There might be two or three teams in the world who aren’t short. Every other team has areas which can clearly be upgraded or who can improve their bench.
City, Chelsea (!) and Real Madrid. Everyone else is left « short » .
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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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City, Chelsea (!) and Real Madrid. Everyone else is left « short » .
Not the same thing as being left short.
The question is are there enough players capable of meaningfully executing the manager's tactics to cover all the competitions where the club wishes to compete.
Five years at least since that answer at Spurs has been "yes", during a period of a win-now, short term mentality. Just egregious, unforgivable failure.
It is a bit different now with a longer term mindset under Ange. But we're due some strengthening nonetheless.
That would please Ange
He seems to be quite good at picking the right ball to send in from the right to cause danger. He doesn't just hoof some speculative prayer in there.
I understand why Ange sees a fit there at least.
Hmmm… my view is that the problem hasn’t been Levy « leaving us short » though. The problem has been hiring managers who need a very specific type of expensive player in every position to win football matches (in a boring way).
As I said in April:
And now it is thus.
42 mill euro release clause, not a bad shout at all
£70m for both
View: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1695330085505478988
Liverpool are after Doucoure by the way.
We'll probably wait until next Summer when Eze has 1 year left on his contract.
View: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1695330085505478988
Liverpool are after Doucoure by the way.
We'll probably wait until next Summer when Eze has 1 year left on his contract.
But that's the same thing.
You hire those managers, you give them the tools required.
If Ange is going to accomplish anything, he will also require major investment in well-chosen players.
got a feeling we will get fati for some reason if xavi wants gio so much
big gamble with his injuries
big gamble with his injuries
I can’t make you see the difference between the players Mourinho and Conte required and the players Ange will get a tune out of.
And I can't make you see what utter dogshit those two were forced to make do with.
If it will give you less cognitive dissonance to blame Steve Hitchen rather than Levy, be my guest buddy, neither answer is wrong.
Would definitely be happy with either Naija (Orban/Awoniyi)
Ange on Transfer window: "I reckon there'll be a lot happening before the window shuts. How much I'm going to be involved, I'm not really sure, but I've got a feeling there'll be a fair bit of activity this week."
Ah bless him. You can tell it’s his first transfer window under levy
I’m really unconvinced Orban is gonna do much for us if signed. He’s very small and raw. I view him as a Udogie or Sarr type signing where we keep him on loan another season, he’s far closer to Veliz than coming into start.
We need a striker or winger and CB first.
Good player though, an all rounder like Maddison.
There is still 9 that definitely need to go.
Dier, Tanganga, Spence, Reguilon, Lloris, Austin, whiteman, Ndombele, white.
2 that Possibly need to happen but are injured.
Gil, Sessegnon.
And 2 that if a good offer came in I would be surprised if we didn't sell.
Lo Celso and PEH...we will need to bring another midfielder if they both leave preferably a bit more of an attacking one as we still have Bentancur to come back.
We definitely need to bring in another centre half for cover and an attacker.... I think we should bring in a winger personally and have Son play up top if Richy still isn't up to it, Or see how Veliz is once he settles in.
I just can't see the club giving up on their Richarlison investment yet especially given the pressure that comes with replacing kane
Dier, Tanganga, Spence, Reguilon, Lloris, Austin, whiteman, Ndombele, white.
2 that Possibly need to happen but are injured.
Gil, Sessegnon.
And 2 that if a good offer came in I would be surprised if we didn't sell.
Lo Celso and PEH...we will need to bring another midfielder if they both leave preferably a bit more of an attacking one as we still have Bentancur to come back.
We definitely need to bring in another centre half for cover and an attacker.... I think we should bring in a winger personally and have Son play up top if Richy still isn't up to it, Or see how Veliz is once he settles in.
I just can't see the club giving up on their Richarlison investment yet especially given the pressure that comes with replacing kane
If we have a CF deal that we can pull the trigger on, it really feels like the best future for our 60M investment in Richarlison is a loan deal.
We're on the precipice of Tanguy 2.0 from a market value moveability perspective. I have hit the panic button here.