If we're desperate to finish top 4, we are worse defensively now than last season and top 4 is in the balance....why not pay the 25?million release clause for Toby Alderweirld?
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If we're desperate to finish top 4, we are worse defensively now than last season and top 4 is in the balance....why not pay the 25?million release clause for Toby Alderweirld?
About the same as last season. We’d let in 23 at this point but scored less and had 4 less points.
Alderweireld won’t come here when he has the pick of the worlds biggest clubs after him. Plus he’s not available until the summer.
Would be a nice bit of business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
With the new regime in place I’d like to think that maybe we can become a bit more aggressive in the market and go for targets that at first glance you’d think were out of reach. Never know until you test the waters of course.
I do think we need to sign at least one player in January though. Whether we can find the sufficient quality though is another matter.
No. His release clause expires in the summer as stated here.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46693595Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
So it's in effect now. We don't know anybody will come here, that doesn't mean we shouldn't be trying to bring in the best we can.
Liverpool have scored 43. We've scored 41.
Liverpool have conceded 7. We've conceded 25.
As far as I'm concerned, our defending is worse than it ever was under Wenger and boy was our defending shit then.
Emery has to get a grip on things at the back, it's completely undermining all the good we've seen so far.
Maybe we can tempt Koulibaly away from Italy, with all the shit going on there with him.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...release-clauseQuote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Spurs letting one of the best defenders around leave mid-season when they’re in the CL and (laughably) believe they’re in for the title? Makes no sense. They’ve activated it now to stop him signing a pre-contract with a European club for free in January. There’s a reason no one is going to bid for him this January - because he now isn’t for sale until the summer. And he won’t be coming to us either, that’s for sure.
It's difficult because on one hand we are led to believe we can't afford players costing substantial amounts despite just spending 50 odd million on Aubameyang. On the other hand we are led to believe we can't afford NOT to get back into the CL next season. That means we should absolutely be going all out to make the signings to take us over the line. If we can't afford to do that then quite simply.....we can afford not to be in the CL next season, lol. Because if we can't, then we would do the most to ensure it happens. Also the sooner we get the quality that will take us to the next level the better. Prices of players aren't going to suddenly out of nowhere plummet. If we signed a Van Dijk he'd be of the highest quality and one of our main defensive positions would be sorted for several years. We need to be way more aggressive in that regard where it will pay off. We're not going to be able to pick up Torreira value on every signing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Ok fair enough that is more explicit than the Beeb. In any case, nothing is stopping us from pursuing him in Jan and whatever alternatives we have in mind I doubt will be of his quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
We'll be inflating the market if we go for him in January when we know the spuds won't sell, especially to us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Interesting release clause and smart contracting from them again.
On another note, how come they keep attracting and producing really good defenders while we've been stuck with shit for almost a decade now. We'd need to pull off at least 3 Campbells now to save this team.
Don't forget some players really like London and going to another club based here is a bonus, plus we've a pretty cushy setup as we know. If he thinks we've enough promise and he'll be first on the teamsheet, he might go for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
And he may be pissed off with paunchetino - remember he was left on the bench for the derby? It gets to players when they're left out of the big games