He kept us up, when we looked absolutely doomed?
That's not to say I don't have reservations about next season either. Although that's more to do with the club as a whole rather than DeZerbi as a manager.
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That's not to say I don't have reservations about next season either. Although that's more to do with the club as a whole rather than DeZerbi as a manager.
Rumours is it’s Chelsea and Liverpool. Shows what having a top manager in this case who has already worked with him does. Brighton tried to start a bidding war and it failed cos the player only wants us.
Hes definitely better at playing out from the back, de Zerbi style
Those are his city wages?
I’m sure v were offering him pretty fucking close to 200k pw to come
Romero is quality and will be do really well in a disciplined side that controls the game - with good players.
Agree VH suits us better
Diomande is ending up at Liverpool most likely
Mitoma is old and broken
The others are interesting for sure. Pulisic is probably not durable enough for the PL.
Ndiaye might end up Savio’s replacement at City
I think our next 'winger' signing will be more of an inside forward than a traditional winger. Somebody similar to Greenwood who can play wide and move centrally to create passing lanes and recieve the ball on the turn.
Both gakpo and marmoush fit this bill?
He made three or four big mistakes in the last few weeks of the season that resulted in goals which Romero would have been crucified far.
Always thought Van Hecke was decent but not great, might go up a level with a move but the valuation with one year left is wild. Hes a good player and will be a good signing but footballing wise Romero is better. The fans have turned on Romero so it’s probably the right thing to do anyway.
The numbers I had seen suggest around 120k per week.
It’s shouldn’t be considered in terms of the valuation of a player with a year left. we will be paying what we value him at in terms of helping RDZ implement his system.
Numbers aren't everything. Johnson's numbers were decent in the 3 seasons prior to him being sold (2 at Spurs, 1 at Forest) but most fans were begging to get rid.
I suppose at some point we do need to just add some more reliable sources of goals to the team, though. And Gakpo is better than Johnson.
Would still only buy if it's a good deal. Not someone we should break the bank for.
Anyone wanting Gakpo needs to talk to a pool fan, every single pool fan I know hates him.
Have a quick scan of this and you'll get an idea what they think of him
Have a quick scan of this and you'll get an idea what they think of him
True, if he turns out to be a great centre half for us it will look cheap I guess. would just like us to be a bit smarter with the funds available. Still alot of work to be done in midfield and up front. if we’re blowing 400m and sales on top, fair enough.
I agree. We need a reliable source of goals and the market for that in terms of PL proven is rather tiny.
Not particularly exciting at all but we need somebody more established and proven.
Not so sure about this. Romero is one of the best passers from CB in the world and would have been perfect for RDZ’s style.
Van Hecke’s stats in this regard are better but a lot has to do with Romero playing under a terrorball merchant who negated the midfield entirely.
Van Hecke also has mistakes in him - I think he made more critical errors last season than Romero has is his entire premier league career…but again, that may be due to the high-risk-high-reward system that Brighton play.
For me it’s just frustrating if we are binning Romero off now…he’s my favourite Spurs player. But if it’s RDZ / Romero’s choice - I can’t argue with that too much.
It would hurt to see him at Utd though.
Pool fans are always crying.
I read that first page and they shit on the same players that were very very good for them in previous seasons. Suddenly after a poor season of not getting what they want they decide gravenberch is turd when a couple of seasons ago he was the best player in the world!
Anyway. Gakpo is not a world class player by any means but not exactly a hugely exciting one either. He does do some good work....
On 13/01/2026 at 14:21, The Woolster said:
Compared to Mane, who I think we all agree was very hard working...
Tackles:
Gakpo - 1.28 per 90
Mane - 1.24 per 90
Tackles won:
Gakpo - 0.75 per 90
Mane - 0.84 per 90
Blocked passes:
Gakpo - 0.87 per 90
Mana - 0.8 per 90
Blocked shots:
Gakpo - 0.14 per 90
Mane - 0.03 per 90
Interceptions:
Gakpo - 0.51 per 90
Mane - 0.4 per 90
Clearances:
Gakpo - 0.58 per 90
Mane - 0.36 per 90
And according to that thread he's on 250k p/w. We shouldn't be touching him with a bargepole on those wages (not that I wanted him regardless).
Consistently underwhelming
If we’re signing a senior, established LWF, they need to replace Son’s numbers.
Dude, it's Harry Wilson, not Harry Kane
His "big wage deal" will probably be £70k a week.