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Author Topic: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread  (Read 784193 times)

Offline Toronto Villa

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #525 on: April 29, 2022, 05:25:18 PM »
why does he need to be out the door? Why can't he become a squad player who is effective for his energy late in games and can contribute as a starter periodically.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #526 on: April 29, 2022, 06:01:34 PM »
I can think a few out the door before Mcginn.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #527 on: April 29, 2022, 06:03:36 PM »
First out of the door seems like bit of an overstatement but if United, or someone, came offering £50m+ I would't exactly be telling them to get lost.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #528 on: April 29, 2022, 06:50:31 PM »
If someone offered 50 million, I assume they would see him as better than someone they already had
How many teams have that money to spend on a player that a few on here want to ditch ?
Certainly not the cause or root of all of our problems

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #529 on: April 29, 2022, 06:54:49 PM »
Think it would have to be something ridiculous like 50 million, if Luiz, Carney and Sanson are going in the summer,

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #530 on: April 29, 2022, 07:30:26 PM »
First out the door for me would be McGinn as for the last 3-4 seasons he has defined our midfield and every configuration has had him in it somewhere - to varying effect and in latter seasons that effect has been quite negatively.

It is time we looked at something else


What has defined our midfield is a lack of a DM and our repeated failure to address it.  Lets see what this team is capable of once we plug that huge hole.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #531 on: April 29, 2022, 08:03:20 PM »
First out the door for me would be McGinn as for the last 3-4 seasons he has defined our midfield and every configuration has had him in it somewhere - to varying effect and in latter seasons that effect has been quite negatively.

It is time we looked at something else

What has defined our midfield is a lack of a DM and our repeated failure to address it.  Lets see what this team is capable of once we plug that huge hole.

That's my take on it too. Yes, McGinn has been disappointing this season, but he's still shown flashes of what he's capable of and I do not want us writing off players until we've seen them playing with eleven square pegs in eleven square holes. I'm also accutely aware that form is temporary, and he is in bad form. He's not a bad player. 

I'm not certain he will be able to step up a significant level with a proper DM behind him, but you know damn well that if he moves somewhere that plays a bit more to his strengths he'll make our decision to let him go look foolish. 

I suspect Gerrard knows full well what McGinn would be capable of in a team of his choosing, so if he stays this summer I'd expect him to play a big part next season.  He's British, reasonably successful at International level, and now well established in the premier league - if we're looking to move people on to create space and generate funds for a rebuild, he'll be one of the first to go if Gerrard doesn't 100% fancy him.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #532 on: April 29, 2022, 09:16:14 PM »
In our search for a Kante, why not try to get the Kante. One year left on his deal this summer. He's apparently not Champion's League quality anymore (this comes from listening to podcasts, rather than seeing him myself. My eyes are too beautiful to watch Chelsea), but he'd be a good option for us for a couple of years, perhaps.

Lovely lad too.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #533 on: April 29, 2022, 09:31:34 PM »
Kante is comfortably still Champions League quality in my view.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #534 on: April 29, 2022, 09:59:31 PM »
In our search for a Kante, why not try to get the Kante. One year left on his deal this summer. He's apparently not Champion's League quality anymore (this comes from listening to podcasts, rather than seeing him myself. My eyes are too beautiful to watch Chelsea), but he'd be a good option for us for a couple of years, perhaps.

Lovely lad too.

Yes yes and yes again.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #535 on: April 29, 2022, 10:02:24 PM »
Kante is comfortably still Champions League quality in my view.

Even more reason to get him. If Chelsea wanted to keep him long-term they'd have signed him up by now.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #536 on: April 29, 2022, 10:13:48 PM »
Is it not more that they're not allowed to sign anyone? Or is that all sorted now? This isn't rhetorical, I haven't been paying much attention to football lately as the baddies keep winning.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #537 on: April 29, 2022, 10:14:47 PM »
In our search for a Kante, why not try to get the Kante.

Too short plus he's a Chelsea 'legend'.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #538 on: April 29, 2022, 10:18:17 PM »
Is it not more that they're not allowed to sign anyone? Or is that all sorted now? This isn't rhetorical, I haven't been paying much attention to football lately as the baddies keep winning.

They're not allowed to sign anyone *right now*, but they've known how long his contract runs for since he signed it. Clubs that want to keep a player don't let it get to the last year.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #539 on: April 29, 2022, 10:20:35 PM »
In our search for a Kante, why not try to get the Kante.

plus he's a Chelsea 'legend'.

So was that twat we got from them when we were in the second division.

 


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