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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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How Dry should our Powder be?

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daveyboy88 said:
realistically its his last year. madrid will have him next year.

the only glimmer of hope of him staying is if it all falls apart at madrid which it maybe could, and we have a stormer....odds of both of that happening are extremely slim.

romero should be made captain now!! that may also help. do what you can to keep players like that. he should be captain anyway.
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Give the captaincy to a guy who can't even speak English, brilliant
 
Bloodbath said:
Filled in admirably last season.
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Did he? Because our slump started when he filled in for VDV, and when Udogie got injured and he was supposed to play LB, he was the main reason why we lost the NLD (alongside the referee). I respect Ben Davies, but last season he was absolutely atrocious. I'd keep him only for the random Europa League game and as a dressing room leader, but that's about it.
 
daveyboy88 said:
realistically its his last year. madrid will have him next year.

the only glimmer of hope of him staying is if it all falls apart at madrid which it maybe could, and we have a stormer....odds of both of that happening are extremely slim.

romero should be made captain now!! that may also help. do what you can to keep players like that. he should be captain anyway.
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You have no idea whether it’s his last year or not 🤣
 
Shadydan said:
Age doeent really matter in his case he's clearly good enough to get mins this season with Maddison and tbh I don't even think we play with a strict 10, Maddison and Bergvall play similar roles (6/8/10).

I feel the need for Eze is a bit forced, it bring us more questions then answers.
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We’ve only seen Bergvall in pre season. I’m excited by him but holding fire on the pressure of being Maddison rotation until he’s played prem minutes. I definitely wouldn’t overload him with regular 90mins anytime soon
 
Richard Arlison said:
I love Ben Davies the pro.

Ben Davies the player is reliable but he’s not an option at LB or LCB for a team looking

We’ve only seen Bergvall in pre season. I’m excited by him but holding fire on the pressure of being Maddison rotation until he’s played prem minutes. I definitely wouldn’t overload him with regular 90mins anytime soon
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I don't think we need to overload him with mins though, but he's clearly good enough to play some early EL matches, cup matches and partial PL mins.

Side note I honestly don't know why people (not you) are playing down Bergval's ability, maybe it's because of his age and the cost and that he's not an 'established' player but he's as good as anyone to put pressure on Maddison, he's a ridiculous talent.
 
TheSpurEst said:
Umm...

Again - I agree we should have done more...

But?!?
MARGINALLY better compared to previous full season :eek: ?

You do realize we signed Dragusin and Werner in Jan. Both are here this time for the full season.
We signed new starting CF in Solanke. It seems Spence will be kept around too.
We signed two players of strong potential in Gray and Bergvall. Plus remains to be seen who from the academy/own youth will be integrated to first team (potentially Moore, Devine, Donley, Lankashear).

On flipside we've lost PEH and Royal from those who got any substantial minutes.

So once more -
ADDED - Solanke, Gray, Bergvall for whole season and half season worth of Dragusin and Werner + potental youth players and reintegration of Spence.
LOST - PEH and Royal
From first-choice players we added 1 lost 0. Squad players lost 2, added 5.

How is that marginal?
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I don't know how to respond to this
 
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