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In which case we dont need to spend heavy on a DM as its the last position we need strengthening along with GK

Who is there best player though?

True but also to consider everyone pretty much will have a max spend of circa 200-300m so if you have a owner worth £10bn quid who is willing to spend then its no different to the owner who has £100bn i.e a newcastle, its just gonna be a case of meeting that region to spend in which if reports are true we are part of. The next process is all about recruitment and strategy, so essentially that is more important than the money, look as far as arsenal and there season compared to chelsea to prove this right and maybe even Leicester while were on the matter.

No my friend

I like the idea of this team , if nico or ferran could play on the left then id choose them both and play whoever could do a job on the left.

And now the more I think about it im not sure this alemany guy is the man for us because hes just interested in big name players similar to how chelsea have operated this season bought a bunch of names which failed miserably , i wanted for us to get the guy from I think it was sevilla .. cordon ? Antonio cordon I think the name was correct me if im wrong… seems more stable, careful and precise in the profile of player he would look at. i certainly do not want us wasting money which i think we need to be very careful with.

You can be 26 and still over the hill just look at delle alli haha

Guendouzi not gonna be enough for where we are heading, asensio is over the hill so not much excitement it just sounds good i guess

Sorry but wheres douglas ?

Yeah i agree and id certainly prefer nico williams from bilbao or both

Is there a chance we can get both ferran torres and nico williams as I certainly do not wish to miss out on the latter and it appears we are moving heavy on ferran but could probably be nonsense

Your probably the closest to myself in terms of how we see the game, i echo everything said here , my only concern with otavio is height but again not major.

Believe me it is and anything like that is too destructive to the team and morale , way too many changes, i’m happy with bailey to swapped with nico williams and ramsey for someone in that position with superior quality and consistency and to wrap it up we need a new RB

Not realistic imo because we are not changing that many for now

I actually believe we can a forward, LM/CM, CM , RB which we can get right if we execute it right then challenge for champions league thats the mission.

Xhaka ? Lets not be silly now dont want that ‘red card every match’ meathead anyway he can stay where he is.

Otavio AND kang-In no sir we will need some height and strength for power

Cant see us not playing Mcginn right now hes been playing immense and doesn’t deserve to lose his position, ramsey, bailey, cash/young, is where we can replace all three and juggle the rest. But we should see three new names coming straight into that starting eleven, anyone else will have to wait until theres a dip in form to get a chance but other than those guys none of these lot should be getting replaced without it warranted

But i feel like its our attack areas which require the main investment and if those areas were firing on all cylinders we would be in top four as our defence suggests its pretty solid as of now but eventually yeah they will need to be upgraded.

Our main targets should be at a minimum Nico Williams (Ath Bilbao) FW Vanderson (Monaco) RB Pedro Goncalves (Sporting CF) LW/M

I think with 4 or so fresh additions under Emery will not only be knocking on the door of champions league places next season but will be very comfortable in it, im only fearing Man City at this point as i can see us building a very solid attack on top of a quite rockhouse defence come summer… we are willing tear down the fences and the elite

Right heres the deal the first name on that hit list was Mcginn NOT Mings, we were all gunning for him at the time of Emery’s arrival (including myself) and rightly so.. however he has now become along with Mings as the first names on the teamsheet , it is quite a remarkable turnaround from them both but hope that puts this dilemma to bed. Now the one player who us definitely at the top of that list now is Leon Bailey who has been awful and most if not all of us can agree and should be getting shipped out the first team with immediate effect. It would be a terrible decision to sign a new CB with intentions of dropping Konsa and Mings who have been solid and shown great progress, we have Diego who is supposed to be a better player than them BOTH so that is not an area of our concern imo we can get by comfortably with them boys. Also Guendouzi for me personally is a name we were more than happy to toy with when the aim was mid tablish 9-12 BUT if we are going in that powerhouse direction then our targets/options will have now changed and im certain 4-6th are the positions we will be challenging for next season mark my words our ambition is HUGE and only a few of us are recognising this at current. But this will mean a higher calibre of player or quality will be purchased.

Football is a funny game isn’t it? half the forum saying buendia was poor and awful and the other half either saying he was our best player and there doesn’t seem to be nothing in between … but anyway we dust ourselves off and go again harder against spurs followed by liverpool … also stop disrespecting the professor as he has done a hell of a lot right than wrong since he’s joined. Today was always going to be a tough encounter. But im more than contented as a villa fan with the upcoming summer to bring in the ballers emery wants just enjoy the show guys europe or no europe

Whats annoying is we have kept the most clean sheets or at least one of 2 or 3 teams to do so in 2023 and we are talking about buying pau torres and all these defenders… mings and konsa under emery have shown thus far there is zero need to look elsewhere for any centre backs however we do need them pushed for competition and thats what diego carlos is for, and if Carlos cant get a game then that tells you everything about ty and konz right now, christiansen who we have been linked with i would find hard to turn down but i am very content with what we have in that area , main focus is right back and the forward areas.

Nico it is then