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[Ethan23]

No Aguero?

I meant as midfield options ahead of them. Obviously Aguero and Nacho will compete for the one spot up top with Nolito occasionly covering I'd imagine

 

[Ethan23]

It's Kroos OR Thiago if there's even chance of getting one of them

It shouldn't be though. We desperately need two more imo. I think CM and fullbacks need a complete overhaul

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

It shouldn't be though. We desperately need two more imo. I think CM and fullbacks need a complete overhaul

Gundogan , Fernandinho , Kroos/Thiago , Fernando , Delph would be enough not to mention Nasri could do a job in a deeper role

 

[Ethan23]

Gundogan , Fernandinho , Kroos/Thiago , Fernando , Delph would be enough not to mention Nasri could do a job in a deeper role

But Delph and Fernando are nowhere near good enough for a team aspiring to win the champions league. Imagine them anywhere near a Barcelona /madrid/bayern starting 11. Bear in mind Gundogan will miss the start of the season. A long term injury to Fernandinho and we'll be down to the bare bones

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

But Delph and Fernando are nowhere near good enough for a team aspiring to win the champions league. Imagine them anywhere near a Barcelona /madrid/bayern starting 11. Bear in mind Gundogan will miss the start of the season. A long term injury to Fernandinho and we'll be down to the bare bones

Fernando I've grown on as a pure defensive midfielder in a three , you're right about Delph. I just can't see us buying two more centre midfielders

 

[Dax777]

It shouldn't be though. We desperately need two more imo. I think CM and fullbacks need a complete overhaul

No we don't. One more CM is plenty enough.

Let's not forget we still have
Gundogan DeBryune, Silva Nasri Dihno, Delph, Nando and possibly Yaya still on the squad. And with the likey purchase of Nolito and Sane, their wouldn't be playing time outside for any of those 8. So yeah, 1 more is all we can take. And that assumes we move on Yaya, and possibly 1 more.

 

[BlueCityfan]

No we don't. One more CM is plenty enough.

Let's not forget we still have
Gundogan DeBryune, Silva Nasri Dihno, Delph, Nando and possibly Yaya still on the squad. And with the likey purchase of Nolito and Sane, their wouldn't be playing time outside for any of those 8. So yeah, 1 more is all we can take. And that assumes we move on Yaya, and possibly 1 more.

One more CM is correct. But even that requires 1 CM leaving (Yaya). Sane and Nolito means Nasri and Bony have to leave. It seems difficult, since we are not good at selling players.

 

[Ethan23]

No we don't. One more CM is plenty enough.

Let's not forget we still have
Gundogan DeBryune, Silva Nasri Dihno, Delph, Nando and possibly Yaya still on the squad. And with the likey purchase of Nolito and Sane, their wouldn't be playing time outside for any of those 8. So yeah, 1 more is all we can take. And that assumes we move on Yaya, and possibly 1 more.

De Bruyne , Silva, and Nasri are not CM's they are CAMs. Sane and Nolito are wide men/forwards.
Which again only leaves you with a currently injured Gundogan. Fernandinho who is obviously good enough but can't play every game and then Fernando and Delph who are both not good enough.

I'm not even going to count Yaya as his legs have gone and he will not fit in to the Guardiola system

 

[ninjamonkey]

But Delph and Fernando are nowhere near good enough for a team aspiring to win the champions league. Imagine them anywhere near a Barcelona /madrid/bayern starting 11. Bear in mind Gundogan will miss the start of the season. A long term injury to Fernandinho and we'll be down to the bare bones

Fernando is better than Casemiro and he played starring role in Madrids champs league win. Delph is a completely unique scenario to our league due to his homegrown status. We have to sacrifice on quality somewhere because of the sheer lack of quality of players from our country, Barca/Madrid have the luxury of the likes of Pique/Ramos/Alba/Busquets/Iniesta/Morata etc etc that qualify as homegrown and Bayern have it just as good whereas we have to fight with more clubs for considerably fewer and vastly inferior players. For a player that knows he's primarily backup, Delph is perfectly adequate and replacing him with somebody better makes no sense, as it means we'll have to sacrifice quality elsewhere on the pitch. Filling homegrown status with backup players like Delph is the most efficient way of doing it other than backup keepers. Comparing him to a squad player from a top team in Europe is utterly pointless.

 

[Sudkurvv]

As a Bayern supporter, I would love for this move to happen. He's struggled a bit lately (partially due to fitness) and I don't really see his fit in Ancelotti's side. Pep is the only manager to get something out of him and we are in more need of an attacking midfielder. Perfect midfielder for Pep and when paired with a defensive minded-coverage midfielder, he'll excel with Gundogan.