HalfTimePost Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I'm torn whether we will go for a CB or not. Mings and Konsa don't deserve to be dropped, and should one be pushed down the pecking order, I'd assume Carlos is the guy to do so. Chambers is the one that can be moved on and replaced as his utility man status is hopefully taken away from him. If we sign Pau Torres, that would be a huge coup, I'd assume he replaces Konsa in the XI and Mings/Carlos battle it out for the other position. Can we keep Konsa, Mings and Carlos happy battling it for one position? Suppose it depends on Carlos' health, an ACL is a big injury to be the same player afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 If were getting Guendouzi we really need to move early in the window because if West Ham sell Rice they will be looking for players and have money to burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 1 hour ago, duke313 said: A wide forward to replace Baily/Bert has to be top of the shopping list this summer, those two are nowhere near the standard we need. I think we need two wide forwards, if there was any truth in the interest in Nico Williams then I think a cheaper experienced forward to rotate and take pressure off a young man developing and settling into a new country would be beneficial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: I'm torn whether we will go for a CB or not. Mings and Konsa don't deserve to be dropped, and should one be pushed down the pecking order, I'd assume Carlos is the guy to do so. Chambers is the one that can be moved on and replaced as his utility man status is hopefully taken away from him. If we sign Pau Torres, that would be a huge coup, I'd assume he replaces Konsa in the XI and Mings/Carlos battle it out for the other position. Can we keep Konsa, Mings and Carlos happy battling it for one position? Suppose it depends on Carlos' health, an ACL is a big injury to be the same player afterwards. I think we need to bring in a new CB at some point. Mings isn't getting any younger and Carlos is also over 30 and coming back from a serious injury. Konsa could be our new RB which leaves Chambers being the only other who is nowhere near top 6 standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 18 hours ago, ZL- said: Yeah it's definitely true - the video was just since he joined Barca who have played him on that side but he's played across the whole front 3. As you can see he's more than capable of holding that right-wing width for us. He is right footed so goal output maybe better from left but is pretty adept with both feet. We've had issues very recently with signing players that can "play anywhere" but their highlight reel shows them doing their best work from the side at don't intend to play them from. I'd expect Emery to get the most out of any player but given even he is struggling with Bailey and doesn't utilise anyone in that role in the left, I'd be concerned. Not a great deal of gap in his stats on either wing in this case so maybe an unfounded concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, AshVilla said: I think we need to bring in a new CB at some point. Mings isn't getting any younger and Carlos is also over 30 and coming back from a serious injury. Konsa could be our new RB which leaves Chambers being the only other who is nowhere near top 6 standard. A left sided CB no older than 24 is needed, better getting him in now rather then when Mings declines or leaves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 1 hour ago, The_Steve said: £30m Euro for Pau Torres would be a coup for sure. Usual caveats, obviously. Tutto Mercato is one of the worst sources out there so more than likely rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Imagine a window of:- Pau Torres Ferran Torres Guendouzi Vlahovic That would be absolutely nuts. Very unlikely though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, DeadlyDirk said: Imagine a window of:- Pau Torres Ferran Torres Guendouzi Vlahovic That would be absolutely nuts. Very unlikely though Also throw in AWB or Ivan Fresneda for the RB spot while your at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, AshVilla said: Also throw in AWB or Ivan Fresneda for the RB spot while your at it. Absolutely filthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 9 minutes ago, DeadlyDirk said: Imagine a window of:- Pau Torres Ferran Torres Guendouzi Vlahovic That would be absolutely nuts. Very unlikely though Think of poor Captain Jack. How’s he going to deal with those 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 14 minutes ago, DeadlyDirk said: Imagine a window of:- Pau Torres Ferran Torres Guendouzi Vlahovic That would be absolutely nuts. Very unlikely though That would be an absolutely incredible window, but it simply will not happen. Guendouzi is probable, maybe even Ferran Torres. The other won't happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 15 minutes ago, duke313 said: That would be an absolutely incredible window, but it simply will not happen. Guendouzi is probable, maybe even Ferran Torres. The other won't happen. How much would it cost i wonder? Pau Torres - 30m Ferran Torres - 50m Guendouzi - 40m Vlahovic - 50m AWB - 20m Doable within our so called tweeted "unlimited budget" of 200m euro's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, AshVilla said: How much would it cost i wonder? Pau Torres - 30m Ferran Torres - 50m Guendouzi - 40m Vlahovic - 50m AWB - 20m Doable within our so called tweeted "unlimited budget" of 200m euro's. Aren’t recent quotes suggesting Guendouzi is going for half of that now…let’s do more shopping with the spare 20m 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREAT_BEARD_OF_ZEUS Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 53 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: I'm torn whether we will go for a CB or not. Mings and Konsa don't deserve to be dropped, and should one be pushed down the pecking order, I'd assume Carlos is the guy to do so. Chambers is the one that can be moved on and replaced as his utility man status is hopefully taken away from him. If we sign Pau Torres, that would be a huge coup, I'd assume he replaces Konsa in the XI and Mings/Carlos battle it out for the other position. Can we keep Konsa, Mings and Carlos happy battling it for one position? Suppose it depends on Carlos' health, an ACL is a big injury to be the same player afterwards. It would be a fairly elite CB quartet, and if you look at all the top teams, they have at least 4 quality CBs. Obviously our problem is that we don't (and likely won't) have European football to give them all plenty of games. However the key it seems is to recruit a mix versatile enough to play in a number of other positions. Look at City, Ake and Akanji regularly play full back and Stones is now in midfield. White at Arsenal has played mostly at fullback. Burn at LB for Newcastle etc etc. I think Carlos and Torres would be a wonderful first choice pairing, and then perhaps you give Mings and Konsa game time both as backup to those two, as well as across the back line. Konsa has shown he can play RB and Mings can obviously play LB. I'd be interested to see if we could play the reverse of the current set up. So when Moreno tires, instead of bringing him off for Digne, shift Mings over and push Cash (or a new attacking right wingback) to play high up on the other side? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 hours ago, The_Steve said: £30m Euro for Pau Torres would be a coup for sure. Usual caveats, obviously. As if it would only be 30 million euros for him..... add another 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I find some of the idea's on here to be 'wacky' Could we at least agree on an order of priority for the positions of the signings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 19 minutes ago, paul514 said: I find some of the idea's on here to be 'wacky' Could we at least agree on an order of priority for the positions of the signings? Right Midfield left midfield Attacking midfield right back reserve goalkeeper Defensive central midfield Left back centre back striker obviously you run out of money at some point on that list and the rest is for another summer. also as emery has apparently said he wants a striker even though it is bottom of my list you should factor that in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SecretVillaScout Posted May 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) Outs: Watkins- £50 Mil J Ramsey - £45 Million Bailey- £20 Mil Archer - £20 Mil Keinan Davis- 8 Mil Sanson- $1 Nakamba- £5 Mil Hause- £3 Mil = £151Million + $1 Ins: Pau Torres - £30 Mil Guendouzi - £25 Mil Nico Williams- £30 Mil Pedro Goncalves- £45 Mil Lee Kang-in - £15 Mil Vlahovic- £60 Mil = £205 Million Other options include Kokcu, Samuel Chukwueze and Johnathon David Edited May 9, 2023 by SecretVillaScout 1 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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