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Before people get excited keep in mind Conte said only squad players leaving need to be replaced
I.e. Gil or Tanganga
Wink, Ndombele. Lo celso and Regulion will not be replaced
I thought that he stated that he would like two players for every position?
You have to look at the whole rather than just this window in isolation.
Since last Summer, we have signed Romero, Kulusevski, Bentancur, Bissouma, Richarlison, Perisic, Spence, Lenglet, Udogi, Forster.
Of those 9, 5 can be viewed as "definite" first team upgrades, with 3 viewed as either significant squad upgrades or, should they hit their straps, can be upgraded to first team upgrades.
That is significant, and has been done with a clear plan without spending stupid money.
I do have to laugh when the perception of "pushing the boat out" seems to be paying top dollar for every player that random fans "rate."
Paying the highest price rarely equates to the best option, and ambition has nothing to do with expenditure.
Hugo (Forster)
Doh (Emerson / Spence)
Romero (Dav)
Dier (???) >>> Tanganga out?
Davies (Lenglet)
Perisic (Sess)
PEH (Biss)
B'cur (Skipp / Sarr)
Kulu (Lucas)
Kane (Rich)
Son (???) >>> Gil out?
I think Comte will upgrade on Moura and bring in a left sided CB if Paratici can bring those players Conte want's over the line.
I would be very surprised if he doesn't bring in a better player than Moura irrespective of players in and or out. We were close to a couple even with Winks, Gil, Tanganga, Reg, still being here.
He's not better than Kulusevski. He's Depay all over again.They are looking for someone to keep van De Beek company on the bench.
more like a wish version of neymar
For a few on here who keep on talking about a 'first X1' rather than a squad, here is our fixtures over next few months until World Cup :
Playing weekends and mid week every week is the reason why we bought Richarlison as Kane and Son will be rested for several matches.
I was responding on the the basis of numbers.......
I thought you were suggesting that we need to replace TN, GLC, Reg etc.
Good job by Paratici. Managing to sell players, given how skint most European teams are, is a tall order. At least we got salaries off the books for a year. But even if the only thing he had achieved was the Ndombele deal with Napoli, he would still deserve plenty of plaudits! I mean, that was rabbit out of a hat stuff.Clear is out basically done at this point right?
Well done Paratici.
Now bring in a couple more and let's push on.
It's one of the small negatives of Conte being so ruthless.Small bit frustrating that we can't get fees for these players, but Lo Celso, Ndombele and Reguilon are all at teams and leagues that should hopefully rehabilitate their reputations. Not sure what to make of Winks at Sampdoria.. feel like he would have done okay on loan at Everton or Bournemouth for the year.