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Next seasons squad

parklane1 said:
He is a good player however i would be dissapointed IF he ended up here. As you say his age is against him as well.
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You would also have to likely move Kudus on as he was why he left (comp not personal). I think we need more elsewhere before we need a Bowen

We need a LW, Striker and a Ball Playing CM.

That and a massive clearing of the decks
 
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Legohamster said:
Senesi is Spurs if we stay up it seems

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Since these reports keep coming from reliable sources you have to believe it could very well happen.

If so, he sounds a lot like a left-sided version of Romero. Sell the latter for 60 mil and move on…
 
Ace Face said:
Since these reports keep coming from reliable sources you have to believe it could very well happen.

If so, he sounds a lot like a left-sided version of Romero. Sell the latter for 60 mil and move on
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I think we will see wholesale changes this summer. Romero and MVDV I suspect will both be gone, in which case he covers one and Danso and maybe another cover RCB.

A mass clearing of the decks I am sure
 
MartyFunkhouser said:
I think we will see wholesale changes this summer. Romero and MVDV I suspect will both be gone, in which case he covers one and Danso and maybe another cover RCB.

A mass clearing of the decks I am sure
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I agree. Too much noise about VDV not wanting to sign a new contract and can’t let him stay with less than two years on his contract.

Adding Vuskovic and Senesi plus one more experienced CB would give us around 100 mil to invest in other areas of the squad.
 
Ace Face said:
I agree. Too much noise about VDV not wanting to sign a new contract and can’t let him stay with less than two years on his contract.

Adding Vuskovic and Senesi plus one more experienced CB would give us around 100 mil to invest in other areas of the squad.
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If we made 4 smart signings, clear the decks and looked at youth integration, that would be an exciting year to look forward to IMO.
 
Ace Face said:
Ball-playing CM, CF and…?
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I think the priorities are

- CF, assuming we sell one of Richi or Solanke and RKM is sent back
- LB, unless RDZ think Souza can cut it
- CM to replace Bissouma (assuming we keep Palhinha)
- GK, assuming Vic is gone to Italy (seems to be the noise)

Everything else is replacements if they happen

- CB if VDV or Romero goes, assuming Dragusin does and Vuskovic comes in
- Pape could be moved on.

RDZ's view will be interesting

- Davies, RKM, Bissouma, Vic are all pretty much certain (that's already 4 changes)
- I see one of VDV/Romero moving on, I think we will fight changing both in same window
- The rest is refresh and who's available

A very conservative view would be

- No CF change, keep Solanke & Richi (have we ever started a season with both fit?)
- Bring in Robertson on a free to rotate with Udogie/Souza
- Keep Palhinha & Bentancur
- Leave RW for Kudus & Deki
- Bring in Moore to rotate with Tel/Richi on LW until Odobert is available (send Moore back out on loan, 2nd half of next season)
- Spend all the money on GK and elite midfielder

That gamble says the squad is mostly good enough, RDZ will get you a lift, and you push for European qualification and reinforce again next summer.

You could go the full refresh but that has very rarely worked for us, and it depends on how much we have in kitty and who we can get, e.g. no point selling Solanke/Richi unless we get someone a lot better.
 
Raziel said:
Bowen is a very good player, only issue is he'll be 30 this year, will be a nightmare to get (West Ham fans will not be happy) and he plays in Kudus position.
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Always think back to Poch final summe. Had we brought in Bowen & Fernandes instead of Clarke & LoCelso.
 
Raziel said:
I think the priorities are

- CF, assuming we sell one of Richi or Solanke and RKM is sent back
- LB, unless RDZ think Souza can cut it
- CM to replace Bissouma (assuming we keep Palhinha)
- GK, assuming Vic is gone to Italy (seems to be the noise)

Everything else is replacements if they happen

- CB if VDV or Romero goes, assuming Dragusin does and Vuskovic comes in
- Pape could be moved on.

RDZ's view will be interesting

- Davies, RKM, Bissouma, Vic are all pretty much certain (that's already 4 changes)
- I see one of VDV/Romero moving on, I think we will fight changing both in same window
- The rest is refresh and who's available

A very conservative view would be

- No CF change, keep Solanke & Richi (have we ever started a season with both fit?)
- Bring in Robertson on a free to rotate with Udogie/Souza
- Keep Palhinha & Bentancur
- Leave RW for Kudus & Deki
- Bring in Moore to rotate with Tel/Richi on LW until Odobert is available (send Moore back out on loan, 2nd half of next season)
- Spend all the money on GK and elite midfielder

That gamble says the squad is mostly good enough, RDZ will get you a lift, and you push for European qualification and reinforce again next summer.

You could go the full refresh but that has very rarely worked for us, and it depends on how much we have in kitty and who we can get, e.g. no point selling Solanke/Richi unless we get someone a lot better.
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I have a feeling RDZ may push to buy RKM (35 mil?) and play him wide left, his preferred position.

That would leave CM and CF.

At CF, my choice would be to sell Richy as I don’t think he is mobile enough and too injury prone. Solanke has had a poor season but was instrumental in us being one of the top scoring teams last year. Be interesting to see how RDZ sees him.

My dream would be Osimhen but we don’t have European football so maybe a full season to try Lankshear out? I also think Kulu can play #9 similar to how Havertz does for the Goons. Excellent hold-up play, good in the air, a proven finisher and great at pressing.

In CM, I’d let Sarr leave and Bergvall go out on loan (he’d still count as Academy-trained for Europe). Biss is gone, Madders will be back along with Bents, Gray, Gallagher and maybe Palhinha. Add a Tielemans-type and that’s a solid group.
 
Raziel said:
I think the priorities are

- CF, assuming we sell one of Richi or Solanke and RKM is sent back
- LB, unless RDZ think Souza can cut it
- CM to replace Bissouma (assuming we keep Palhinha)
- GK, assuming Vic is gone to Italy (seems to be the noise)

Everything else is replacements if they happen

- CB if VDV or Romero goes, assuming Dragusin does and Vuskovic comes in
- Pape could be moved on.

RDZ's view will be interesting

- Davies, RKM, Bissouma, Vic are all pretty much certain (that's already 4 changes)
- I see one of VDV/Romero moving on, I think we will fight changing both in same window
- The rest is refresh and who's available

A very conservative view would be

- No CF change, keep Solanke & Richi (have we ever started a season with both fit?)
- Bring in Robertson on a free to rotate with Udogie/Souza
- Keep Palhinha & Bentancur
- Leave RW for Kudus & Deki
- Bring in Moore to rotate with Tel/Richi on LW until Odobert is available (send Moore back out on loan, 2nd half of next season)
- Spend all the money on GK and elite midfielder

That gamble says the squad is mostly good enough, RDZ will get you a lift, and you push for European qualification and reinforce again next summer.

You could go the full refresh but that has very rarely worked for us, and it depends on how much we have in kitty and who we can get, e.g. no point selling Solanke/Richi unless we get someone a lot better.
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GK is a priority no matter what. We can't go into another season with a keeper as bad (or at least badly suited) as Vicario between the sticks.

If we stay up then I think we'll sign another wide forward (Muani will be gone, Odobert is out for a good portion of next season and who knows whether Kulu will ever come back and whether he'll be as good if he does and from what I have seen of Mikey Moore at Rangers he isn't yet close to being good good enough for PL football) which leaves Tel and Kudus (who is also possibly out for the start of next season?). Mitoma will only have a year left on his Brighton contract and I wonder whether he might be a target for us. I've said before that I really like Said El Mala at Cologne and I think he would be likely to be on our radar if we're going to continue our policy of signing young players.
 
Finney Is Back said:
if we're going to continue our policy of signing young players.
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I’d be surprised if RDZ looks for more “potential” players as we already have a full pipeline of them…Gray, Bergvall, Souza, Odobert, Tel, Kinsky plus Vuskovic, Takai, Yang, Moore, Devine, Lankshear…etc.

I think he’ll go for a few difference-making established pros who can slot in straight away and start.

Great shout on Mitoma btw. He’d by ideal for LW with younger players backing him up.
 
Woltwemade been linked and Saudi Sportswashing Machine do like Solanke so maybe that’s 2+2
Also the left winger at Ajax Godts who is a Brighton type of signing if ever I saw one
 
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