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Jul 10 2020, 02:46 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jul 9 2020, 12:50 PM) Like I said, if his high wages are not a problem, and we also sign another quality striker, then I have absolutely no problem keeping Ibra. Just don't want us to rely too much on him. Every team he's ever played for, Man Utd aside, has. It's the Ibra effect. I take your point, but let's not muck about with youth project piffle or 'building for the future' stuff. It doesn't happen. Success only happens by luck or having a truly extraordinary manager, or with lots of money. Liverpool took five years under Klopp to become the best team in Europe - but they spent a tonne to get there, he's an incredible manager, and only one maybe two kids ever broke through to be part of that.
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Jul 25 2020, 10:37 AM
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Now that Ragnick is not coming, I think we'll take a more measured approach in the transfer market.
Seems we're interested in Emerson Royal for the RB position and Roca as their agents were at Casa Milan yesterday.
CB has to be a key position to upgrade this summer as well as RW
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Jul 25 2020, 03:26 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jul 25 2020, 11:23 AM) I read we’ll have a 100M budget for the mercato. And that we’re interested in Tonali. Tonali and Bennacer in the pivot wold be interesting for sure, but Kessie has improved so much in this new role. I'd really question spending so much money on Tonali at this point. For me priority goes as follows for what positions to focus on 1. Starting CB 2. Starting RW 3. Starting RB 4. CF (who can take over for Ibra) 5. 2 Backup DM (Krunic and Biglia are simply not up to the task) 6. Backup LB (Laxalt simply does not cut it)
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Jul 26 2020, 03:42 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jul 25 2020, 06:03 PM) 1. Yes 2. For me this should be the priority. Having people like Castillejo and Sale-maker in there really robs us of one extra man. 3. The least important spot to fill. Calabria has been playing well. 4. This depends on what happens with Ibra. If he stays, then I can't see us making an important signing. But if he leaves, we need an absolutely top striker there. 5. Yes. Biglia was so, so bad last night, and Krunic is just crap. 6. Yes. I think Samu is an okay back up. Salemakers is just another Borini, decent utility but nothing else. I'd personally like to see us keeping Samu as the backup, sell Salemaker and get in someone good for that RW. Jeremy Boga or I'd even look into Deulefeu. I can't see us spending big here, but someone who's fast with good technique should be the goal Sadly we'll probably sell Calabria instead of Conti if we get a new starting RB, which is something the management is currently working on going by the rumours. I'd prefer to keep Calabria, as Conti is just not my cup of tea, but the financial benefit of selling Calabria will dictate that we sell him rather than Conti. I think even if Ibra stays (which is looking more and more likely) I think we should get someone in this summer who's capable of taking over. Ibra will not be able to play all the games and while there is Leao, he's still to green. And I really want to avoid us having to face the void Ibra will leave when he moves on. We've already experienced that in the past and suffered the consequences. Thinking ahead here is crucial.
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Jul 26 2020, 04:26 PM
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Jul 26 2020, 03:42 PM) I think Samu is an okay back up. Salemakers is just another Borini, decent utility but nothing else. I'd personally like to see us keeping Samu as the backup, sell Salemaker and get in someone good for that RW. Jeremy Boga or I'd even look into Deulefeu. I can't see us spending big here, but someone who's fast with good technique should be the goal
Sadly we'll probably sell Calabria instead of Conti if we get a new starting RB, which is something the management is currently working on going by the rumours. I'd prefer to keep Calabria, as Conti is just not my cup of tea, but the financial benefit of selling Calabria will dictate that we sell him rather than Conti.
I think even if Ibra stays (which is looking more and more likely) I think we should get someone in this summer who's capable of taking over. Ibra will not be able to play all the games and while there is Leao, he's still to green. And I really want to avoid us having to face the void Ibra will leave when he moves on. We've already experienced that in the past and suffered the consequences. Thinking ahead here is crucial. Yes, Castillejo as sub would be fine. But I think we need to spend big on this one. It doesn't necessarily have to be a big name, which is out of our possibilities anyway, but someone young with great prospect. Someone like Boga (cost around 40M), although I would prefer a left-footed winger. When you're playing 4-2-3-1 having inverted wingers who can cut in on their preferred foot can make a world of difference.
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Jul 26 2020, 08:44 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jul 26 2020, 04:26 PM) Yes, Castillejo as sub would be fine. But I think we need to spend big on this one. It doesn't necessarily have to be a big name, which is out of our possibilities anyway, but someone young with great prospect. Someone like Boga (cost around 40M), although I would prefer a left-footed winger. When you're playing 4-2-3-1 having inverted wingers who can cut in on their preferred foot can make a world of difference. Sadly in this market, even someone who's not a big name will cost a lot. I can't see us spending 40m on just this position though, especially considering the issues we have at CB I don't really care if it is a right/left footed player, the most important thing for me is that he's fast and technical. Suso was left footed, but he was slow and therefore slowed down the play too much by always cutting in.
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Jul 27 2020, 09:28 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jul 26 2020, 10:46 PM) What issues at CB? Kjaer has been great, Musacchio will have recovered by next season. We hardly have any issues other than signing another good CB.
The real issue is the right wing. Do you or do you not realise that such a crucial position for a 4-2-3-1 formation is being occupied by people like Castillejo and Sale-maker? Downright mediocre to absolute crap. We need to focus all our attention on that position. CB, CF etc. are all secondary in comparison. We've been forced to play with Gabbia on more occasions than I care to even think about Duarte seems to be made of glass. Musacchio is also injury prone and last I read we were looking into selling him. Kjaer is going through a very good moment, no doubt, but I wouldn't feel comfortable going into a new season with the options we have. I still think giving Romagnoli a proper partner should be top of our list. And I agree that RW is a critical position as well. But we're scoring freely right now even with the mediocre options at present. Both Samu and the salesman seem to be giving Pioli what he needs to make the attack function. But atm, our left side is like a Ferrari while our right side is a Fiat. We need to fix this as it is the foundation of our team.
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