Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation
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Didn't know Ogbonna was joining Arsenal? ;wink
Olivier "Winter" Giroud is coming.........
I hope i am wrong but this is sounding like last summer's transfer fiasco all over again. ;weep
We'll see who of us all is pleasantly surprised at the end of all this!
Lanzini is our only creative central player. So we need cover/competition for him.
Given how neither Adrian nor Randolph cemented the No.1 jersey last season, I think it would be stupid not to at least target a new upgraded keeper. However, should one who is clearly not a significant upgrade not be available or affordable, we know Adrian is perfectly capable.
With Nordtveit 1) not solving our DM problem last season and 2) now having gone, we need another specialist holding player. None of our midfielders actually do that job. Obiang gives it a go but is still short IMO.
Given Zaza and Calleri have gone, we need two strikers, but two who can be first XI players. Especially with the situations regarding Sakho, Valencia and Carroll's fitness.
I think defence is ok but would've preferred a younger RB. But we've gone with Zab. Should a top CB become available, I'd be tempted to bring one in, given we did play 3/5 at the back last season. I think we still lack a CB as good as Reid. Ogbonna I can't quite make my mind up on. Fonte and Collins are at the ends of their careers.
I don't mind missing out on Iheanacho because I don't think he's the answer. He is a punt and in our team of less quality players, his goals to minutes is only going to get worse.
I am happy to keep everybody else in the squad as they are, but would like to move on Snodgrass, as feel we can still get £10m for him to go into the kitty, but only if we move on now. Valencia is another we could ideally shift.
So 5/6 more decent additions to the squad. Pre-season training starts in around 2 weeks.
12 goals in nearly 50 appearances, most of them cameos, for a side containing the likes of Silva, Aguero, De Bruyne, Toure, Sterling etc. Worthy of £24m?
We are after a main man to lead the line. A proven performer IMO. Imagine spending £24m on Iheanacho to lead the line based on cameo tap-ins for one of the best sides in the league.
Bit risky. Giroud would be perfect. Failing that somebody like Vardy. Defoe would've been great. I wouldn't mind Iheanacho on loan as a striker option along with Carroll. But only if we signed another with starting XI potential.
I thought about Will Hughes, but let's look at it this way. He's been linked with Liverpool and meant to be a real start of the future for 5 years now, but he's still with Derby. Now he's going to Watford for less than £10m? He clearly hasn't reached the potential a lot of people thought he would. Also, signing him now, aged 22, basically means you're ending Josh Cullen's WHUFC career. If you want Cullen in the squad, and you want youngsters coming through, signing Hughes wouldn't be the answer.