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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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If we turn from MGW to Palhinha it would be bizarre.. MGW is that complete midfielder who links up midfield and attack, Palhinha very much will just break up play.
We need more dynamism in midfield.
Letting in goals was the bigger problem.
Which again, is a breach of contract. Only way it isn’t is if the release clause is only feasible for a period of time.
We need CMs who can pass the ball and receive under pressure.
Palinha is neither of those.
Hes a good ball winner for a team that sits deep and looks to counter.
At 30 it would be as meh as meh gets imo
Palninha is a decent signing imo (he's limited but we don't have a destroyer like him) but it also indicates that the extra investment was wishful thinking imo
Very few top teams will play with a pure destroyer type at DM and there’s a reason for that. And a reason he hasn’t worked at Bayern.
He would be a decent signing as a midfield option to use in certain situations but if that’s your midfield signing for the summer it’s absolutely shit.
He'd be good away from home against the top half of the league tbf, and in most of our CL games.
Also great option to use from the bench to see games out even if he doesn't start some.
It’s a load of bollox is what it is
If city really bid over the RC, MGW would be a city player
We do miss that profile though. I agree that he's very limited playing through the lines though so would need Bergval/Bentancur/MGW or someone else to drop deep and help with the build up play. But having him sitting while our fullbacks bomb forward does make me feel more comfortable. He will snuff out danger and stop a lot of transitions. We basically played the last decade without a proper DM who's sole purpose was do to that.
I agree. On the ball and playing through the lines he is very limited so we will need another midfielder to do the build up play for him. But he is a proper ball winner and destroyer and I would feel much more confident having him in the team when we are on the front foot with both full backs bombing forward. He would be the ideal profile to break up any counter attacks.
We need a deep lying playmaker who can read the game. The days of the water carrier type that just sits there but offers nothing else feels about 20 years out of date.
Let's see which fish bite.
To me; "water carrier" would be Dembele...... Paulinha is just a basic disruptor that breaks up play.
MGW is a pussio
This is so strange. If the price city was offered by the club, wasn't the release clause amount, but a higher sum. Wouldn't that be a breach of the contract between MGW and the club, at least as bad as the agent slipping Spurs the release clause?
This shit show should lead to a ban of secret release clauses. All should be out in the open.
It was initially used as an insult by Cantona to describe Deschamps. But yeah Paulinha is just a limited blocker and very underwhelming.