Rayan Aït-Nouri

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WallyA said:
I think Livramento is also the perfect RB to pair Ait Nouri.

We tend to do this, as has PSG and Barca this season.

1 fullback flying high like a winger, with the other more conservative, Livramento offers the perfect balance to Ait Nouri in this sense. He can be in a back 3, drift into midfield, and then bomb wide as an option as well.
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I’d love to see Livramento at City, but the Saudis won’t sell him to City, especially as he’s a massive favourite with the Geordies, and Newcastle unfortunately have got CL football next season. Newcastle don’t need the money, and they won’t weaken their team, especially to a PL rival.
 
jrb said:
I’d love to see Livramento at City, but the Saudis won’t sell him to City, especially as he’s a massive favourite with the Geordies, and Newcastle unfortunately have got CL football next season. Newcastle don’t need the money, and they won’t weaken their team, especially to a PL rival.
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Then I don't know of any english player good enough.

If not english, it's also quite hard, I can only think of Vanderson that is at an acceptable quality, but being non-HG makes that quite tricky if we bring in Reijnders, Cherki, and Ait Nouri.
 
augpet said:
How come we moved on from Cambiasso is the question I am asking my self…
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Juve priced him out of a move. We made a good offer in January and they rejected it. I guess we moved on… there are more options in the summer.
 
richards30 said:
Ah damn, our expensive and extensive scouts have fucked up again………
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Anyone making the argument that "the player must be great since we are interested" are basically arguing people should reason like this:
*I think player X that I have seen play multiple times is overrated and I hope we dont sign him. Wait what, a twitter account is reporting that we are interested? That changes everything, player X is undoubtedly a generational world class talent and exactly what we need, just pay the fee!!"

With that said, I have nothing against us signing Ait-Nouri, he feels like a good option with big upside if it works out, even if there is some valid concerns as well. I just think the argument "your opinion is obviously wrong since the media is reporting that the club has a different one" is not a very good one unless you are talking to a cult member.
 
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Vester said:
Anyone making the argument that "the player must be great since we are interested" are basically arguing people should reason like this:
*I think player X is overrated and I hope we dont sign him. Wait what, a twitter account is reporting that we are interested? That changes everything, player X is undoubtedly a generational world class talent and exactly what we need, just pay the fee!!"

With that said, I have nothing against us signing Ait-Nouri, he feels like a good option with big upside if it works out, even if there is some valid concerns as well. I just think the argument "your opinion is obviously wrong since the media is reporting that the club has a different one" is not a very good one unless you are talking to a cult member.
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Well besides the extensive data that gets monitored over weeks, months and years on some players by the bigger clubs who employ departments just to do that and our scouts, there is the fact that whenever you watch a certain player you can just see he has quality is enough? Every transfer this summer that we are looking at seems to some are wrong, player is crap etc? Of course people can have opinions but when genuine data and optics don’t support it then it’s surely ok to accept that the professionals may know more due to due diligence in researching the player?
 
I think the X factor in our recruitment of players — especially true since the world's best coach arrived — is what they will become when they get here, and how long it will take them. Not infrequently, we seem to recruit on the basis of potential. And not infrequently (but not always, see Phillips), it's paid off.
Did anybody who didn't already know a lot about them really think that Días and Rodri, to give just two examples, were going to be quite as good as they became? Honestly? They must have been real in-the-knowers if they did. I never thought that Kyle Walker was any great shakes at Tottenham, to be honest. He was quick, but naive. I certainly didn't think he'd become the player he did. That's due to the quality of the coaching, which in some cases can iron out faults in a player, and of course the team mates and what they bring to a player's game.
There were no risks with Kev. There were no risks with Merlin. There were no risks with Sergio. There were no risks with Bernardo. But you can't always get marquee players like that, who you know are going to deliver right off the bat.
 
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