Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

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Suarez as a 3rd striker I'd take. He's not going to play every game or start tonnes. But even at his age, the ball falls to him inside that 18 yard box, its going in. If he has Ollies chances on Sunday, we win 4-0.

[paul_e]

I can't see Luiz staying otherwise we would have presumably signed him up to a new contract. It doesn't even seem like we've offered him one.

You wonder too whether part of the thinking of signing 29 year olds is that it gives some of the kids coming through chance to be ready (Bogarde, Feeney and Smith for Diego Costa for instance).

That's how i see it, sign a 30 year old in the same position as a promising 18 year old and he'll see the possibility of slowly replacing him over the next couple of years and they can act like a mentor.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think we have suffered from not having enough 'wise old heads' in the team for a fair while now.

[LeeB]

I think we'll be a very physical team next season.

Good.

[Dave]

Suarez as a 3rd striker I'd take. He's not going to play every game or start tonnes. But even at his age, the ball falls to him inside that 18 yard box, its going in. If he has Ollies chances on Sunday, we win 4-0.

I'd have no issue with him coming in either, particularly if we have hopes of one of the young lot being really good.

But he probably doesn't get most of Ollie's chances on Sunday, as they mainly came from him running his nuts off and harrying Fernandinho which Suarez wouldn't be doing.

[LeeB]

Suarez as a 3rd striker I'd take. He's not going to play every game or start tonnes. But even at his age, the ball falls to him inside that 18 yard box, its going in. If he has Ollies chances on Sunday, we win 4-0.

I'd have no issue with him coming in either, particularly if we have hopes of one of the young lot being really good.

But he probably doesn't get most of Ollie's chances on Sunday, as they mainly came from him running his nuts off and harrying Fernandinho which Suarez wouldn't be doing.

This is the thing with Watkins, whatever you say about his touch, the sheer volume of work he gets through is sorely missed when he's not there and why an upgrade is going to take a serious wedge to bring in.

[Dante Lavelli]

I think we have suffered from not having enough 'wise old heads' in the team for a fair while now.

No-one seemed enamoured by Young last season and I reckon Suarez would be equally underwhelming on the pitch next season.  The off the pitch stuff is much harder to quantify but I think it is worth us having one player with we carry if they're genuinely helping the younger players develop and gain good habits.

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Could Suarez work hard for 15-20 minutes coming off the bench?

[eamonn]

Suarez as a 3rd striker I'd take. He's not going to play every game or start tonnes. But even at his age, the ball falls to him inside that 18 yard box, its going in. If he has Ollies chances on Sunday, we win 4-0.

Yep, and we were never gonna keep Citeh scoreless.

I'd have no issue with him coming in either, particularly if we have hopes of one of the young lot being really good.

But he probably doesn't get most of Ollie's chances on Sunday, as they mainly came from him running his nuts off and harrying Fernandinho which Suarez wouldn't be doing.

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If Ollie scores twice and Phil adds the 4th, we'd have coasted the last 20 minutes as the arse had almost dropped out of them at 2-0. One for the What Ifs.

[cdbearsfan]

Don't mind Suarez as impact sub but would he be up for that? Worried signing him would mean we are still planning on going two up front as our formation of choice which means I rarely get to see my South American magicians doing their tricks in the same line-up.

[nigel]

SSN still linking us with Tarkowski and Bassey.

If we do sign those two, I could see us potentially moving to a 3-5-2, with the current 3 in midfield shape and Coutinho given a free role behind a striker.

Another one for the woodshed cdbearsfan.

Vrs Burnley selection seemed to be 4-1-4-1, however, the full back were so far advanced for much of the game with Luiz effectively playing a central role in a back 3. Other times the fullbacks were defending and Luiz pushed in front of the 4.
I sit at the back of the North and it was clear to see.
I think it’s going to be interesting to see how we develop our defensive unit.

[tomd2103]

We won't play 3 at the back (as a starting formation) you don't sign a player like Kamara to play in front of 3 centre backs given his whole appeal is that he can drift between being an extra midfielder and an extra defender. His job is to be the 3rd centre back in the moments where the fullbacks get caught up field and then as they filter back he can push out.

I suspect the main reason those links are still coming is because they don't want to be shown up for having completely missed our real target. That said if Mings does get moved on I could see Bassey coming in as cover because he's young enough to be a little more patient than someone like Mings.

T.Soucek on the Beeb has apparently fell out with Moyes at West Ham...

I'd have him here at the real Claret and Blues...

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The Doc

I'd be 100% behind this, he's exactly the type of player I'd like to see come in next, it would give us tremendous flexibility in our midfield if we could pick 3 from Kamara, Soucek (or similar), Ramsey, McGinn and Luiz.

Not so sure Paul.  Still think you can play with a DM and still play 3 at the back.  I'm not really a fan of 3 at the back either (though do think it works OK in international football) but if we are potentially signing 3 CBs this summer without anyone in that position going out, then it might hint to a change in shape.

[Clark W Griswold]

Don't mind Suarez as impact sub but would he be up for that? Worried signing him would mean we are still planning on going two up front as our formation of choice which means I rarely get to see my South American magicians doing their tricks in the same line-up.

He is 35 so i reckon if he thinks he's coming to join a few of his old pals playing for a team challenging for Europe, and not having to push himself too much physically it would probably suit him well. I think it would suit us well too, we have 2 forwards who do pretty much everything well except for finishing and he's certainly bring that to the squad. We also have a promising youngster that probably isn't quite ready yet but might be in a year or two, by which time Suarez will probably be finished.

[mrfuse]

Don't mind Suarez as impact sub but would he be up for that? Worried signing him would mean we are still planning on going two up front as our formation of choice which means I rarely get to see my South American magicians doing their tricks in the same line-up.

I think he realises that hes probably not going to play 90 minutes very often so I think it's a good option.

One thing I've never realised about Suarez is his height. I've seen him play many times but I always thought he was around the 5 foot 8 but hes 6ft.