So selling Soulé, Huijsen, and Kean for approx 55M is not even enough for Poopminers, yet we going for these wingers as well? We don't have a shirt sponsor either. How do we sign these players if we have no money?
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Now that’s what i call positive thinking, but truth is they’ll rather drag it on and not accept an impossibly hard to achieve bonus…
All in all i still think our best chance is to include a counterpart of some kind because i can’t see us splashing anything over €50M for him, which is probably already way more than what we had initially planned.
All in all i still think our best chance is to include a counterpart of some kind because i can’t see us splashing anything over €50M for him, which is probably already way more than what we had initially planned.
Motta's core is the 7 players in 2-7-2, if we get Todibo the missing part will only be Koopmeiners. At least he can bring 20 goals per season in all competitions, something that is hard to achieve by most of our players these last 4 years
And in these days economic 50-60m is a steal for a player with 20+ goals contribution in all competitions. Last year he score 15 goals and get 7 assists in all competitions with Atalanta and play 51 matches in total
People can say he is that good because of Atalanta system, but they forget thay Motta system basically have Atalanta taste on it, and he will easily fit in
And in these days economic 50-60m is a steal for a player with 20+ goals contribution in all competitions. Last year he score 15 goals and get 7 assists in all competitions with Atalanta and play 51 matches in total
People can say he is that good because of Atalanta system, but they forget thay Motta system basically have Atalanta taste on it, and he will easily fit in
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Porto fans I asked don't rate him. Say bad decision making speedster who thrives on lots of space, but can't do much when closed settled defences. Says its why his better stats are in CL games with more space vs better opponents. But in the league vs opponents who sit back defend he is useless.
Say he works hard on defence, decent dribbler and alot of speed, but his poorer decision making and overall limited impact makes him a player that flatters to deceive. To not be fooled by the output of the stats, he is the finisher of the wingers tactically. They rate him at around 20m in actual value.
Told them to rate their 3 wingers and they said its:
1. Pepe. Most ready to perform, very versatile
2. Conceicao, youngest and most talented
3. Galeno, more finished article and overall speed reliant.
I think this is the exact same way Paratici inquired about some of our signings.
"You're a Barcelona fan you say sir. Aha. Arthur is an all-around midfielder who controls games you say. Good. Good. I'll have him in mind when i prepare 80 million in player exchange. Nice talking to you sir. Yeah fuck you too, yeah bitch, we hate you Farsa fans as much as you hate us."
"You're a Barcelona fan you say sir. Aha. Arthur is an all-around midfielder who controls games you say. Good. Good. I'll have him in mind when i prepare 80 million in player exchange. Nice talking to you sir. Yeah fuck you too, yeah bitch, we hate you Farsa fans as much as you hate us."
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Lol it's why I asked 3 of them (discord group). In case one of them is the Porto version of Turk_Bianconero lol.
But all 3 said the same about him. Generally level headed guys, even if fans exaggerate heavily on non fan favourite players. I litterally asked them specify how you can be down on guy who had such good stats output for you, then they went into depth about the tactical limitations and player flaws that you can see only from watching him weekly.
He can still be a good signing, but it's good to get fuller picture from those who see him often. For example despite the output and playtime difference, they all rate Conceicao jr much higher then Galeno.
We should only sell one between Chiesa and Soule. I would rather lose Soule in case we get Sancho on loan, because he is a clear upgrade on him.
For defense, on top of Todibo, we also need a RB. Seems like Fiorentina is showing interest in both McKennie and Rugani, maybe we can get Kayode out of this. But ideally we would be going after Amar Dedic, he is amazing. I also have a feeling that Couto won't have much market and could be available on loan. So Dedic/Kayode + Couto for RB would be pretty sick.
Instead of going after Koop, we should consider going for Lee Kang-In. Every time I watched him he impressed me, plus he would probably cost half of Koop (PSG have Ruiz and Xavi in that position anyway). This would free up cash to go after a proper LW, someone like Doue (rumored price €50m), Nico Williams (likely impossible because of salaries and more appealing clubs going after him, but price is €58m), or even Barcola (if PSG get Doue, and probably wouldn't cost more than €50m). So saving €20-25m by getting Lee instead of Koop, and considering that we are apparently willing to splash €35-40m on Adeyemi, all of these players would be within reach.
Lee + Doue/Nico/Barcola > Koop + Adeyemi in my opinion.
I think we would have an insanely strong and stacked team with such mercato. In reality we will likely go after Koop and Adeyemi, and likely sell Chiesa too.
For defense, on top of Todibo, we also need a RB. Seems like Fiorentina is showing interest in both McKennie and Rugani, maybe we can get Kayode out of this. But ideally we would be going after Amar Dedic, he is amazing. I also have a feeling that Couto won't have much market and could be available on loan. So Dedic/Kayode + Couto for RB would be pretty sick.
Instead of going after Koop, we should consider going for Lee Kang-In. Every time I watched him he impressed me, plus he would probably cost half of Koop (PSG have Ruiz and Xavi in that position anyway). This would free up cash to go after a proper LW, someone like Doue (rumored price €50m), Nico Williams (likely impossible because of salaries and more appealing clubs going after him, but price is €58m), or even Barcola (if PSG get Doue, and probably wouldn't cost more than €50m). So saving €20-25m by getting Lee instead of Koop, and considering that we are apparently willing to splash €35-40m on Adeyemi, all of these players would be within reach.
Lee + Doue/Nico/Barcola > Koop + Adeyemi in my opinion.
I think we would have an insanely strong and stacked team with such mercato. In reality we will likely go after Koop and Adeyemi, and likely sell Chiesa too.
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