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Post by anti_social on May 7, 2024 11:17:11 GMT
With the number of players we need out and their wages, we really need to get the Saudi's on the phone with buy 2 get third free deals. Saudis aren’t that dumb, sadly
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Post by keanosdog16 on May 7, 2024 11:53:46 GMT
With the number of players we need out and their wages, we really need to get the Saudi's on the phone with buy 2 get third free deals. Saudis aren’t that dumb, sadly Saudi's are now saying they will only be targeting younger players, no longer in for everyone's cast offs and has-beens
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Post by mightyez on May 7, 2024 12:05:19 GMT
Saudis aren’t that dumb, sadly Saudi's are now saying they will only be targeting younger players, no longer in for everyone's cast offs and has-beens Yeah I did see that. But rest assured they’ll be taking Casemiro due to his mate Ron having a word. Varane on a free would appeal to them too. Antony is young
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Post by viking22 on May 7, 2024 12:27:12 GMT
Think we just need to accept that the best we can do is make it clear to clubs that we are willing to listen to offers for everyone except for Garnacho, Hojlund, Mainoo and subsidize their wages if necessary to get a deal done. Even so I cannot imagine many takers. But it will still be an improvement on previous policy of only selling when we have a replacement lined up or setting unrealistic asking prices.
And we should start the process right away rather than waiting until Ashworth gets out of his employment contract with Newcastle and we decide on our next manager. INEOS are absolutely correct that no-one is worth keeping besides Garnacho, Hojlund and Mainoo. Even Bruno at 29 years old should be sold if we can get £80m or so for him. Probably most business will be done after the Euros but we can at least get the ball rolling before potential suitors move on to alternative targets.
And I wouldn't worry about replacements. With a competent recruitment team it won't be difficult to find upgrades and we can also promote some players from the youth setup.
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Post by keanosdog16 on May 7, 2024 12:48:40 GMT
Saudi's are now saying they will only be targeting younger players, no longer in for everyone's cast offs and has-beens Yeah I did see that. But rest assured they’ll be taking Casemiro due to his mate Ron having a word. Varane on a free would appeal to them too. Antony is young Hope you're right on Casemiro and Antony is very young, right up their street!! 🙏 we should do a BOGOFF event this summer!
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Post by seanie on May 7, 2024 16:33:52 GMT
Oh and let’s not blow the budget on Olise please, let’s learn from the previous mistakes, There is no money for left footed right wingers. He looks good but we don't have the money. If we don't bring in good defenders and midfield players first, then it's a joke! It will all depend on who they can sell and how much they can get anyway! I wouldn't hold your breath on that though, we can't sell players or buy the right ones.
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Post by seanie on May 7, 2024 16:34:49 GMT
Saudis aren’t that dumb, sadly Saudi's are now saying they will only be targeting younger players, no longer in for everyone's cast offs and has-beens No decent young players are going there!
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Post by seanie on May 7, 2024 16:41:35 GMT
I'm sorry but there is too much hype around our young players, including Mainoo. They are very talented and have done well, but they need peak players around them to support them and learn from.
Where were all the 18/19/20 year old academy players in 2008/2009 or the last time we won the PL. How many young players played in the 1999 team that won the CL?
92/93 first league win for Fergiea fter 6 years with only 21 year old Giggs a regular in that team.
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Post by Stew on May 8, 2024 15:09:02 GMT
The CB from Fulham, Adarabioyo is a good player and a free agent in a few weeks. Why hasn’t that been done already?
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Post by ratbag on May 8, 2024 16:12:14 GMT
The CB from Fulham, Adarabioyo is a good player and a free agent in a few weeks. Why hasn’t that been done already? I read that we were after him… No idea how long these things take if it’s true but maybe now with Wilcox here we can speed things up…
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Post by viking22 on May 8, 2024 16:35:20 GMT
Under FFP it is too expensive to buy peak players. And what is the point when the only youngsters we have worth bothering with are Mainoo, Hojlund and Garnacho. And why would any peak player join us especially now we are not going to bribe players with ridiculous wages?
We'd be better off using the experience of Ashworth and the eye for young talent of Wilcox to recruit promising young players for modest prices. Add 3-4 of them every summer and within a few years we will have a squad full of young players and then we can think about bringing in some experienced players to help take the team to the next level.
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Post by seanie on May 8, 2024 17:25:12 GMT
The CB from Fulham, Adarabioyo is a good player and a free agent in a few weeks. Why hasn’t that been done already? Everyone is on gardening leave!
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Post by seanie on May 8, 2024 17:41:47 GMT
Under FFP it is too expensive to buy peak players. And what is the point when the only youngsters we have worth bothering with are Mainoo, Hojlund and Garnacho. And why would any peak player join us especially now we are not going to bribe players with ridiculous wages? We'd be better off using the experience of Ashworth and the eye for young talent of Wilcox to recruit promising young players for modest prices. Add 3-4 of them every summer and within a few years we will have a squad full of young players and then we can think about bringing in some experienced players to help take the team to the next level. What I mean is peak fitness, not world star players already past it. You need some experienced around 26-28 and you can still get value with good technical players under 25. Buying 30+ year old players for top dollar on 5 year contracts to fund rebuilds at the top clubs is not a great way to go obviously.
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Post by Tatty on May 8, 2024 22:55:36 GMT
If Real do sign Mbappe, I genuinely think Sir Jimithy needs to rethink his philosophy and pay what it take to get Vini jr, if he were to be available. Sell a project. A year of pain followed by being the man charged with getting us back on top, in a league with less racists. He might come.
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Post by dazjoe on May 8, 2024 23:14:44 GMT
There's been talk of focus on players whose contracts are expiring in 2025 to try and get some cut price deals done.
There's afew could be of interest.
Jonathan David as a back up option to Hojlund. Mikel Merino as another body in midfield. Leny Yoro if any chance that could happen for a quality young centre back to come in Federico Chiesa for a Rashford replacement on the left Angel Gomes to come back home Khéphren Thuram to replace Casemiro
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