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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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So we are entering the most emotional time of the year. Everyone prepare yourselves.

I don't want the same histrionics we saw during the last week of the last few Transfer windows. Let's all try to compose ourselves and keep the suicide threats to a minimum. Always remember to connect with family/friends and go outside for regular walks. I'm leaving a link below for those of you who need someone to talk to. If we stick together, we can get through this week.


I heartily recommend having one of these on standby.....

(Stick an Ange mask on it and you're golden)

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I suspect the answer is Udogie was either playing a system close to Angeball in Italy last season and/or has adapted more quickly to Angeball than Porro who is still trying to forget Conteball requirements of a wingback which had no requirement for the RWB to move into midfield.

So I guess Porro will get better at Angeball the more he plays - although atm, I think Udogie is just the far superior player who at aged 20 looks a potential superstar, and that might be a factor that differentiates Porro and Udogie, but after 3 games its too soon to make that call.
I'd actually say Udogie has stepped up bigtime in his role as lb, and that Udinese didn't utilize his comfort on the ball quite enough in games. I kind of worried a bit watching him at times, in that Cb's often ignored him as a short passing option (though probably mentioned here before that it was prob tactical, not his shortcoming) and his role was more as a ball carrier and arriving in the box. Didn't know he was so adept in possession, short passes, flicks around the corner. But yeah, Udogie looks like a star so far, unreal signing whatever the price.
 
4 days left. If Ange wasn’t this good we would be fuming. It’s total incompetence once again.
Total incompetence that we got 3 quality starters addressing 3 key areas in the first XI?

I can understand if you said "we haven't addressed all areas and it would be a bit of a letdown if we don't address all of them," but "total incompetence?"

This is why some of you get slagged off. You have no concept of perspective. It's either black or white.
 
Johnson is faster and is a better finisher. His movement is also so far ahead of Gil's its like there's a massive age gap.

He absolutely is ahead of Gil in development by a mile and to argue any different is delusional imo.

Gil when given the chance(which I admit isn't much) hasn't shown anything really. He's also so physically slight that he probably won't be in consideration to start any meaningful game for a long time.

Gil’s only chance recently was the match against Palace last season and he looked lively. You can see the potential.

You don’t buy a player like Gil for Conte but you don’t sell a player like Gil with Ange in charge.
 
Just YouTube scouting, but Johnson's finishing looks impressive. A lot of his goals weren't tap ins.

Not sure about 50 million but if Ange thinks he fits, we got to back the big man.
 
£50m for Johnson is a lot but he offers us a proper out and out pacey winger. Beyond that he will give Kulusevski genuine competition. That is just as important, if Johnson is stuck on the bench because Kulusevski is playing out of his skin to keep him there then the transfer has done it’s job.

It’s why we also need one more CB beyond just injury cover, competition for places will help us big time. Look at our midfield depth with Maddison, Lo Celso, Bissouma, Bentancur, Sarr, Skipp and Hojbjerg. That is proper good.
The thing is he seems to be a bit of a sidestep from Kulu, and for £50m it doesn't seem worth it. He seems to be in the not-so-sweet spot of being highly rated and expensive but not actually that highly rated or productive.

Stinks of a Sessegnon or Spence type flop.
 
The thing is he seems to be a bit of a sidestep from Kulu, and for £50m it doesn't seem worth it. He seems to be in the not-so-sweet spot of being highly rated and expensive but not actually that highly rated or productive.

Stinks of a Sessegnon or Spence type flop.

He's proven to have been able to play at a much higher level than both of them.

The comparison should likely be Anthony Gordon. Both of the same age, both very hyped before being linked with big money moves away to both Tottenham and Chelsea before another club stepped in.

And even then, Brennan Johnson has done a lot better in this league than Gordon has- but Newcastle fans seem to love him?
 
Bizarre that anyone who saw yesterday would say we did not as an absolute priority need a striker and then a player the combo of Sarr/Hjojberg or a returning and fit Bentancur.
We have taken 57 shots combined in all our matches. Richie had 4 of them. It's not like he gets 5-6 a game and whiffs on every single one. The problem is not so much him, as it is the service he is getting. I don't know how a different striker would change that.
 
We've needed a decent option at RW for a while now, so I'm ok with getting Johnson for that role.

It's a squad game and your rotation options have to give your starters some competition.
 
Why are you ok with this? You are literally Levy’s wet dream. Like you say, we badly need a forward because Richarlison just doesn’t cut it and we sold Harry for 100 mil, so what is the excuse? If we sign zero players now, I think most Spurs fans will be angry at Levy once again leaving us short. I’m fully expecting him to just do that.
A realistic post countered by the Levy haters as "Levy's wet dream." And then you wonder why we call you muppets.
 
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