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Option to buy? Eek .. really hope we don't get stuck with him for years.
But the pot isn’t unlimited regardless of whose money it is. Overpaying by 10m on Peter means there is 10m less to spend on Paul.
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Raphinha* would tick that box though.
Being able to dribble past people and score would add a different dimension to our attack; Son Kulu Kane Raph, 4 ppl for 3 positions, would improve our first XI.
Would like at least one signing which is stardust. Apart from YB the others don’t get your pulse raising. Ok perisic is good but his 32/33. One magic player is needed. We still wouldn’t have that player where we have plenty of the ball deep in the opposition half and need to find the killer pass. Hence I have said May be we should get ericksen for such games or go for raphina or neves. Need a player who is gonna provide some magic.Richarlison, Bremer, Spence, Bissouma, Perisic , Forster. Are we happy with this if this is the final outcome of our window?
He’s referring to Woolwich palace opening game.
In the context i just used.... That's just improving the bench.
Hugo......I want the first XI improved wherever possible.
??? / Rom / Dier / ??? / Perisic
+1 / Bissouma
Kulu / Kane / Son
100%?still don’t understand it. I’m sure with the WC coming players prbly don’t want to be flogged to death before it. So rotation will be key.By "creative mid"; considering us a 343 team for the most part; what position specifically are you guys talking about?
I can't see some high grade player wanting to be little more than a plan B and thus spend 3/4 of the season without a sniff.......
This is why Eriksen would have been so ideal; could have rotated with Kulu and also dropped into a 3 on the odd time we made a switch to 352.
That list puts our big “flops” into perspective!Arse always spend a fuck ton of money and £150m in 2022 is nothing like it was in in 2012 when they started really throwing it about.
Let's not forget this is the Arse that spent:
£72m on Pepe
£57m on PEH (and gave him away)
£50m on Ben White
£48m on Lacazette and lost him on a free
£45m on Partey who never plays
£42m on Ozil and paid him to leave
£38m on Xhaka who get's sent off and is suspended as often as he plays
£38m on Sanchez who they swapped for some one i can't spell and lost for sod all
£37m on Mustafi - £37m!!!
£31m for Odegaad who is bang average
£31m for Fabio Viera - no one knows who he is
£27m on Saliba who has been on loan for 27 years and won't come back
£26m on Torreira - has he been held captive by drug lords as I haven't seen him?
I haven't even been selective here - that is 13 of their 14 biggest fees with the 14th being the unpronounceable Mkhitaryan who they swapped Sanchez for.
They throw money about every summer and it rarely gets them anything. Arse and Everton make our spending look brilliant.
I think Raphinha is better than Kulu, but if we signed him it wouldn't be one or the other; 4 attackers sharing 3 spots is every much in 'first XI' territory when competing for trophies.In the context i just used.... That's just improving the bench.
Hugo......I want the first XI improved wherever possible.
??? / Rom / Dier / ??? / Perisic
+1 / Bissouma
Kulu / Kane / Son