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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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Yeah, Johnson, if we got him for £35m I'd be unbothered either way, but £50m is a pisstake. If that's what it takes to get him we should just forget it, save the cash for some other player in Jan or next summer.

I'm not advocating for Kolo Mouani either, I'm just saying I don't see a clear and obvious upgrade over Son in Brennan Johnson. I personally would have gone in hard for Bowen early in the window (probably wouldn't have been possible but worth a try).

If you want a specific name to go for now instead of Johnson, who might come for under £40m, I'd say Pedro Neto. Not a great finisher or crosser, but is otherwise so so good. Lighting fast, good touch, can turn with the ball, retain possession high up the pitch on his own against multiple tacklers, good one touch tiki taka play, and has energy to run around for 90 mins.

Under Nuno they used sit deep and hoof the ball into the wings in the 90th minutefor him to chase and hold the ball, just to cling on to their slim lead. He did it so so well.

Does everything Johnson does, but with that little extra bit of technical quality and finesse that catches your eye, expect the shooting...

I was honing in on the term "elite"..... Not necessarily now; just an "elite" player who was plausibly available to us this summer.
 
Very strange for us to just announce our "Top Target" no? Even more so with the way we struggle to actually sign our manager's supposed "Top Targets" in the past
 
We won't get a striker imo. We will go all out for Johnson ,who I always thought we would eventually get, and trust him to double up as a striker if needs be (until jan).

Now it's clear Ange wants him I hope we get it done and also bring in a CB.
 
Ange being a big fan of Johnson makes me want him even more now.

At this point we just need to trust him - he's earnt it. This is what backing is even if it's not your desired player that you want.
Not saying at all you're in the wrong here mate, but isn't this INSANE (in a good way ofc!) that pretty much the whole fanbase already has this level of trust and respect for the guy after only THREE GAMES?!? Its absolutely Nuts Nuts when you really think abootit!
 
Not saying at all you're in the wrong here mate, but isn't this INSANE (in a good way ofc!) that pretty much the whole fanbase already has this level of trust and respect for the guy after only THREE GAMES?!? Its absolutely Nuts Nuts when you really think abootit!

It's not just that, his job role at Celtic was also a DOF so he was responsible for targeting and bringing in those players who turned them around, the guy has an eye for talent and knows the market, if he thinks that the some of Kane money is served best on Johnson then I'm willing to trust him.
 
Unless we think Ange told Ali Gold this, we’d have to assume this was fed out by the club.

Ali G isn’t one to just make stuff up.

Ange may be into the idea of Johnson but also feels like a signing of convenience as well.

Feels a bit like club PR hiding behind “Ange’s top priority” because they know the fans would have been hoping for more after selling Kane.

That's deep, maaaaaaan.
 
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