limitless.

I'm not sure it will eat into the upcoming summer budget given we've just had a net spend of £-115m in the summer?

 

[John Wayne]

I'm not sure it will eat into the upcoming summer budget given we've just had a net spend of £-115m in the summer?

Not to mention being frugal in previous summers, big prize money from 22/23 and an Etihad sponsorship deals to come. I can see £400m-£500m being spent in the next two windows.

 

[RayCTID]

I'm not sure it will eat into the upcoming summer budget given we've just had a net spend of £-115m in the summer?

But we tend not to stretch ourselves either.

 

[RayCTID]

I don't think that if the right player comes available in Jan with Pep agreeing that we will wait until Viana formally starts. I do however think he will be kept in the loop and possibly unofficially consulted

The issue is who is that right player in January? Whether he is going to be priced out in January? Whether he really wants a more riskier move in our current state. The best option is giving Viana the money rather than to really start throwing it about in January.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Palmer, Alvarez, Lavia and Frimpong.

 

[Tevez City]

Palmer, Alvarez, Lavia and Frimpong.

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