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It would be good to know if he still wants us?
Don't see any reason why that would have changed with previous ITK saying he'd 'set his heart' on us.
It would be good to know if he still wants us?
There's no right back currently at the market, bar maybe Cancelo, who is worth 40m+. Would much rather get Atal for closer to 30m.
Re Ali Z, So basically Ndombele, Clark, & the Sessegnon’s. Everything else depends on outgoings and so far it seems like none are really close. Have I got that tight?
I’m fine with keeping Toby if what he says is the case. But i cant imagine nobody comes in for him. It’s £25m. For a player like Toby, that is an insanely good price. Someone will come in for him eventually. Just hope it isnt an English club.
As much as I can't stand Liverpool FC, if Ndombele has the same or similar an effect on us as Van Dijk did for them then that would be fantastic.Very good ITK from Ali Z and Breezer.
Seems like Ndombele is to Poch what Van Dijk was to Klopp. Fantastic if we seal this deal against huge competition.
Zaha is an interesting one. If Eriksen stays maybe it would be better to use the money set aside for Lo Celso on a top class attacker. Son, Kane, Zaha would be a deadly lineup to face. I suspect in the end Palace will be too awkward to deal with, but can see why we'd look at it. Either player would round the squad off.
Also good to hear that some outgoings are progressing well.
Makes sense to step away from GLC if Betis are playing silly buggers over the fee, especially with other deals to close. Especially with him at the Copa still.
Park it to one side until GLC returns, get him to apply a bit of pressure and hopefully a compromise can be found.
RB - Personally I think this is a key area, and if Poch wanted AWB then paying the £45-50m reported to seal it would have been a real 'big club' move. Hopefully it means we have decent targets in the lower price range though (Aarons/Atal).
£600k a week, there is no way we are paying that for any player !It's not small club mentality. When we gave kane his new deal i'm sure we told him that £200k a week plus add ons was the highest we could go with wages. What is he going to think if we start paying bale £600k a week?
Mate if it improves the team I couldn't give two shits about the current favorites.Would love us to still sign Lo Celso but it creates one hell of a selection headache with current faves at risk of not even making the bench.
If Eriksen stays and the rumoured change of formation it makes us less reliant on him for creativity.
With the ITK that Trippier is on the way, may be it’s a case of Eriksen stays and the Lo Celso funds are being redirected to bring in a new RB and the ‘mystery’ player.
Based on the ITK it looks like we're signing one first team player and three prospects.
Doesn’t feel like enough given that one is a 6 month late replacement for Dembele. Hope there is more to come.
That's not what I'm saying. Trent, Kimmich etc would all obviously cost above 40m. What I'm saying is, of the right backs that would actually be available for us to get, they realistically aren't worth more than 40m.Not sure I agree with that - players like Alexander-Arnold, Kimmich, Ricardo Pereira would all cost £40m plus and I reckon Atal would cost closer to £40m because there's a lot of interest in him from clubs like PSG. Just think we should view right back as a position no less valuable financially than any other.
I think by currently on the market he meant literally that - players who are available for transfer / likely to move this summer.Not sure I agree with that - players like Alexander-Arnold, Kimmich, Ricardo Pereira would all cost £40m plus and I reckon Atal would cost closer to £40m because there's a lot of interest in him from clubs like PSG. Just think we should view right back as a position no less valuable financially than any other.
Probably the position we need addressing most after a central midfielder but we're not willing to pay more than £40m for a right back?!
That is a silly viewpoint from us. Good full backs are expensive for a reason - they aren't easy to get hold of.
We only have to look at how much better we were with £50m valued Kyle Walker.
As much as I can't stand Liverpool FC, if Ndombele has the same or similar an effect on us as Van Dijk did for them then that would be fantastic.
Interesting about Zaha when Ornstein reporting this morning he wants Arsenal.
Probably the position we need addressing most after a central midfielder but we're not willing to pay more than £40m for a right back?!
That is a silly viewpoint from us. Good full backs are expensive for a reason - they aren't easy to get hold of.
We only have to look at how much better we were with £50m valued Kyle Walker.