Lo Celso dele and Ndombele leaving will be like 3 new signings
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Transfers January 2022 - Transfer Window
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not bentancur then
Defending Ndombele = credibility destroyed.
Zakaria was going to be the next big thing but it has never happened. If he really was a beast he wouldn't be moving on for less than he cost Moenchengladbach. Bayern looked at him and said no thanks.
Last season he was "closely monitored" by all the top clubs, including Spurs - which shows that at times it is hard to predict the development of even players considered to be top talents
Uh they're delighted he's leaving them. They've thought these two players are shit for years, they haven't suddenly turned on them. They might be pissed off if they lost De Ligt, Chiesa, Dybala etc, but Bentancur and Kulusevski? They couldn't give two shits. They're delighted, we've just funded their Vlahovic transfer, happy days.
I thought the criteria for this window should have been 1 or 2 first team players, by which i mean replacing a couple of Emerson, Davies, Winks, Hojbjerg, even Moura (which Diaz would have done) in the starting 11. I really hope i'm wrong but i just dont see that we've achieved that. Kuluveski, 21 on a loan deal with an option, ok, for the longer term maybe worth a punt. The midfield bloke just looks like another add on to our underwhelming midfield options. Feels like we've shuffled the squad a bit and hope for the best. None of our rubbish leaving permanently isnt great either. If this is our window its a 2/10 from me.
We brought in a CM - hoping that Ndombele and Lo Celso move on so we needed an extra body in there. Not as creative a cm as I'd personally like but Conte has shown by playing Hojbjerg and Skipp together that he's ok without creativity
He's also brought in someone who can add creativity to the team - and who Conte wanted before he went to Juve. With just Kane, Son, Moura and Bergwijn (and Gil who is not experienced enough) in attack the extra body was needed.
Is it enough ? No not in terms of numbers or preferred quality, but January windows are like that, 2 players in is decent, especially if we can lose a few we don't want (cough, Ndombele, Lo Celso). Sure I'd like a RWB and an extra striker, but getting 4 decent players in January would be a minor miracle
Let's agree to disagree and leave it.
I suspect it's actually somewhere in the middle. The idea Lamela was worth anymore than £10m with his history is wishful thinking.
What scares me, is if a little kid from Spain was valued at 20-30m what are we getting for 20m in Bentacour.
So disappointed by these two, unreal.
It may not be the most creative, but our midfield will certainly be industrious and not fun to play against...
Hojbjerg, Skipp, Bentancur, Winks
Agents Serge and Forth clearly doing a job on GLC!
You're a bit of a broken record. If you haven't anything new to add why bother.
the four horseman
Having an extended loan allows a player to be signed for a much longer period - 18 month loan, 5 year contract with +1 year option - theoretically gives you 7.5 years. All good if he turns out to be a quality player and still gives the option of ditching him if he does not.
Getting rid of deadwood is now a massive problem for many EPL clubs, loan to buy with luck avoids that risk, although some players play well until they get a contract and then form drops of a cliff, let's hope we haven't got two more of them.
To be honest, when we signed him, he'd just had a pretty successful season in Ligue 1 and in the CL. But, talent isn't everything and it was already out there that his character wasn't the best. I suppose our scouting team was aware of that, but someone must have thought it'd get sorted under Poch. It didn't, it's proper backfired. And for 50-60mil, that's a costly error.
But now we have a chance to send him back to a weaker league, where he might come back to life, helping us recoup some of that cash.
So let's wait and see. Might not all be lost
If I was paying a player 300k+ a week I'd give him 6-12 months MAX to show he's worthy, or he's being sold ASAP, even if there's a language barrier. I've signed the guy to play football at a very high standard for that money, not for him to become a master linguist or whatever. Being in a different country and around different team mates, unless the place is absolutely toxic, shouldn't effect your footballing ability and contribution in the slightest! Unless, you're a striker and being played as a makeshift CB! :contethumb:
Fair enough, he looks pretty impressive to me, but I guess we'll see over the next season.
I'm really curious to know if Conte has picked these guys out, though, I don't see how they move the needle right now. We already have everything these guys seem to bring. Losing Gil and getting these in seems like a backward step (not that Gil was making stuff happen, but he clearly has potential).
Ok, I respect your opinion. However a good proportion of our buys have been relative failures. I think man for man, judging of a player has been a win or not, we are about the same.
Also, we get far better value for money, most of the time. Sure, they have done some great deals. So have we though, Reggie for that price is a steal. Is Stevie half the player Pulisic is at half the cost? I don’t think so!
Yes, they are in a different league to us financially, but we punch above our weight. I think they screw up just as much as we do. Drink water anyone? Barkley? Selling Lukaku and buying him back?
