MJ_1874

I don't think it was leaked, it was just random guessing/paper talk. The fact we are spending £20m on a keeper and £14m on a RB suggests there is more than £100m available.

No one knows what the budget is, it could easily be £150m

I can see that against the 'bigger' teams but think we will play with a 10 when we a favorites/equal. It has been said we want a forward and winger and I am wondering if Rashica could be the forward (King was his alternative) and we could still get Benrahma/Buendia maybe even Sarr?

My predicted (hopeful) first 11 by 5th October. Would be very excited to see what this side could do.

Below is an analysis I did of the stats a few weeks ago. Second only to Ndidi for possession adjusted defensive actions per 90 for midfielders under 25. Nakamba also high up there. As mentioned, he just needs more composure on the ball.

In terms of defensive actions per game he is one of the highest ranked young DMs in Europe. No idea how his overall game is though. Nakamba is very highly ranked as well from a defensive actions perspective but he struggles on the ball and especially to help transition from defense to attack. Maybe he is similar but I've not watched him enough to know.

The only explanation I can think of is he is not a big goal scorer. Creativity and ball progression numbers are fantastic but I guess most managers want all of their forward line to score goals.

£20m a year in wages is an outrageous amount. If we agreed to do it though based on us paying 30% of the cost or £6m per year, it might not be out of the realms of possibility. No idea if he is still any good though...

If you watch Mourinho on all or nothing, you can see why attitude is so important to many managers. The professionalism and drive to succeed verse a lazy bad apple who thinks they are too good for the club and wants to move on. Eduoard would probably fall closer to the latter, want more money and cost more in transfer fees despite scoring no more in a much weaker league.

I don't really get what all the fuss is about him. Created almost half the chances of Targett last year in very attacking team and was not great defensively.

The £100m was always just made up. Its not like the money is sitting in the bank. The majority is paid for from future earnings depending how the deal is structured (the owners can only put £35m in over 3 seasons excluding excluded items like youth team players etc) . Some reports have said our wages were as low as £30-40m last season off a turnover of probably £150m excluding the impact of Covid. This is why we can spend and in theory we could probably spend up to £200m before we would use up all of our future budgets.

He had only a few chances when he came on and almost immediately dribbled past 4 or 5 players showing the most flair and skill in the entire game.....

Its a good point. Buendia is such a versatile player as well. He can beat his man and get balls into the box all day long. He is also actually quite a good tackler for a forward and can press plus we need creativity especially in case Jack gets injured.

Its is a big chunk of money on the face of it but this is what Strikers cost now. Seb Haller and Joelinton both over £40m plus high wages. Leeds nearly £30m for a 29 year old. Wolves paid nearly £40m for a 28 year old Jimenez last year. He will get goals, is good with his feet and can hold the ball up well. There is a reason Spurs wanted him. Buendia now please!

He is completely unproven apart from half a season in the championship. So I'm not sure much more than £20m would be justified.

Liverpool do really need the money though surprisingly. Maybe a similar deal to the Luiz deal could be done. £20m purchase and £30-35m buyback option rising by £10m per year?

Very unlikely Jack will leave now they have signed Van De Beek.

Really not too bothered about Wilson. £20m+ plus big wages for a 28 year old with a patchy injury record is not a good deal. We will spend the money somewhere else and hopefully be a bit more creative.

Yeah, we could probably spend £200m depending on wages, who leaves and length of contracts but then we would little or no budget for the next few years.

If we continue our form post lock down then I don't think we will be in a relegation scrap and all those players improve us substantially. Hopefully we agree terms with Romero as well who would improve us massively over Nyland who probably lost us 6+ points on his own. I can see Watkins scoring a load of goals at the backpost from a Cash/Grealish cross depending on which side he is on. Wilson will score goals and Cash will add more attacking threat down the right. We still need more though in case (god forbid) Grealish gets injured for a few months. Benrahma and Buendia, a CB and CM and I would be happy. Would be nice for Lange to pick up a few random gems as well close to the end of the window.

Same, never heard of him but he does look good. Better goal contribution per minute than Benrahma and three years younger. I still think we will get another wide player in maybe Rashica if no one else comes in for him or Buendia.

Latest I heard is we are going to £22m plus add ons. The thing with Watkins though is he can play very well across the entire front line. So you get more flexibility and value. Benrahma can really only play LW.

I would guess Brentford are quoting us £30m and we don't think it is worth it for a 25 year old who has never played in the top flight (as much as I would like him).

He is 22 mate, has had injury problems and never had a decent run of games. He created 3.25 chances in the games he played this season which is extremely good across all premier league strikers and especially compared to Wesley and Samatta who created barely 1 each. He only played 500 PL minutes and could have easily got 2 or 3 goals with a bit of luck. I can remember Dean Henderson pulling of a great save to deny him, he hit the post from a header in one game and another shot he pulled an inch wide after making a great run and between two defenders and bring the ball down on his chest. As I said, a season with a mid table championship side would do him the world of good. He will get goals and will build his confidence. He might not make it but there is still a really good chance he will with his movement, strength and good ball control for a target man.

Come on its hardly that difficult. Less than 1 in 2 in the Championship. Lewis Grabbon got 20 goals last season. Troy Deeley will probably get close to 20 next season. I think there is potentially a top striker in Davis if he can get a run of games and keep injury free.