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Aye but that was his point, we don't need to try and do it all in one go. Don't agree with central defence mind, the Lascelles/Lejeune partnership is coming along quite nicely (Lejeune has been quietly impressive since coming back into the side IMO) and the others are reasonable backup.

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Replacing Shelvey with a creative midfielder just wouldn't be cost effective. You'd be paying the highest price for the smallest gain. He's putting Gayle through loads and Gayle's just most of the time not even getting a shot away.

 

Assuming we don't sign Kenedy we need a new front 4 before we even thinking about replacing Jonjo.

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Can't find the exact stats I'm looking for, but from the stuff I have seen on xG, a top quality striker would make a massive difference to our team.  Not a huge problem with our attacking play save that we don't score enough.  Even in a dreadful performance against WBA, we still created enough to win relatively comfortably.

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Oot:

 

Gamez - free

Haidara - free

Colback - whatever

Saivet - whatever

Selz - whatever

Aarons - whatever

Mitrovic - £20 million

Gayle - £10 million

Darlow - £3 million

Elliot - £2 million (one or the other, maybe both)

Mbemba - £8 million

 

Personally wouldn't let Mbemba go, but reckon there's a chance he will if we can get close to what we signed him for back as I don't think Rafa rates him at all. That'd bring in £45 million or so. If the club were to match that as a budget you're looking at between £90-100 million for surgery.

 

Bring in:

 

Dubravka - £5 million

Kenedy - £15 million

Striker - £25 million

#10 - £20 million

Left back - £10 million

Right back - £10 million

Promising CB - £10 million

Some backup Spanish jobber GK - free

 

That'd be a good summer. Could be even better with a bit more investment and some bargain buys ala Merino last summer.

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Can't find the exact stats I'm looking for, but from the stuff I have seen on xG, a top quality striker would make a massive difference to our team.  Not a huge problem with our attacking play save that we don't score enough.  Even in a dreadful performance against WBA, we still created enough to win relatively comfortably.

We've all seen that with our eyes, Gayle and Joselu have missed so many chances it's unreal. Even during or terrible run we were still creating chances. New striker is everything. Better number ten would be outstanding as well.
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The issue is gonna be doing major surgery to the side with a shortened transfer window, a World Cup and a load of players to shift out. But it's certainly doable if the club is proactive with Rafa.

 

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The issue is gonna be doing major surgery to the side with a shortened transfer window, a World Cup and a load of players to shift out. But it's certainly doable if the club is proactive with Rafa.

 

And months of uncertainty about the club's ownership...

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The issue is gonna be doing major surgery to the side with a shortened transfer window, a World Cup and a load of players to shift out. But it's certainly doable if the club is proactive with Rafa.

 

And months of uncertainty about the club's ownership...

 

True. There is a lot to be done to that squad.

 

Out:

 

Elliot

Haidara

Gamez

Manquillo

Joselu

Slimani (obviously)

Gayle

 

And close to all of our remaining players should only 2nd choice.

 

Better start now, Ashley  :knuppel2:

 

 

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Anyone from Germany we could pick up on a free from a potentially relegated club? Is Holtby any good these days?

 

Thomas Hector from Koln? Can play LB and DM - will cost around 7m (fees in Germany tend not to be inflated)

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Rafa needs to sign a new deal and be given assurances before I can enjoy/hate transfer speculation.

 

If Rafa is given what he wants, we should get some early business done.

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Still think there's some solid buys to be had from relegated Premier League clubs this season. Many say don't go for players who have been relegated, but to me it's not that straight forward and with a manager like ours I'd back him to get the best out of some of the better Stoke/Southampton/West Brom/West Ham/Swansea (whoever it may be) players.

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Anyone from Germany we could pick up on a free from a potentially relegated club? Is Holtby any good these days?

 

Thomas Hector from Koln? Can play LB and DM - will cost around 7m (fees in Germany tend not to be inflated)

Think it's Jonas Hector and I think I read he's just signed a new deal. He'll probably be playing for Germany in the world cup.

 

Someone like Bittencourt from Koln would fit our signings profile I imagine

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Anyone from Germany we could pick up on a free from a potentially relegated club? Is Holtby any good these days?

 

Thomas Hector from Koln? Can play LB and DM - will cost around 7m (fees in Germany tend not to be inflated)

Think it's Jonas Hector and I think I read he's just signed a new deal. He'll probably be playing for Germany in the world cup.

 

Someone like Bittencourt from Koln would fit our signings profile I imagine

 

Aye Jonas! Don't know where I got Thomas from; he's a really good player nonetheless

 

Looks like Koln are down so he most likely won't stay - he'll end up somewhere like Leverkusen

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