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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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About trimming the squad, I firmly believe Perisic will be released if Johnson comes. Win win situation for club and player and obviously you have problems with five more players who should go. My guess is: Lloris, Perisic, Ndombele for sure. Doubt Hojbjerg would go.
 
Why not?

We are playing 1 game a week all season effectively and Bentancur returns in a couple of months, that's 5 midfielders for now and 6 by November.
Nah we definitely need at least 1 midfielder if that happens. There's no guarantee that Bentancur will be the same player he was when he's match fit, who knows how long that could take.
 
Do you propose to kidnap N’Dombele and handcuff him to a plane seat?
SOME OF THEM DONT WANT TO GO.
It really isn’t that hard to follow. Your employer threatens to send you to a location that you regard as shit. You’re in a fixed-term contract. You’re going to get paid anyway and your relationship with him is both beyond repair and immaterial to your well-being.
You tell your employer to FUCK OFF. Try it. It’s invigorating.
Then pay up the contract and fuck them off. At the very least say you'll be playing with the u21s at best and not allow them anywhere near the squad. We must be able to incentivise them to leave somehow
 
Why not?

We are playing 1 game a week all season effectively and Bentancur returns in a couple of months, that's 5 midfielders for now and 6 by November.

That'd leave us with

No recognised #6 outside of Bissouma (Who leaves for the AFCON and could miss potentially 6 games, I say no recognised because Skipp has yet to actually play there under Ange in 7 games inc pre-season) and midfield options of Bissouma, Sarr, Maddison, Skipp, Bentancur, Lo Celso (2 of which disappear to Africa in January).

We would have to get someone in, in my opinion. I imagine we may go big for Connor Gallaghe
 
LM = LW?

If you're playing in a 433 then there is a significant difference.

My point all along is that if you (we) pay 70m (possibly more!) for a player you play them in their primary position.
Yeah I’m sure a skillfull, intelligent player like eze who’s particularly strong at running at players with pace is going to be lost playing LW, just because it’s not exactly the same as LM. Pretty ridiculous to suggest there’s a significant
difference, especially as one managers 4-3-3 can be completely different to the next managers.

He’s played 1/3 of his career out wide, spending on quality players who can play more than one position is only beneficial to us.
 
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