Right back options

richards30 said:
True but there has to be a cap on the transfer fee for homegrown players? Wharton right now would be £100m? We probably get quoted £80-100m by Forest for MGW as well?
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Forcing smaller clubs to sell their top homegrown talent cheaper may be good for us but is obviously not beneficial for the huge majority of clubs. No one is forcing us to pay 100m for anyone.
The big clubs like us have no given right to obtain the smaller clubs best homegrown talent we want without having to pay what they want. Us being in a situation when we more or less have to sign a homegrown player this summer is a result of poor squad planning recently in that area. And nothing is stopping us from buying a cheaper homegrown talent just like Palace did when they signed Wharton who you mentioned for 18m just last year.
 
handsofstone said:
Its not meant for poaching, it's for developing your own talent and giving opportunities

Inflated fees are exactly what it's meant to do

If not the "big" clubs could jsut nick the best English players for nothing screwing the smaller clubs who gave those talents the opportunity
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In this day and age though it’s why players get stuck at clubs and can’t progress at better teams as they end up staying where they are and stagnating? I’m not saying peanuts for English players, just a capped release clause or some way of not making technically worse players more expensive than foreign ones even though they are worse players?
 
I think the Wesley option is always a backup, obviously with him being complemented by a homegrown player. Maybe Eze rather than Gibbs-White? I don't know.

I'm not the only one who thinks this, but either the average player's skill set has improved, or the elite players' skill sets are closer to those of average players. What I mean is that the market doesn't have a huge number of stand-out and attainable players.
 
England could easily field a team of right backs at international level and we cant find one suitable one. Very annoying.

Could we bring in a homegrown second choice, bin ortega and free up a spot for non homegrown right back?
 
I think ortega will go back to Germany be no1 somewhere with a world cup next year. Know I'm gonna get some shit for this but I'd keep nunes at rb he's quick an attacking threat and his defending has improved pep has said he's been happy with his performances lately .Now I know what pep says and what pep thinks are 2 different things but if we can't get the player we want I'd leave it as it is better the devil you know
 
Thnk i'd pivot to him you know, if we get the fuck off from Newcastle

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If Ait Nouri is total fee 40m EUROS as a 24y old promising established PL fullback with 1+1y contract left surely a 28y old Aina 1y contract left cant be that much..
So thats like Rayan 33m pounds total fee with add-ons, prob like 28m£ initial fee.

Aina for a cheeky 25.. lol
 
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richards30 said:
In this day and age though it’s why players get stuck at clubs and can’t progress at better teams as they end up staying where they are and stagnating? I’m not saying peanuts for English players, just a capped release clause or some way of not making technically worse players more expensive than foreign ones even though they are worse players?
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That's the price to pay unfortunately for being the top club, can't have it both ways

But making domestic players cheaper by association would 100% be bad for the league....good for us but bad for the league
 
strudelslol said:
I think the Wesley option is always a backup, obviously with him being complemented by a homegrown player. Maybe Eze rather than Gibbs-White? I don't know.

I'm not the only one who thinks this, but either the average player's skill set has improved, or the elite players' skill sets are closer to those of average players. What I mean is that the market doesn't have a huge number of stand-out and attainable players.
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it’s the 2nd. Don’t wanna start this but someone like Vinicius is considered a top 2 LW. I believe that wouldn’t be the case in let’s say 2015. not even top 7 honestly.
 
richards30 said:
In this day and age though it’s why players get stuck at clubs and can’t progress at better teams as they end up staying where they are and stagnating? I’m not saying peanuts for English players, just a capped release clause or some way of not making technically worse players more expensive than foreign ones even though they are worse players?
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The bigger question is why the richest league in the world, the home of football, the land of huge clubs with massive academy investment, is still not producing more than a couple of dozen players that are technically good enough to start for the top teams
 
richards30 said:
True but there has to be a cap on the transfer fee for homegrown players? Wharton right now would be £100m? We probably get quoted £80-100m by Forest for MGW as well?
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Hmm I wonder how there‘s apparently no talent in the championship. Do we even look for players in that league? There should be a bargain Player who could make it if given the chance.
Also the cap would kill smaller clubs.
FromPollockToSilva said:
The bigger question is why the richest league in the world, the home of football, the land of huge clubs with massive academy investment, is still not producing more than a couple of dozen players that are technically good enough to start for the top teams
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Because they don’t really get a chance sadly.
 
King Jay said:
Because they don’t really get a chance sadly.
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That is certainly part of it. Even the poorest Premier League clubs can afford to sign players from across the world

I just look at the conveyor belt of talent in France especially and we seem to be miles off producing the volume of talent that they are right now. But it could just be that they're all languishing in elite clubs' reserve teams or going on unproductive loans to clogger Championship sides
 
FromPollockToSilva said:
That is certainly part of it. Even the poorest Premier League clubs can afford to sign players from across the world

I just look at the conveyor belt of talent in France especially and we seem to be miles off producing the volume of talent that they are right now. But it could just be that they're all languishing in elite clubs' reserve teams or going on unproductive loans to clogger Championship sides
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I think Ligue 1 clubs have to give their youth players a chance. Not just to make money but because they just don’t have the same amount of money as PL clubs. Top clubs in the PL can easily buy players for 100M if something doesn’t work while ligue 1 teams can’t.

Now when you look at our club. We are going to be stacked EVERYWHERE. The moment Livramento and possibly MGW joins there is 0% change that a youth player can make it. We’ve already found our CB replacements for Akanji, Stones and Ake in Bah, Khusanov and Reis. I honestly don’t see any talent coming through without giving up a set of players.
 
Damien10 said:
You know who the top target is.

Now for a name that’s not been mentioned in the press, but behind the scenes he’s been mentioned…

Malo Gusto.
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Hes a great shout, Maresca keeps making him play inside which he cant do, Chelsea mates are usually screaming every game about it in the chat. lol
 
Damien10 said:
You know who the top target is.

Now for a name that’s not been mentioned in the press, but behind the scenes he’s been mentioned…

Malo Gusto.
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How much to pry him from Chelsea though? Pulling players from big clubs is always difficult. Maybe less so with them because of how many options they have, but still.
 
FromPollockToSilva said:
The bigger question is why the richest league in the world, the home of football, the land of huge clubs with massive academy investment, is still not producing more than a couple of dozen players that are technically good enough to start for the top teams
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Wonderful question
1. Pep doesn’t rate the kids unless their Foden level or somehow gets attached to them like Rico
2. The academy is a cash cow - it’s makes the books look good.
3. I’m sure there’s decent players there but we’ll never know
 
The fact that O’Reilly might barely get game time next season despite his display of games says it all. Neves or Doue would’ve never started for us.
 
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