You don't just pop into Aldi and buy a top class attacking midfielder you know
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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I mean it's all to the good to look for young talents to develop, we should do that too.You don't just pop into Aldi and buy a top class attacking midfielder you know
But we spent Eze-level money inflation adjusted on the likes of Richarlison and Solanke, it's not like we're incapable of spending at that level for proven PL players.
Eze is better than those guys, lower risk, higher reward.
It fits. It's right. This is the player. Get it done.
I agree with you mate
he is a CM & more attack leaning
Still think Gray ends up better than Wharton.
Much better athlete, Wharton is a liability out of possession
We've not signed nobody.
You're more than likely right tbf. We'll probably find a younger, cheaper alternative on lower wages.
Why not? Because DL won't open his wallet?
Interesting that no other clubs have signed him yet.
What would be strategically absurd would be to do that and then spend Eze-level money on a CB or a 6 who is less proven with greater risk. That would just be mismanagement of funds, which a Levy-restricted operation cannot afford.
If you have one big deal to make, do it for the player you know the manager after Frank is going to be enthusiastically putting on the team sheet in 2030 to play in front of a crowd full of people wearing his shirt.
HGH as a kid probably helped a bit
Norgaard deal agreed with Woolwich.
That is a huge statement. Wharton looks the real deal and is currently miles ahead. Archie needs time but next season is crucial for him. He needs to make himself a regular in the team. If he allows 2/3 years go by then he quickly turns into a Winks/Skipp who's 22/23 and not getting enough game time. Then the loans start and before you know it we are celebrating selling him for 10/20m.
That will be fun having him and Frank on opposite sides of the NLD.
Woolwich are fearless about signing older players, that's smart, even if I don't particularly rate Norgaard specifically.
Yeah, €15M signing on fee and €200K in wages.
I reckon the €10M to the parasite has quite a bearing on it as well.
At this age Wharton was still in the championship and Gray looked as good or better in the Championship than Whartons last season at Blackburn even though he was younger.
I wouldn’t spend 100m on Wharton tbh. Love what he can do with the ball but I’ve seen way too many games bypass him because he’s not athletic enough.
Makes sense for them. Less sense for us. Bentancur is a better depth CM than Norgaard imo.
We need a starting quality CM