Agree. The only trouble is if we can’t get better for the funds available.
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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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He’s worth what someone will pay.
Has a year left on his deal
What do they want for Toney?
They are a club going places, we should not get to despondent. We know how the club operates, acting like a corner shop.
We generate more revenue than villa, but their owners are not ditherers or shy to make bold moves.
Time to sit back and wait until this reign is over, its all we can do now.
Do you want us to take less for Sanchez to get him off the books and pay less to get a new centre back through the doors? Can’t have it both ways apparently.
It's not a flawed question at all.
We have a 60m striker who's never had a run of games in that position and the clubs sixth top goalscorer of all time capable of playing the position needed in this system. It's not feasible to go and spend our sum on a striker.
If we sold Kane. I'd be fucking furious if we didn't use that money to strengthen the overall squad and instead spunk it on one player.
We can barely afford two centre backs as it is (or atleast unwilling to do so). So selling Kane isn't going to allow us to go and sign a Martinez in the first place.
We'd be best off going out and gambling on Doku and letting him and Solomon develop on that wing.
I have a feeling that the only CBs we're going to sell this window is Sanchez and Rodon
Doku, Gnonto, Bynoe-Gittens, Lauriente. These are the types I'd be gambling on to compete with Solomon on the left.
Son and Richarlison as forwards for this season whilst we head out and scout the upcoming talent we make a big bid for next summer.
Kulusevski and Gil for the right side as well as the likes of Porro too
This doesn’t make any sense at all.
- We need CBs regardless of Kane leaving
- If PEH goes his transfer fee goes towards paying for a replacement (if that necessary)
- The requirement you’ve listed for a wide forward could easily be solved if we kept Son there and bought a CF.
What you’re saying is you see Son as a striker and want transfers dictated by that? That’s fine, but requirements at CB and CM do not and should not impact this. If Kane goes we need a forward (whether wide or CF). The choice should be dictated by the quality of what’s available and what Ange wants, not some notion that Son is going to be the perfect forward for us this season when there are many reasons to believe that might not be the case.
No, it's not. Especially if it's about Kane.
Until Raya walks on a free and they miss out on 25-30 million.
Historically we’ve always been well matched with Villa in terms of size
We also pay taxes. Should we expect our government to tell us when our military is going to attack another country?
That we're unwilling to spend money on. If we did, we'd have had them both wrapped up by the time the tickets were stamped for Australia.
Kane going frees up that cash...
Absolutely. Which doesn't help our need to sign two centre backs...
No one seems to be able to name an affordable striker, when taking into consideration the majority of our funds will be going on centre backs, who will come in and score 20+ goals in all comps.
Kane going frees up the funds to strengthen the squad. Two new centre backs, depth elsewhere for outgoing players and a wide forward.
Why gamble on a wide forward instead of a CF I think is the question?
Why Doku over Toney for example (outside of the ban)?
You need to stop referencing the “6th highest scorer in our history” too, when 95% of those goals were scored playing a position you suggest moving him from.
Look I’m not against giving Richy a run and as I said I can see some logic in playing Son through the middle, what I find incredibly naive about your analysis is that you seem to think Son can play effectively as a CF for a whole season for this team, when his back to goal and hold up play is horrific.
We know we’re going to play better football and have the ball more, but there are always times when you need an outlet. It doesn’t mean we need a lump, it means we need more than Son offers in that area.
It’s a huge risk.
They seem willing to do that, I'm not saying their stance is correct though.
