Wharton Earth

[Squiggles]

I like him a lot, more towards the £65M than £80M, though, but fuck knows how much anybody is worth anymore. We blew the market even further.

 

[Best Believe It]

I'll bet he's chomping at the bit to be a deep-lying playmaker in a side with no movement ahead of him.

 

[tomasjj]

He wouldn’t be 70 million improvement on Macca. Should not be a priority.

 

[Glen C]

Unless we are buying a DM as well then i don't see the point. Can they not see what we need in the team?

 

[Brizzle]

@Brizzle great thread title.

Many thanks. Barely even interested in the topic, just didn't want to miss an opportunity

 

[Hansern]

PTG claiming we're not actively pursuing Wharton

 

[BishBashBosh]

With the likely exits in the summer of Gomez and Robertson, following Trent last summer. We will need a few more home grown faces amongst the first team.

The likes of Wharton or Anderson seem to be the only quality options of the right age, anywhere on the pitch in the current market.

 

[Fabio]

Back-up, depth, etc

Form the proposed fee that's not depth, that's replacement money

 

[Best Believe It]

He's better than what we have, consistent, more of a physical presence than any of our other midfielders bar Endo, and better at passing from deep than any of our other midfielders. Macca and Jones are too inconsistent to hold down regular places, though Jones has improved this season. Szobo isn't a good enough passer. Neither is Gravy. I'd be happy if we signed him, he's good.

 

[Brizzle]

He wouldn’t be 70 million improvement on Macca. Should not be a priority.

He certainly shouldn't be valued higher than Eze IMO. I think he would be a superb addition to the squad though

 

[dee]

Form the proposed fee that's not depth, that's replacement money

Replace Endo?

 

[Squiggles]

He's miles better than anything Mac Allister has been this season. We also cannot continue to run Grav and Szobo into the ground. Wharton isn't the biggest priority, but it does address a need for me. The question is at the expense of what else? I would have put landing either one of Semenyo or Guehi ahead of Wharton, TBH, and right now, just about any CB with a working pair of boots and lungs.

 

[tomasjj]

He adresses one need, the passing from deep, while not improving us in a more critical area, defensively in midfield.

Maybe Xabi can bring Tchou with him

 

[Farkmaster]

Wait, I'm supposed to believe that Alonso is coming, but he's like, if I'm going to take on this mission, I do it on one condition. Get me... Adam Wharton.

 

[Fabio]

Replace Endo?

Can't be spending 70m to replace endo.

We buy him he comes in and starts.

 

[dee]

Yeah, I'm more assuming that the number boys are thinking about cashing in on the £35m investment (Mac A) to get a nice pot of cash for this Summer's parties.

 

[Holle]

PTG claiming we're not actively pursuing Wharton

Of course not. We're monitoring.

 

[dee]

Anyway.

Buy a CB
Buy a RB
Buy a LW

... then we can worry about other areas

 

[Halmeister]

We're not signing anyone this month, obviously. That wouldn't make the data nerds look smarter than everyone else

 

[Brizzle]

Anyway.

Buy a CB
Buy a RB
Buy a LW

... then we can worry about other areas

I personally think the priorities are

CB x 2
DM (we can't just run Gravy & Macca into the ground)
Winger who isn't a cut inside merchant - so ideally a right footed RW or left footed LW (don't mind which side, as Mo will prob leave in the summer so we will have a gap)
Utility full back

 

[Markeh]

Anyway.

Buy a CB
Buy a RB
Buy a LW

... then we can worry about other areas

let’s be fair, we monitored the fuck out of guehi and semenyo

 

[binomial]

Not convinced about this cunt, Stiller is the one we should be targeting and he's available at half the price.

 

[rurikbird]

Not convinced about this cunt, Stiller is the one we should be targeting and he's available at half the price.

But he looks like Hitler without a mustache.

 

[FreshRed]

Wharton is a fine player, but he's just another gravy. Excellent in possession, not what we need out of possession.

Quite different from Gravy, but also not a midfield destroyer, if that is what you’re looking for.