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Transfers January 2022 - Transfer Window

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Igula said:
I don't get the fit.

He is a right winger that is on big wages and out injured all the time. Under someone who is playing with a front 3 maybe, he is a clear upgrade on Moura, but in Conte's 3-5-2 I don't see the fit. I don't think he scores enough to play in the front 2 or has the skills to play in the midfield.

Maybe as a RWB but he doesn't seem like a player that would want to do the tracking back needed. Although his attacking ability would be intriguing in that role.
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We can play 3-4-3 though as we are at the moment? He's the upgrade on Lucas, now that Bergwijn will most likely leave.
 
Raumdeuterz said:
He seems pretty wedded to the 3-4-3 at the moment .. think he prefers that in the Prem, might be simply due to our personnel issues but I wouldn't be surprised if he continues with it. If we were to get a genuinely good goal-scoring forward on the right and then have Adama bombing forward on the overlap I think it could work .... big defensive worries though so we'd need to balance that out. Could be a good utility player.

Say we sold Berg for 20m or whatever, if we then went and got Adama for 30 I'm very happy. Big upgrade.
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I think it is because we struggle to have two MFers to play in the 3-4-3 let alone 3 for his preferred 3-5-2. I think, hope, that when we are able to bring in players he will switch to the 3-5-2. It is Conte's preferred system, works much better for Son and Kane as well.

If we are sticking with a 3-4-3 we need even more changes than I think we do for the 3-5-2 and expensive changes as Kane will have to be moved on.
 
Darnswim said:
We can play 3-4-3 though as we are at the moment? He's the upgrade on Lucas, now that Bergwijn will most likely leave.
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As I mentioned in my post above a 3-4-3 doesn't really work with what we have and Conte only played it at Chelsea because of the players he had, everywhere else he went with the 3-5-2 and brought in players to fit that system.

If we move to a 3-4-3 not only do we need two new CB starters, 3 players (two starters in the MF) but we also need to not only bring in depth in the forward ranks but bring in a replacement for Kane as a 3-4-3 is a terrible system for him.
 
We’ve got enough thick as shit footballers. We don’t want another one in Adama Traore. We don’t want any more sick note lazy fuckers like Dembele from Barcelona. Our scouting is bad but it’s not that bad!
 
Sir Archibald Crooks said:
Superb counter argument. Other than pace and muscles what does he bring?
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He's one of the best dribblers in the league and the stats reflect that. His ball control is excellent, so he's not just pace and muscles, and the fundamentals of a technically gifted player are all there. He was trained in La Masia ffa, he's not just a kick and run player.

His issues are he can't shoot for shit and he makes terrible decisions, but technically he's otherwise very good.
 
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