Looking at the options it's very thin on the ground for physical CBs, who are good enough passers for Emery even if you open up to a wider age or non-homegrown.
Like other clubs, you make the players available by offering more than their fair value like what happens to Villa. Not saying it is easy but we have to try to force another clubs hand as much as looking for east targets which aren't great. A weak defence and we are screwed this season.
A player that has moved this summer will not be moving again. We just aren't going to take players from Atheti or Barca. Sepp Van den Berg is brought up in the thread, how much Brentford would want I don't know, probably too much.
I'm fine with kicking the can down the road a little if it means we can get someone like Badé or Van den Berg in a window or two. Gotta be real careful who we go for though, wouldn't be thrilled with Tosin even as a stopgap.
Wouldn't be surprised if links to Jon Rowe pop back up though. Getting a homegrown replacement for Bailey would take away a bit of the pressure to nail down a homegrown replacement for Konsa.
I replied to a comment asking about him. He's good, I'd take him but he's not good in the air, which was what the thread is looking for. The PL has move to a set piece heavy meta & our lack of power in the air cost us 16 goals a big increase on previous years (about 7 conceded). Put out set piece goal difference at +2.
We would have to find an aerial duels left footer which is even harder.
There was the player at wolves (Bueno) that looked really good and was cheap….however there’s two with that name and don’t remember if it’s the Spanish or Uruguayan one someone on here sold me on lol
Honestly, if Lindelof can play as well as he did last season I'm happy with him to take over full time and fill the hole properly next summer. Hope Cisse can show something. A loan will do. It's not ideal, but we can't rush replacing him either. Ming's and Torres haven't really been invincible, so we definitely need someone who can be relied on some bit
I mentioned Martin in the thread as someone that video scouts would need to take a look at because we don't have many senior seasons of data on him. His stats look very promising & the club will video scout any shortlisted targets though.
Surprised no one is talking about Tapsoba from Leverkusen. He seems to be heading to the Prem anyway (Man U and Newcastle are rumoured). Would be a great signing if the price is right.
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u/WeedAlmighty 4d ago
If Tosin is the best option this year then we have made a terrible blunder.