Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation
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We have played with either a lone ineffective striker or a make shift non striker for most of the season. I love Andy Carroll, everything about his game and his attitude, but we need two premiership standard strikers so that he is a luxury when fit.
Our midfield is good and squad supported, Kouyate can support the centre backs and I think Adrian and Randy are ok unless for some reason Hart does fancy us. so Slav please just do the striker situation properly this time and I think we can progress again. It shouldn't be a complicated window but it will take serious money, so get cracking early lad, and remember no flights to Turkey.
all I remember is Snodgrass 29yrs Fonte 33yrs .
We may have spent 70m as you say but that doesn't make me feel any better
about our transfer business last year or this ...
With the exception of Antonio and Lanzini and may be the young Fernandez
our business was nothing less than a disaster .
we can only possibly improve on this this summer it should be a golden chance
for our owner's to restore our support and faith in them .
Defoe was in the right place and tucked his chance away nicely for England on March 26, so not convinced we can use his league scoring to suggest he lost the knack around January.
Zabaleta has been amazing in the games I've seen this season - even when he played in attacking midfield. He is just a class above Byram and hopefully can teach the lad a thing or two over a season or more while Byram will no doubt get some first team action and either cement his place long-term or show us we need a new first-choice R(W)B after Zabaleta's legs have gone.
An old right back that has seen better days and hardly any changes to our midfield. (I personally feel that Noble is no longer good enough in the Premier league).
We will however be linked with around 6 million different players!!
Please don't let this be true!
New GK
New RB
New CB
New CM x2
New Winger
New Striker x2
(probably too much of an ask) ;lol
To stay in the Prem League
New RB
New Striker
(hopefully) ;lol
To get into the Top 10 =
New GK
New RB
New CB
New CM
New Striker x2
(doable) ;lol
To Break the Top 6 (hell even 7th at this point maybe) =
A whole new squad apart from:- Lanzini / Antonio / Reid.
(Never happening)
Reid/Ogbonna/Fonte/Collins & Burke/Oxford & Cheikh at a Push...
I'd add Kouyate and Obiang to that
I think if we could get someone like Begovic ok but if not, Adrian isnt suddenly a bad goalkeeper
GK - Adrian Randolph
RB/RWB - Zabaleta(if we're getting him)/Byram (Antonio RWB)
LB/LWB - Cresswell/Masuaku
CB - Reid Ogbonna Fonte ..... Collins Burke Oxford (Kouyate if needed anywhere at the back or Midfield)
Obiang/Kouyate ..... Nordtveit
Lanzini/Antonio/Feghouli/Ayew ..... Fernandes
Striker/Striker/Carroll/Fletcher
That makes 24 (without players like Snodgrass/Noble/Sakho/Calleri or any of the youngsters like Quina/Rice etc) if we can get Zabaletaand 2 strikers anything on top of that IMO would be a bonus and the player(s) would have to be pretty decent to get in front of our first team players (I expect Feg and Ayew to be better than this season) into that X11
As I said, bemoan the deals we made, by all means, but mostly they weren't frees, and for the most part weren't players over 26 years of age.
If you are only going to judge our owners on whether transfers turn out to be stellar signings, I suspect you will find fault with them every year.
They backed the manager last year with proper money. It didn't work out (at least this season. There are players who may well still come good.)
Stoke spent over £18m on Imbulla and he has played 14 senior games.
Not every transfer works out.
My Mum had her hip replaced and was out of hospital in a couple of days. They wouldn't let her leave until she was able to walk up and down some stairs. Slav will be fit and ready for pre season.
Could've done with Chelsea leaving it to the last day and them playing Costa
Our recruitment should be to get in the best champo players at a decent age and quality from either within the PL or from Europa league / Champs league clubs outside of the PL.
Getting in Zabaleta at his age and making him potentially one of your highest paid players makes zero sense.
You need to be playing in Europe to attract the likes of Mertens etc but you won't get there unless there is a freak of a season like last year or you spend over the odds on wages. We are not going to be able to shop at the second level let alone the top clubs.
All a bit circular.
If we sold Lanzini to Everton from £30mil but got Sigurdsson for £25mil.....would that be a good deal?