I'm struggling to see where this kid fits into our team anyway. If he's a playmaker he'll be competing with Jack and Buendia, and if he's a wide player he'll additionally be competing with Traore. Are we really in the market to spend that sort of money on a likely bench player? Would the kid even be interested in leaving his hometown club for that situation.
Unless we literally are splashing the cash on filling the bench with quality this summer, another explanation is that someone may be leaving.
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I think he goes straight in with Jack and Buendia. That to me looks like a cracking midfield to contend with. I’d pursue this transfer if I was doing the buying
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To challenge at the top end of the league we will need a squad of 20+ players, all of whom are capable of hitting the ground running whenever they are selected. We need to get away from this “starting eleven” mindset and look at the bigger picture re rotation etc.