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So now we’ve been linked by ITK to:
CB: Koulibaly, Varane and Dias
RB: Ferguson and Atal
AM: Eze
FW: Bale and Bowen
Bizarre that no DM has been confirmed...
MAtic
So now we’ve been linked by ITK to:
CB: Koulibaly, Varane and Dias
RB: Ferguson and Atal
AM: Eze
FW: Bale and Bowen
Bizarre that no DM has been confirmed...
Agree we have more pressing concerns, but I think if you can get someone of the level of Koulibaly you just do it regardless of your current squad. He’s just that good. You look at how players at Liverpool who were considered good but not spectacular (Matip, Henderson, Robertson etc.) who have improved their games tenfold thanks to the presence and performances of Van Dijk. Koulibaly doesn’t have immensely high quality around him at Napoli and he’s still considered the second best centre half in the world. He’d improve us no end of we were to get him.Spending so much on koulibaly seems like a desperate fix to a much larger problem.
Any team with our combination of full backs and lightweight midfield would concede goals regardless of cb personnel.
Would rather focus on full back replacements and a dm. We can use foyth, tanganga, dier, Toby and sanchez for cb.
And there we have it! Just copy and paste this for every window ever with Levydragon1 again: A lot with levy depends who we can move out and for what right now only solid outs are for kwp and Ccv
If Koulibaly is available and wants us, go get him. I don't care if he's not a priority position for a signing, he's a Van Dijk esque signing that will immediately improve us 10 fold. Absolute world class player.
Of course, but he's not a magic bullet that will fix all our problems. I said it would be a good start but we've been burnt before with optimism so i'll remain reserved until there is actual progression squad-wide. Prob won't bring him in though so will in all likelihood be a moot pointBut are any of the players we'd want in those positions available now?
If Koulibaly is available now and can improve us we'd be stupid to ignore the possibility of signing him, especially as Jose has been after him for years.
We will have to see, but you don't appoint Jose and expect not to spend. I've heard nothing on this one, but JM was always going to want high profile in their prime targets.
He'd make us more aggressive and he's a big presence to have at the back. So it's a good start.Of course, but he's not a magic bullet that will fix all our problems. I said it would be a good start but we've been burnt before with optimism so i'll remain reserved until there is actual progression squad-wide. Prob won't bring him in though so will in all likelihood be a moot point
I agree completely. I had mixed feelings regarding JM incoming for exactly these reasons. If Levy has appointed him to coach through the youth he's an idiot, as that's not what he does. The general feeling is he'll be backed. Levy has wanted Jose for years, so he must be aware of his mo and adjust his transfer strategy accordingly.I hope Levy is ready for the bite back from Mourinho if he doesn't deliver on his targets. It will go sour very quickly, especially if the team continues to struggle to implement his ideas.
I agree completely. I had mixed feelings regarding JM incoming for exactly these reasons. If Levy has appointed him to coach through the youth he's an idiot, as that's not what he does. The general feeling is he'll be backed. Levy has wanted Jose for years, so he must be aware of his mo and adjust his transfer strategy accordingly.
Only time will tell though.
Do not believe when JM says he doesn’t want any players etc, and will find options within! He has made it extremely plain to the hierarchy what he wants this window. Latest ITK via dova et el, is on the money. I am like the pessimist on here, who has heard it all before.
On the money.I agree completely. I had mixed feelings regarding JM incoming for exactly these reasons. If Levy has appointed him to coach through the youth he's an idiot, as that's not what he does. The general feeling is he'll be backed. Levy has wanted Jose for years, so he must be aware of his mo and adjust his transfer strategy accordingly.
Only time will tell though.
The number of people that seem to believe he is never fails to amaze me.That's what I've been thinking too and its why I believe the Koulibaly links. Levy isn't an idiot and Mourinho wouldn't of taken the job if there was no money to spend.
I agree completely. I had mixed feelings regarding JM incoming for exactly these reasons. If Levy has appointed him to coach through the youth he's an idiot, as that's not what he does. The general feeling is he'll be backed. Levy has wanted Jose for years, so he must be aware of his mo and adjust his transfer strategy accordingly.
Only time will tell though.
I agree completely. I had mixed feelings regarding JM incoming for exactly these reasons. If Levy has appointed him to coach through the youth he's an idiot, as that's not what he does. The general feeling is he'll be backed. Levy has wanted Jose for years, so he must be aware of his mo and adjust his transfer strategy accordingly.
Only time will tell though.
I agree completely. I had mixed feelings regarding JM incoming for exactly these reasons. If Levy has appointed him to coach through the youth he's an idiot, as that's not what he does. The general feeling is he'll be backed. Levy has wanted Jose for years, so he must be aware of his mo and adjust his transfer strategy accordingly.
Only time will tell though.