The Squad planning thread

[Great Kompany]

The should be the easy transfer window with evidence at hand - we are looking at a top champions league winning club trying to revitalise an aging squad with a GOAT manager at the helm of it affairs - the club also made 100s of millions in sale so adhering to pesky FFP PSR laws won’t be an issue.

Last two seasons we have been unlike City with most of our signing being reactive then proactive.
Also I do understand that Pep is the greatest of all time but allowing him again the time to keep delaying his extension or eventual departure is also causing a delay in team upheaval.
I think one way or the other , he should decide whether he stays or goes before the Tottenham game so that the team can rally on for another try at the title while the club Txiki and Viara can take a proper shot at the transfer window to help us escape the injury crises.

I hate this to be another Pelligrini season with the tough wait for the next manager to come in.

 

[sh249]

Imo the biggest problem is the defense and cdm spot.

All of our league wins were due to a strong defensive, which THEN gives your attack a strong foundation to work off.

Yeah. In the space of 18 months we‘ve gone from this:

—-Akanji—Dias—Ake—-
———Rodri—Stones——

to this:

——-—-CB1—-CB2———-
————-Kovacic——Gvardiol
-—Lewis

No great surprise that teams are finding it so easy to cut through us.

 

[Ajm1985]

still dont think he'll kick off or complain about it this season.

Possibly, but he definitely should look for a move away in Jan. No point him staying at all

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Over the next two summers, I think we need:

RB - Livramento, gets better every time I watch him

CB - Fuck knows, but ideally a player with a bit of pace

DM - Zubimendi, no brainer

AM - Wirtz, but I think he’s off to Madrid

RW/LW/ST - A player that can cover across the front, possibly Rodrygo

 

[Gumzy97]

We should raid Real Sociedad,

Zubimendi and Kubo both have release clauses both would improve us.

Aramburu looks a prospect as well 22 year old right back

 

[citizen_maine]

I think one way or the other , he should decide whether he stays or goes before the Tottenham game so that the team can rally on for another try at the title while the club Txiki and Viara can take a proper shot at the transfer window to help us escape the injury crises.

I hate this to be another Pelligrini season with the tough wait for the next manager to come in.

All of that can happen irrespective of what/when he decides

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

People are being far too optimistic about the January transfer window. Fuck all happens in January. No top player will be available

 

[Kippaxpete]

We should raid Real Sociedad,

Zubimendi and Kubo both have release clauses both would improve us.

Aramburu looks a prospect as well 22 year old right back

Agree Zubimendi is definitely worth a punt (assuming he's willing to leave Sociedad) but Kubo? I'm really not sure how the latter improves our current squad other than to add to the numbers.

 

[Kippaxpete]

People are being far too optimistic about the January transfer window. Fuck all happens in January. No top player will be available

Aymeric Laporte and Julian Alvarez say hello.
But yes, I'm being mischievous of course. You're right in that, generally, they're the exceptions proving the rule that it's notoriously difficult to prize away world class players during the January window.

 

[Gumzy97]

People are being far too optimistic about the January transfer window. Fuck all happens in January. No top player will be available

Spain have release clauses , clubs can’t do anything if triggered, Zubimendi has a 60 million clause we just have to trigger it, if he agrees to come.