Arthur Theate

[Jonezy]

Nope. Nope. Nope.

[Old Fox]

30 minutes ago, Jonezy said:

Nope. Nope. Nope.

No better than VK and he is bang average too

[Sankey93]

After watching him he’s another car crash 😂

[Ian Nacho]

2 hours ago, Sankey93 said:

After watching him he’s another car crash 😂

Gerrrimminnnnn.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Am I the only who thinks that Arthur Theate will be some kind of thtool?

Edited 27 June 2024 by Trav Le Bleu

[Foxin_Mad]

Another half arsed Belgian International who probably doesn't actually want to be here. Id stay well clear. 

[Dahnsouff]

He is left footed and has a silly haircut. Get it done.

[Lesta Legend]

“Interest from Saudi Arabia in #Rennes and Belgian international defender Arthur #Theate .

Al-Ittihad Club 🇸🇦 has opened contact with the player's entourage”

[goose2010]

17 minutes ago, Lesta Legend said:

“Interest from Saudi Arabia in #Rennes and Belgian international defender Arthur #Theate .

Al-Ittihad Club 🇸🇦 has opened contact with the player's entourage”

Signed for them. 18m euros. 

[Stopharage]

Bullet dodged. 

[kingfox]

48 minutes ago, Lesta Legend said:

“Interest from Saudi Arabia in #Rennes and Belgian international defender Arthur #Theate .

Al-Ittihad Club 🇸🇦 has opened contact with the player's entourage”

Both Theate and Greaves potentially going elsewhere 😬

 

Ideally we need a starting LCB, that position is becoming a head scratcher unless we go for David Carmo. 

[Arkie Bennett]

1 hour ago, Lesta Legend said:

“Interest from Saudi Arabia in #Rennes and Belgian international defender Arthur #Theate .

Al-Ittihad Club 🇸🇦 has opened contact with the player's entourage”

He has an entourage? What is he, a rapper?

[Ric Flair]

23 minutes ago, kingfox said:

Both Theate and Greaves potentially going elsewhere 😬

 

Ideally we need a starting LCB, that position is becoming a head scratcher unless we go for David Carmo. 

It's a conundrum, midfield is the biggest priority which might mean we wait to see. We currently have 5 CBs, although none of them are left footed. Nelson and Vestergaard are comfortable off both feet and Faes is equally as erratic either side.

 

It'd easy to presume under Cooper he's going to be happier with CBs like Coady and Souttar but who knows. Whatever the foot of elusive defender, we need pace. 

 

Nathan Zeze was heavily linked last season and ticks all the boxes except is he ready for the PL yet? Fofana was at the same age but we already have Nelson trying to push for the 1st team.

 

If Maresca was still here I thought we might be in with a shot of Facundo Gonzalez from Juventus. Did very well on loan at Sampdoria last season. Looks ideal.

 

 

 

 

[KP Fox]

On 23/06/2024 at 16:36, LVFox said:

I could get behind a Theate-Coady-Faes back 3

Are you a goalie? 

[Scotch]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

It's a conundrum, midfield is the biggest priority which might mean we wait to see. We currently have 5 CBs, although none of them are left footed. Nelson and Vestergaard are comfortable off both feet and Faes is equally as erratic either side.

 

It'd easy to presume under Cooper he's going to be happier with CBs like Coady and Souttar but who knows. Whatever the foot of elusive defender, we need pace. 

 

Nathan Zeze was heavily linked last season and ticks all the boxes except is he ready for the PL yet? Fofana was at the same age but we already have Nelson trying to push for the 1st team.

 

If Maresca was still here I thought we might be in with a shot of Facundo Gonzalez from Juventus. Did very well on loan at Sampdoria last season. Looks ideal.

 

 

 

 

I'd still like to see us aproach Lloyd Kelly, depending on his injury situation. 

 

Edit. Never mind. I just saw he's apparently signed with Newcastle. 

Edited 3 July 2024 by Scotch

[kingfox]

2 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

It's a conundrum, midfield is the biggest priority which might mean we wait to see. We currently have 5 CBs, although none of them are left footed. Nelson and Vestergaard are comfortable off both feet and Faes is equally as erratic either side.

 

It'd easy to presume under Cooper he's going to be happier with CBs like Coady and Souttar but who knows. Whatever the foot of elusive defender, we need pace. 

 

Nathan Zeze was heavily linked last season and ticks all the boxes except is he ready for the PL yet? Fofana was at the same age but we already have Nelson trying to push for the 1st team.

 

If Maresca was still here I thought we might be in with a shot of Facundo Gonzalez from Juventus. Did very well on loan at Sampdoria last season. Looks ideal.

 

 

 

 

Of course a lot will also depend on if Cooper goes for two or three centre backs. As they always say, you need two players each position, but when it comes to centre backs it’s probably best to have five in case of injuries. 
 

With the rumours we’ve seen, apart from Gabriel Pereira, I think the rest of the centre backs we’ve been linked with have been left footed. 
 

From what I’ve seen of Nathan Zeze, personally I don’t think he’s ready mate. He got a run in the Nantes team under Jocelyn Gourvennec, I saw him against Reims in January where he had a decent performance, but apart from that I thought he looked pretty average defensively. Antoine Kombouare then returned as manager in March and dropped Zeze from the get go, the last time I saw him he got torn to shreds by Lyon. He then started the last two games of the season, one of which was a 4-0 defeat to Monaco. There’s a cluster of defenders under 20 in Ligue 1 that are better than him at this moment in time imo. 
 

As for other possibilities, I’ve mentioned Konstantinos Koulierakis and Lorenzo Pirola in the past, but yet again, are they good enough to be regular starters in the Premier League at this moment in time, possibly not. 
 

Whatever the case though, as you said yourself, we need a centre back with pace. 

[Tommy Fresh]

6 hours ago, kingfox said:

Of course a lot will also depend on if Cooper goes for two or three centre backs. As they always say, you need two players each position, but when it comes to centre backs it’s probably best to have five in case of injuries. 
 

With the rumours we’ve seen, apart from Gabriel Pereira, I think the rest of the centre backs we’ve been linked with have been left footed. 
 

From what I’ve seen of Nathan Zeze, personally I don’t think he’s ready mate. He got a run in the Nantes team under Jocelyn Gourvennec, I saw him against Reims in January where he had a decent performance, but apart from that I thought he looked pretty average defensively. Antoine Kombouare then returned as manager in March and dropped Zeze from the get go, the last time I saw him he got torn to shreds by Lyon. He then started the last two games of the season, one of which was a 4-0 defeat to Monaco. There’s a cluster of defenders under 20 in Ligue 1 that are better than him at this moment in time imo. 
 

As for other possibilities, I’ve mentioned Konstantinos Koulierakis and Lorenzo Pirola in the past, but yet again, are they good enough to be regular starters in the Premier League at this moment in time, possibly not. 
 

Whatever the case though, as you said yourself, we need a centre back with pace. 

This fella would do 

 

[kingfox]

1 hour ago, Tommy Fresh said:

This fella would do 

 

Last time I checked, his name had disappeared from the out of contract in 2024 list, seems he signed a new deal a few months back. 
 

Nicolas Valentini is probably more gettable from Boca. 

[Tommy Fresh]

1 hour ago, kingfox said:

Last time I checked, his name had disappeared from the out of contract in 2024 list, seems he signed a new deal a few months back. 
 

Nicolas Valentini is probably more gettable from Boca. 

Signed one in March apparently, but whether he's just doing Velez a favour to allow them to get a fee. I really like Alan Saldivia but not left footed 

 

[kingfox]

1 hour ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Signed one in March apparently, but whether he's just doing Velez a favour to allow them to get a fee. I really like Alan Saldivia but not left footed 

 

Seems Gómez might be off to River Plate. 
 

Seen you mention Saldivia before, I just feel we need someone with a bit more credibility tbh mate, someone that would be capable of going straight into the starting 11. 

[Tommy Fresh]

1 minute ago, kingfox said:

Seems Gómez might be off to River Plate. 
 

Seen you mention Saldivia before, I just feel we need someone with a bit more credibility tbh mate, someone that would be capable of going straight into the starting 11. 

I want this fella smashing in to Kai Havertz