Superior Acuña Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 20 minutes ago, jonny1403 said: It's crazy that all of these leaving would still only allow us to sign 3 new players in the summer 4 right? Darlow, Krafth, Almirón and Gayle are in the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emotic Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Would you bin off ASM for Moussa Diaby or keep him as backup? ASM probably won't be happy being backup, to be fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 43 minutes ago, nufc123 said: The two players i would go for. Think we have a good chance on Nunez. Who are going to pay what Benfica are asking for? Arsenal and maybe West Ham. Dortmund will be looking for a striker. Diaby may be more difficult. Both would go for £50m-60m. Kamara for "free" and maybe Botman. Close to 1.5 then.. Man Utd have been linked with Nunez too, and could easily afford the fee, even more so if Ronaldo leaves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Nunez certainly knows where the back of the net is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 48 minutes ago, Emotic said: Would you bin off ASM for Moussa Diaby or keep him as backup? ASM probably won't be happy being backup, to be fair. Would bin Maximin for Diaby. Not a big problem really. Both can play on either side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 I'm still of the opinion that most of the squad, before Jan, should be shipped out. It will take time but our wide players, and strikers are pretty poor! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Emotic said: Would you bin off ASM for Moussa Diaby or keep him as backup? ASM probably won't be happy being backup, to be fair. Why can’t we keep ASM and sign another wide man and finally build a squad ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 January was about making us solid, be hard to beat and that has proven to be the case. Assuming we stay up then the summer has to be about sorting that front three out. Both against Chelsea and Everton we played well in parts but were let down by a lack of cutting edge. Get a top striker and winger in and that suddenly changes. Just imagine Nunez and Diaby in our side, would be quite transformative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 I’ve never seen Nunez or Diaby play so have no idea if they are any good, what type of players are they both ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: I’ve never seen Nunez or Diaby play so have no idea if they are any good, what type of players are they both ? Striker and a winger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comegetasample Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 We'll spend up to or about 150M this summer I reckon, with the largest percentage of that being on forwards. CB LB (Targett?) CDM RW/LW CF With maybe a few cheaper youngsters/loans here and there. I think 6/7/8 in total. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, Comegetasample said: We'll spend up to or about 150M this summer I reckon, with the largest percentage of that being on forwards. CB LB (Targett?) CDM RW/LW CF With maybe a few cheaper youngsters/loans here and there. I think 6/7/8 in total. Reckon it will be more like 90, not including Targett, but bare in mind I expect we might get at least one free signing. If we get Lingard, that gives us more finance to spend on fewer players. We don't want to be held over a barrel for previous targets like Botman or Carlos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Not sure everyone else’s opinion on him, but I hope we stay well clear of Carlos. I wasn’t too keen on us getting him in January but understood the need we had. Certainly think if we stay up we can get younger and better targets Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Be interesting to see what Eddie's looking to play long term. I think we'll switch to a 4231 with a destroyer type next to Bruno. Lingard signing in that scenario would make sense as he offers good versatility and can play in any off the three behind the striker. Striker and a winger are a must though. The lack of quality we have outside of Wilson and Maxi is awful and you can't really rely upon those to stay fit either. I think we'll go big this summer. I know there's talk of slow gradual progress but they must look at the league and the state of alot of the sides and think we aren't a million miles of competing for a top 8 spot with the right signings. West Ham are right in the mix for top 4 and aren't a great side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny1403 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 4 hours ago, Inferior Acuña said: 4 right? Darlow, Krafth, Almirón and Gayle are in the squad. But Hendrick comes back from loan. Obviously we'll almost definitely sell him as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 2 hours ago, STM said: Reckon it will be more like 90, not including Targett, but bare in mind I expect we might get at least one free signing. If we get Lingard, that gives us more finance to spend on fewer players. We don't want to be held over a barrel for previous targets like Botman or Carlos. Douglas or Waugh said we definitely would look after free players. Also seen a few places the 90 number being mentioned. So you are probably right in many ways here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 7 hours ago, Comegetasample said: We'll spend up to or about 150M this summer I reckon, with the largest percentage of that being on forwards. CB LB (Targett?) CDM RW/LW CF With maybe a few cheaper youngsters/loans here and there. I think 6/7/8 in total. That’s an Aston Villa style spending spree and it doesn’t get the quality. I’d rather a couple quality £70m transfers than 5 30m transfers. That often doesn’t go very far these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 We just spent £12m on the highest quality player we've signed in years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 I expect us to pass on Lingard given his wages demands and his age. He would have been a great January signing but in the summer we should have better options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Yeah, in January Lingard would have been a good signing but I'd be disappointed if we went for him in the summer He's 30 this year and for the wages he'd be looking for on a free I think we can easily get better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Lingard would be the kind of mistake early Man City/Chelsea made. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) Loving this negative Lingard talk to be honest (which sounds weird I know). We’re better than his ilk now. Genuinely worried with all the continued talk about him. Edited March 20, 2022 by cubaricho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 9 minutes ago, cubaricho said: Loving this negative Lingard talk to be honest (which sounds weird I know). We’re better than his ilk now. Genuinely worried with all the continued talk about him. It’s a funny one, he’d be a massive upgrade on say Miggy or Murphy but I would really want someone younger with a higher ceiling coming in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 43 minutes ago, r0cafella said: It’s a funny one, he’d be a massive upgrade on say Miggy or Murphy but I would really want someone younger with a higher ceiling coming in. I think Lingard would be a great signing, he’d slot straight it and be a great option opposite ASM on the other side. That said if they’ve identified another younger option who can come in then great. I wouldn’t have any concerns over Lingard though, I’d be chuffed if he joined. Be a great player with experience to join as we look to push on in the next phase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 7 hours ago, The College Dropout said: That’s an Aston Villa style spending spree and it doesn’t get the quality. I’d rather a couple quality £70m transfers than 5 30m transfers. That often doesn’t go very far these days. I defo definitely think we’ll spent up towards 150m but defo over 100m. A new striker is going to cost a fair chunk of that for starters and we’ll need quality in midfield. I hope we bring in a number 10 type player to play at the head of midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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