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He was terrific at Brentford, where he was required to pass the ball and set up transitions. That’s what got him the attention. He’s very comfortable with the ball, it’s not his fault he currently plays in a low block and he’s asked to launch it to beat the press.

It’s the hope that kills you, the guy we should have bought when Mahrez left

Half of Rome offering to drive him to Leicester, the only player that worked out for us that was bad mouthed was Evans (but that was salty baggies having to accept Leicester were a bigger and better proposition at the time). Loves fouling, doesn’t like heading and he’s awful at interceptions. Not a bad passer, but I’d rather have someone who can defend properly without being a liability.

We need to put Trincao out of our minds, it’s so unlikely to happen sadly. Brooks has better goal scoring ability than any of our wingers, and bar Maddison and possibly Tielemens, he’d be our best final third passer in the team. Smart football IQ Brooks is also comfortable playing attacking mid, we struggled for creativity without Maddison. Brooks versatility could be invaluable. Side note he also won the England Toulon tournament with none other than Hirst as striker and Barnes left wing, clearly he’d gel with the team immediately https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dreamteamfc.com/c/news-gossip/232160/england-toulon-tournament-ivory-coast/amp/

No CL will have ruined any chance sadly

Much better passer and creator than Perez. He can also play central if Maddison is out. Shame we wasted £30m on Perez to be a sub next season.

It’s a no from me...

in: Buendia, Eze, Morelos & a FB prospect out: Chillwell, Gray (give James Justin starting spot for LB).

So obvious it hurts, loan to buy and The fee would be under £25m. At 26 he’s still in his prime.

We’re only 4/5 wins away from Top 4, thanks to the inconsistency of teams below us. I’d rather we went for someone in the summer that follows the same successful model of late (21-24 years old, with upside (helped by decent coaching), and potential to threaten the starting XI CB’s long term. Plus potential for profit and reinvestment).

Has Congerton forgotten that he hasn’t left Sunderland yet? Woeful signing he’s average, Southampton fans already laughing at us. 27, he’ll have no sell on value when we want rid eventually.

Although he has played centrally more than wide, he does drift out, and seems to be a technically gifted dribbler - a lot of the clips has him on the wing taking on players.

I was wrong initially, he looks very good https://statsbomb.com/2020/01/olmo-and-stevanovic-and-chalov-oh-my-transfer-targets-you-should-know-from-easter-europe/

Better to use per 90 stats not per games, I’ve also not included European and Cup Games where he’s been better. Defo still raw, but has more to offer than any of our true wingers atm.

A goal contribution every 2.8 games (using p90 stats 18/19 and 19/20) isn’t end product for Chukwueze in La Liga, at the age of 21?

He was very good for a Luton (7 goals) at left back, seems ambidextrous. Either Chilwell or Ricardo goes in the Summer he’ll probably be a worthy successor if he carries on progressing.

We all know that James Justin played mostly as a left back for Luton....?

Would be ideal, a nightmare to defend with a potent left peg. Right age profile and within price range (£32-35m should do it)

Err please not Rugani, Juve fans are begging him to leave, and feel quite the opposite with Demiral. Bad sign, hopefully the club look at other targets.

Maddison is more of a playmaker to ping the ball from 30-40 yards out to set up Martial/Rashford. If Maddison’s agent is pushing for a release clause set it at £120m, although I’d prefer not to have one.

Yes similar attacking play, some interesting stats from their last Championship seasons: Championship Eze 19/20 2.6 shots p90 1.9 key passes p90 2.9 successful dribbles p90 Grealish 18/19 2.1 shots p90 2.3 key passes p90 1.7 successful dribbles p90 Maddison 17/18 2.8 shots p90 3.1 key passes p90 1.2 successful dribbles p90

Eberechi Eze is the championships best Attacking mid this season, 16 goal contributions from 26 games. Only 21, lovely skill, would complement Maddison and Tielemens with extra fixtures next season. Chelsea and Sheff United interest, I’d pay £20m to get to the front of the queue, rather than wait for a bidding war in the summer.

Hopefully can get the old Lemar back, the contrast between his two good seasons at Monaco in terms of goals, is light and day League Monaco 2015 - 2017 - 14 goals over 4415 minutes = 1 goal every 3.5 games Monaco 2018 - AM 19/20 - 4 goals over 4913 minutes = 1 goal every 13.5 games That's a serious fall from grace, not sure paying sky high wages is worth the risk? Bailey last 3 seasons (league) - 17 goals over 4589 mins for Bayer, 1 goal every 3 games.