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It’s a tricky one because I’m trying to keep my own personal preference out of it. My feeling is we will be looking at all the players you mention but realistically I’m not sure we will go for any of themWho are you thinking @Ghost Hardware ?
For my LW list I’ve got Williams and Savio, then Osman as a very raw option.
RW I’ve got Neto, Olise and Bakayoko plus Bardghji as a younger option.
I think if we get a WF he will probably be a LW more than a RW currently. Or they will be one that can play on ether wing. Reason being is that we just spent big on Johnson and won’t want to limit his minutes or right him off so realistically I don’t see the club investing again there so soon. Whilst Kulu has been filling in at 10 regardless what I think I reckon he will predominantly stay out wide for now also.
So with that in mind players like Williams, Neto, Chiesa, Savio can all play ether wing comfortably but for different reasons I think all will be beyond our reach. Neto will be too expensive and ? around injuries, Chiesa ? around injuries, Savio will go to City on the low most likely and Nico will be too expensive as they will demand his release fee being met.
Maybe at RW If we could get a cheap deal for Bardghji then possibly we would add him as he would be HG if we bought him now or in summer but he is still very raw. Beyond that I just don’t see us spending on Bakayoko or Olise for the reasons I mentioned earlier.
My opinion is, unless an opportunity we can’t refuse turns up in the next few days, we will wait until summer and asses the squad we have. I think we really liked Nusa and saw him as a unique talent who we could potentially get for a reasonable fee without competition this window. That obviously went sideways so now we will see how Solomon and especially Werner develop and if they do will purchase Werner if he impresses.
I do think there’s a chance we spend the fee we set aside for Nusa on another position this window like CM but I’m not expecting us to go for another WF this window.
But as for one player we might follow closely for the second part of the season then Yildiz is that one. He has a very very similar profile to Nusa, despite the more limited game time might even have the greater potential imo, is the same age as Nusa and we know Juve are seriously strapped. It might be someone lower profile like Osman, if he doesn’t go to WH, ends up being more straight forward and realistic but for me Yildiz is a very interesting possibility given our parameters.