Transfer Rumours
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thats a top nosh isn't it?
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Dante has been excellent nearly every time I've seen him but I'm convinced I'm forgetting someone better. Who were Atletico's 2 CB'e this season, they were very solid on the 3 or 4 occasions I saw them?
Lahm-----------Kompany-------Dante*--------Alaba----
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Dante has been excellent nearly every time I've seen him but I'm convinced I'm forgetting someone better. Who were Atletico's 2 CB'e this season, they were very solid on the 3 or 4 occasions I saw them?
Liverpool are keen on Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie, 25, who has just 12 months left on his current Selhurst Park deal.
Full story: Daily Star
Todays name pulled right out of someones arse.
Full story: Daily Star
Todays name pulled right out of someones arse.
Maybe, but I wouldn't say no at the right price. I was impressed with him more than once when watching Palace last season.
He had a decent season but no thanks, we need to be looking at real class in those positions plus theres our youngsters like Ibe who shouldn't be getting pushed out of the way for that calibre of footballer.
We're going to need a bigger squad though, and they can't all be galacticos. Fair point about the youngsters but I'd expect that to have been taken into account when deciding whether or not to bid for a Bolasie type of player in the first place. If Jordon Ibe and others are ready then yes, put them in, but doing so too early could scupper them. It's a delicate balance and has to be struck one player at a time.
Don't think we'll sign all them
He has skill but no end product. A lot of times he goes into 'headless chicken' mode as he doesn't know what to do with the ball.
Its just depressing these squad filler signings, Liverpool have made these type of signings for years and years and its never done us any good.
He's looked very dangerous when I've seen him but agree with the above - he'll get himself into a great position and then fuck it up by being clueless.
We've already got a bargain basement winger in Assaidi so there is very little point in paying over the odds for another one. Besides we have Ibe who looks talented and actually has age on his side.
Unless he's got some capacity to go up a couple levels then this would be an awful waste of money.
it will be enough if we are able to hold to one of them
Arf, wrong thread........still very hungover.
Bolasie and Albert Adomah (Middlesbro) have been the best 2 wide men I've seen in the lower divisions (1st & 2nd divisions) ever and I was amazed they never got a chance higher up until recently. Bolasie has done very well at palace and he's a decent wide option at this level but only as back-up or League Cup games or if we have an injury crisis and ONLY if we can get him for under £2m. My preference has always been for Adomah though who is a more potent player with much better end-product (including goals).
I thought he would have been a decent option for £1m just before Middlesbro signed him and still think he'd be worth the investment if we could get him for under £2m. In moneyball terms....if we sold Assaidi for £6m-£7m and bought Adomah for £2m we'd have an extra £5m in the transfer kitty without sacrificing squad strength.
Instead of Bolasie, let's stick with Ibe and hope he can break through.
I'm very optimistic about Ibe next season and hope he gets his chance to shine but given that we're gonna need extra strength in depth to challenge on 4 fronts next season I see no reason why we shouldn't sign someone like Adomah. He could play all League Cup games, a few early rounds in the FA Cup and maybe even one or two league games if more established players need to be rested for a CL semi-final etc.
He'd be so delighted playing for LFC that he'd be more than happy to sit on the bench and wait his turn, he wouldn't cost us more than about £15,000 - £20,000 per week in wages and he's actually a decent player with explosive speed (a better version of Bolasie).
Ibe, on the other hand, I'd love to see him become an integral (almost essential) part of our team by Xmas next season.
I'm not sure that's a realistic expectation for Ibe. We've already got four first teamers in Sturridge, Suarez, Coutinho and Sterling and will likely have a couple more come the start of the season. Ibe, if he doesn't go on loan, is probably going to be the guy happy to sit on the bench for 15K or whatever and play in the cups.
We played 43 games last season whereas City & Chelsea both played 57; hopefully we have to play at least 57 games next season and if so it would be great if the likes of Coutinho, Allen, Gerrard, Ibe, Sterling, Suarez, Henderson, Lallana* and Sturridge all played about 35-40 matches each to keep them fully fit and fresh. Rotation is the key but only if your squad is good enough and hopefully Ibe will prove good enough to be included regularly next season. I've no idea what a "realistic expectation" of Ibe is for next season but I've got a very good feeling about him admittedly based on very little evidence.
It would also be beneficial IMO to have a few players such as Adomah (and McLaughlin, Teixera, Ilori etc) who can play maybe 7 or 8 games and some sub appearances.
Take it with a pinch of salt, its rumor season.
So fecking Spurs again after our targets *sigh*
Reportedly Lallana already turned the Mancs down because they're not in the CL. Even though his old manager's come calling, I can't see him going to Tottenham now when they aren't in it either.
you also already have the next one
haha, isnt he 30 yr old or something, such shit reports sometimes
The Express are reporting it now too.
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...o-sign-24m-rated-Atletico-Madrid-star-Miranda
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