wykikitoon 24419 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Meslier leaving Leeds. They'll be in for Pope I should think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 5102 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago I get what people are saying about Elanga, may main concern is him not being a one season wonder. But he's certainly got the attributes to be a consistently great player. If we get him for around 50M it's a great buy imo, proven at this level, hard working, very much fits into how Howe likes to play, will provide the dept we need with CL games etc. If we pay north of 60M you start wondering if we're getting value for money. I hope there's enough interest in Longstaff/Willock to generate a 25-30M fee allowing us to strengthen in CM too, maybe get an upcoming creative playmaker from Europe to get the juices flowing here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatGinolaVolley 183 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago I like to think this is step 1: can we fill the positions we need, with young but PL experienced players, at a price we like? Stick in bids for Elanga, Pedro, Trafford, RCB?, and see if we can get them for the price we want (say 50m, 50m, 30m, ?) Each one that works out, great. Each one that doesn't work out, move onto step 2: can we fill the positions we need with young but experienced players from the other top european leagues, at a price we like? Stick in bids for [I know nothing about other leagues, sorry!] for say (45m, 45m, 20m, ?). After that, there would be other steps (hot cheaper propects, older cheaper players, etc). Anyway, that would be my sensible, structured summer transfer strategy for bringing players in for the positions we need filled for the squad this season. Anyone know of a club that's looking for a new sporting director? My rates are very reasonable... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4919 Posted 39 minutes ago Share Posted 39 minutes ago Mental to me that some randoms from shite leagues are more exciting to some people than proven premier league players. We have seen what Howe does with run of the mill premier league players (like Burn) he turns them into international players. Are all of our first 11 internationals now? Apart from Murphy who should be. We have the best manager in the league at developing players. He has targets that he thinks he can develop. We should give him the grace the buy the players he wants and develop them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 6700 Posted 29 minutes ago Share Posted 29 minutes ago 9 minutes ago, strawb said: Mental to me that some randoms from shite leagues are more exciting to some people than proven premier league players. We have seen what Howe does with run of the mill premier league players (like Burn) he turns them into international players. Are all of our first 11 internationals now? Apart from Murphy who should be. We have the best manager in the league at developing players. He has targets that he thinks he can develop. We should give him the grace the buy the players he wants and develop them. This. This x 10. No idea what people are worrying about here. Fucking this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 24644 Posted 14 minutes ago Share Posted 14 minutes ago 24 minutes ago, strawb said: Mental to me that some randoms from shite leagues are more exciting to some people than proven premier league players. We have seen what Howe does with run of the mill premier league players (like Burn) he turns them into international players. Are all of our first 11 internationals now? Apart from Murphy who should be. We have the best manager in the league at developing players. He has targets that he thinks he can develop. We should give him the grace the buy the players he wants and develop them. I don’t think they’re more exciting but they are cheaper and PSR has turned us all into fucking accountants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 5102 Posted 2 minutes ago Share Posted 2 minutes ago 22 minutes ago, Rayvin said: This. This x 10. No idea what people are worrying about here. Fucking this. I think the thought process is that while Elanga and Pedro are very good its doubtful if they can be consistently world class. Whereas with a relative mystery buy from Europe you're looking to see if we can find another Isak/Bruno/Tonali for the same price. Man City seem to be going down that route now with Reijnders/Cherki etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 6700 Posted just now Share Posted just now Just now, aimaad22 said: I think the thought process is that while Elanga and Pedro are very good its doubtful if they can be consistently world class. Whereas with a relative mystery buy from Europe you're looking to see if we can find another Isak/Bruno/Tonali for the same price. Man City seem to be going down that route now with Reijnders/Cherki etc. Howe's teams work to systems though, making good players seem a lot better than they are because they're operating as part of a whole. He needs to find players who can operate in his system more than he needs world class players who can do their own thing. I get what we're saying but world class players don't grow on trees and we seem to be struggling to ensure we have the people in place to find them. I would be happy with the players discussed, it would make us a lot stronger than we are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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