Not a chance we get RdP. Not just an excellent set piece taker, crosser of the ball, passer but also works incredibly hard anywhere upfront and in midfield. which is where he started out as a ten at Racing. Mentally tough having had a torrid time at Valencia. Sources say his heart is set on joining Bielsa at Leeds where he would fit in perfectly.
If they cough up the money. So far they haven't plus Bielsa doesn't have a tendency for staying long at clubs. If no club meets Udineses valuation and he wants a new venture there's a small chance. Would be a great stepping stone to show he's capable of Prem football.
It would be amazing to have a player of his class Carpster. Integral part of the Argentina side now as well. I suppose we can dream.
In all honesty that's all it is. I just love watching him play. Not only skilful but is probably the hardest working player they have. Let's dream away until it's not possible.
Brentford got £25m for Benrahma. I suspect that’s where bidding will start for Danjuma. There will be interest at £20m for sure so no way he goes for less than that in my opinion. Bournemouth will have no problem raising capital - I doubt Lerma, Danjuma or Brooks will be hanging around if they don’t go up and there will be takers at reasonable money for all of them. As I said, I suspect Sarr will sign a new deal with us. He’s also in an unusual position of having dropped down and played a season in the lower division - and if anything, raised his stock and value. Not sure £50m would be enough now - and I also don’t see any clubs bidding for him from the PL knowing they won’t have him for a month in Jan/Feb. Liverpool will already be without a number of players. I’ll buck the trend and say I’ll be very surprised if Sarr goes anywhere this summer.
Championship/Lower League standard who raised it for a year like a lot of their players last season. Think we need to look at better players than him.
Looks very good, I know it's a highlights video, but he has pace enough to blow a lot of defenders away, and looks to be able to find the net.
Does anybody else think Bielsa should be able to speak English by now? He seems to get a free pass on the issue.
I actually think we can save money on the left by putting Pedro out on the left! He is not a central striker and plays better from a wider or deeper position, and I think he could do well out on the left and we will still have Zinc and King Ken as reasonable back ups out there too. The money needs to be spent on an out and out strikers, and with Ashley Young coming in I think we can save money and do OK with what we have on the left. I think we really must splash out on a class 20 goal a season striker, and probably a less expensive 12/15 goal a season striker too. Ivan Toney would be good, but I think we will be out bid on him, we might be better off trying for a has been top striker who is slightly on the wane even if he is on the slightly older side. Who that might be I really don't know, but that is probably our best chance of getting a 20 goal striker IMO. As for the cheaper options I have mentioned Kieffer Moore in recent days and he could fit that bill, or for a little bit more cash Adam Armstrong, but he might cost too much though, another one who springs to mind is Lucas Joao at Reading, or Aleksander Mitrovic at Fulham. I am sure there are loads more you guys can think of, but that is the sort of thing I think we need to do. Spend big on one top class striker, and a little less on a second decent striker too.
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Benrahma is definitely a better benchmark than Sarr, although I’d imagine that Bournemouth’s financial position should they fail to go up this season will be far worse than Brentford’s at the end of last season. Brentford were able to get £25m in part due to their willingness to wait until this summer to receive payment; I don’t think that would work now for Bournemouth. If they sell Brooks for £30m+ (as mooted previously) then they’ll be fine and able to resist pressure to sell other assets on the cheap but between his injuries and his inconsistent performance levels, I think they’d struggle to get that, especially as he only has a year on his contract left now. In a healthy market, should Bournemouth stay down, Danjuma’s value is probably £25-30m but their financial situation, coupled with the general market slowdown we’ll see this summer, means he’ll be available at a discount. How much of a discount will depend on the level of interest they get for other players, although Danjuma is clearly their most saleable asset now.
Plus of course how much he's prepared to agitate for a move. I imagine he'd quite like to force his way back into the Netherlands international squad again and he's not going to do that in the Championship.
Exactly. And interest in him will primarily be restricted to the two countries where he has performed well in the past: the Netherlands and the U.K. No club in the Netherlands can afford to/will pay more than £15m for him, while I can’t see clubs elsewhere on the continent, facing a cash crunch themselves due to declining broadcast revenues etc, spending a considerable amount on someone who has enjoyed their best season in the English second tier. Which means that the market for Danjuma would be restricted to the small number of PL clubs who are interested in signing a first team (or very expensive substitute) left winger. The market will thus artificially deflate Danjuma’s cost and Bournemouth’s financial problems won’t leave them well-placed to weather those poor offers and keep hold of him for a sunnier day like we have done with Sarr.
He's looked as lost when featured on the left when briefly used there recently as he has when up front. He's just not ready for the intensity of this level of football on a regular basis yet.
Tbf, he looked brighter on the left against Wednesday than he has of late up front. I think he's good enough to be an option out on the left, although clearly he's nowhere near ready to be a PL striker
I'd 100% rather see Pedro given game time on the left in the Premier League than Sema, but we need to go out and get a quality left winger either way.
I would quite like to see us look back down to the Championship for a couple of signings. Already mentioned but Danjuma to fill that left wing spot would be an excellent get, if Bournemouth do stay down. He wouldn't cost the earth in current times and with Bournemouth's definite need to sell with their financial situation, either. Rico Henry would be a good signing as well, and Josh Dasilva has the quality and potential to step up. No idea how much Brentford would realistically ask for those two, though.
Another possible goalscorer adept at playing both as a left-winger and as a striker (or even right winger), who could be had for a relatively low fee, 25 year-old Brazilian Carlos Jr of Santa Clara in Portugal. 9 goals 4 assists in 2236 minutes played all across the forward line. Seems a bit of a brute who should be suited to English football and coming in to his prime. Has been linked with Olympiacos and wouldn't cost any more than €5mil, probably less.
I'd love it if we end up cherry picking Muff's best players if they stay down. Their fans would go ballistic!
Yes on all three. Rico is the best LB in the league and Danjuma the best left sided forward. Da Silva has always looked good when I've seen Brentford and they've definitely missed him and Rico. All more than capable of stepping up a league. Would cost an absolute fortune though.
Danjuma has had a great season, no doubt about it, however he certainly didn't pull up any trees in the PL last season. He was a bit part player for Bournemouth and ended with 0 goals and 0 assists.
Yeah Rico would cost much more than we'll be able to spend on a left-back given the other priorities which will need addressing first.
Yeah he only featured in 14 games, with two significant injury layoffs. Most of those were sub appearances too - about 700 mins in all. But I do think that (unlike Sarr, whose transfer value had he been available this summer would have reflected his success in the PL and the Championship) that the fact that Danjuma didn’t do much in the PL will deflate his value somewhat. So he’ll be priced as a very impressive championship star (like Benrahma or Jarred Bowen or maybe Armstrong this year) rather than someone like Sarr or Buendia or even Brooks who would have been viewed/priced as a proven PL quality winger who had shown good attitude and loyalty to stick with their club for a season in the Championship.
Probably get pelters for this, but I'd take Phil Jones provided we weren't paying him United wages and didn't have to pay a transfer fee. A very good player who was never quite top 4 standard. Still only 29 so should have at least 4 more years left in him.
I'd wondered the same, but it's not going to happen - it's been strongly rumoured that Moyes wants to link back up with him at West Ham.
Thirty million probably. And do not forget there are his enormous greedy wage demands which happen when a young player is placed on an enormous contract. We need to moderate the wage bill. A loan at a stretch with the oligarch part paying the wages.
Thing is, as touched upon, both Bournemouth and Brentford have multiple players who will be in demand, if they stay down, and the likes of Toney and Brooks go for, say, £30m, that would take the pressure off them to sell their other assets on the cheap
If we could get him for a decent price I would look at Joe Rondon. Spurs paid £11m so wouldn’t be a cheap option. We may get some cash for selling some fringe players like Kabasele.
