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Brizzle said:
Jota is done. I love him, but his performances have fallen off a cliff. We need to recycle the squad in places it isn't up to scratch and he is someone who still has some level of resale value that we should upgrade
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I agree, but for me the priority is still getting rid of Nunez. Jota hanging around doesn't really bother me that much.
 
Modo said:
Hasn't had a good season, but gave us a few good moments. Saved our asses on more than one occasion.

Palace winner
Fulham equaliser
Forest equaliser
Everton winner

That's basically all the goals he scored 🤣
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Maybe if he wasn’t so shit we wouldn’t have been in trouble most of those games.
 
peterhague said:
I haven't seen a single striker target who doesn't have some serious objection attached to him. Even Isak has his injury problems and age against him. Unless the club manages to unearth some gem from South America or somewhere, then we're going to have to pick our poison.

The only viable alternative I can think of would be to just deliberately sign a substandard placeholder like David, accept that would be a weak point in the team, and spend the money elsewhere.
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This guy:

Probably the next in the line of the short stocky great South American striker. Still in his development phase though, but I think you'll really see him explode over the next 2 years


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH0kOR9Qs3Y
 
I think we’re only making 3 signings this summer - CF, LB & RB, with Nunez, Trent & Tsimikas leaving.

Only one of those I’d consider a first team regular.

If we can squeeze a fourth player it’ll likely be a CB.

The caveat to that is if we get massive offers for Quanash, Harvey, Jota and Diaz and then use that to fund a replacement - but I wouldn’t even be certain that replacement would come in this window and I don’t think we’d let more than 2 leave in the same window.

Like if we got a £40m offer for Quansah and used that to buy Huijsen, that’s probably as close to a no-brainer.l as you can get.

i think @peterhague is spot on when he says we need to keep churn to a minimum - the more we change the greater the risk of drop off because aside from Virgil & Mo (given we all expect Robbo to step back a bit), the backbone of the team is in prime years.

I’m a big believer in getting the right player in regardless of the cost - as long as the numbers stack up - and our finances look like we can afford £200m in transfers and 3 players in the £100-£150 wage range.

Like - if we absolutely think Alvarez is “the one” - we know he can perform in the PL, if he wants to come and Atletico say £120m - just fucking pay it, use Nunez to bring the cost down or flog him to Saudi for as much as we can and have Jota sit on the bench.

The cost doesn’t concern me - the quality of the player does.

We’ll target, like we always do, players aged 21-25 that have more than one seasons worth of data showing good performances in decent league.
 
StevieM said:
I think we’re only making 3 signings this summer - CF, LB & RB, with Nunez, Trent & Tsimikas leaving.

Only one of those I’d consider a first team regular.

If we can squeeze a fourth player it’ll likely be a CB.

The caveat to that is if we get massive offers for Quanash, Harvey, Jota and Diaz and then use that to fund a replacement - but I wouldn’t even be certain that replacement would come in this window and I don’t think we’d let more than 2 leave in the same window.

Like if we got a £40m offer for Quansah and used that to buy Huijsen, that’s probably as close to a no-brainer.l as you can get.

i think @peterhague is spot on when he says we need to keep churn to a minimum - the more we change the greater the risk of drop off because aside from Virgil & Mo (given we all expect Robbo to step back a bit), the backbone of the team is in prime years.

I’m a big believer in getting the right player in regardless of the cost - as long as the numbers stack up - and our finances look like we can afford £200m in transfers and 3 players in the £100-£150 wage range.

Like - if we absolutely think Alvarez is “the one” - we know he can perform in the PL, if he wants to come and Atletico say £120m - just fucking pay it, use Nunez to bring the cost down or flog him to Saudi for as much as we can and have Jota sit on the bench.

The cost doesn’t concern me - the quality of the player does.

We’ll target, like we always do, players aged 21-25 that have more than one seasons worth of data showing good performances in decent league.
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I think the same. I feel we will go all in for Alvarez. We were ready to pay 100 million plus for Caicedo. So, it's not beyond our reach to go a bit more for a striker who can play in a fluid front three, has PL experience and two feet. He will have a point to prove to City, and that needle will always help. I feel we will go in for an LB over an RB, though. I feel Jota and Diaz will stay unless we get a massive Saudi bid, particularly for Jota.

Diaz is on dirt-cheap wages for his profile, and he will be in his 30s by the time this contract ends. So we are better off letting him go for free. I know his dad has been publicly pining for Barca, but I don't see Barcelona needing another winger now. But who knows, stranger things have happened.

I wouldn't be surprised if we took a couple of opportunistic Calvin Ramsay-style punts to cover homegrown needs and add more bodies to the squad.
 
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