If the Suarez signing is any indicator then our targets will be run of the mill. I'm guessing a lot will depend on CL qualification.
On Suarez; is he Emery's Kim Kallstrom? What a pointless signing.
If the Suarez signing is any indicator then our targets will be run of the mill. I'm guessing a lot will depend on CL qualification.
On Suarez; is he Emery's Kim Kallstrom? What a pointless signing.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 20-04-2019 at 09:40 AM.
At this moment in time we have no idea what the plans are for next season... Suarez? Hope this isn't the level we are looking for personally I don't think so Emery I would assume has players in mind and know's more regarding the financial situation so
Manolas is the only high profileish player I can name we would be able to afford in the best case scenario of qualifying For the CL. Can’t think of too many others unless one of the big clubs are keen on selling cast offs for less than 40 mill.
Or lose them.
I think Son is such a massive player for them. Really wish they didn't have him.
Last edited by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice; 20-04-2019 at 11:29 AM.
Yes Son is quality.
I’m hoping they suffer as we did when we had to sell our best players to pay the mortgage.
I'd rather they kept both and lost Son....but yes you are right.
Eriksen’s their most important player I think - they don’t have a replacement and players like him aren’t easy to find.
I think there’s room to keep some of those expensive / older guys on, and I don’t think we’ll see all of them go, but I wouldn’t be shocked if we accepted offers for (or simply released) many of them. I can see there being one or two shocks there, if the right offer came in.
(And, unfortunately, I also think that the one or two older players that I’d choose to keep might want one final move back to their home countries this summer to see out their careers?)
The bottom line is there’s far too much fat on that wage bill and we need to get our operation leaner. When you look at the return we’re getting from guys like Torreira, Gendouzi, Holding and AMN who are probably on about half the money that we’re paying some of their competition, there’s gains to be had everywhere. Even if we can’t afford to shop at the de Ligt end of the market, we should still be expecting the people running this club to move us forward - Christ, even if all we do is bring players of a similar standard on less money who can handle away days, that would be something...
Last edited by I am invisible; 20-04-2019 at 12:02 PM.