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Talent wise he’s much better. Just a rotten mentality and attitude. I think the environment at ManU has meant that he’s lost his track. I don’t want him but I’d rather pay the money for him than Elanga if I was forced between the two. Don’t want either

This has absolutely nailed it. Close the thread and stop whinging.

Yep no high lines against us from many teams. That’s when we will struggle.

I wouldn't want to pay 50m for Elanga, no doubt. But he's quite clearly a better and more developed player than Garnacho?

Dan Burn has contributed around 10x as much as Botman since he's been here...

It would be. But less so than 50-60 for Elanga.

He is 23, played for an inferior team all season and got a good assist and goal average, he knows Isak well and they are mates. Very fast, our front there Will be a nightmare for the opposition, no high lines against us! I am all for It if It is in the 40-45M range

Going to be such a gutter when he goes to Spurs for £45m.

Sorry Froggy, you think 60m for Garnacho would NOT be a ridiculous price?!

Chelsea and Dortmund in for Elanga as well now.

I’m getting more excited by this signing, as and when we pull it off.

If we don’t get what we want this summer I’m scared Eddie will walk

Would definitely be up to take a punt on him for little money instead of 50-60m on Elanga. He has talent. Then put the money in other areas. It’s not like Elanga is much better than Murphy anyway. Can’t lose too much taking a chance on him. I much prefer Akliouche though (more expensive obviously)

I think Murphy’s emergence over the last season and a half allows us to take such a risk and bed a project player in at right wing. His ceiling is very high and he’s still young. Being part of a good group of players and coached by Howe could be the making of him at PL level.

With all the extra games we’ll need a deep squad though. If we don’t add proper depth this summer I’ll be expecting a really inconsistent season and big problems with injuries.

Also could see the start of a Froggy/Mackem alliance which would last the rest of the summer before imploding when Sunderland get their only 6 points of the season off them

We got a pretty good deal the last time we took a calculated gamble on a player we had scouted extensively but was coming off a poor season...

Ivan Perisic is a very good player like i like Bakayoko and with him off the radar a bit now and in the final year of his contract I think this is a good time to make our move if indeed we were/are interested. Could be an absolute steal.

I don’t want us to change the way we play. I just want us to become better in our weaker areas as well as having a bit more variety/unpredictability in us. A technical player with a bit more guile doesn’t mean that we change that much at all. Just have a slightly different tool kit. 50-60m on Elanga and people say we need more money….

We need more money to improve and do better , we don't need to change the way we play when it has worked so well for us .

I thought PSV rejected the bid? But not sure. Bakayoko has definitely talked up himself and only wanting to join a team chasing titles though. Think he's got a ton of talent, but might be prone to sulking and also seems a bit daft

Yes, Howe could implement the previous style that elevated Miggys game so much. The Bruno Trippier Miggy combo was a real threat, but we'll need to see it as Bruno Tino Elanga hopefully

He rejected Brentford or someone similar last summer didn't he? And gave an interview where he said he was happy to wait until an elite CL club came in for him. Oops! Definitely a player in there by the looks of it tbf, just not a project we need to take on right now if we're looking for a RW to come in and hit the ground running as a starter.