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Zacheryah

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Sanchez
Bernardeschi
Douglas Costa
Keita Balde

I also wouldn't be surprised if Orsolini stuck with the first team
Costa ?


Do we have a link besides Rakib's formations ?

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the perfect upgrade to mandzukic, get him and we're going to dominate football.
@Bianconero_Aus @zizinho @Postironic Mandzukic is allready forgotten again
 

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@Bianconero_Aus @zizinho @Postironic Mandzukic is allready forgotten again
you know you can't argue that sanchez is a definitive upgrade over mandzukic with literally no drawback right? except maybe one thing only, he's smaller than mandzukic, that's it, you can't even argue that sanchez is even just a little less of a 'manbro' than mandzukic on the field while outclassing mandzukic like 2 levels above on everything else, including commercial related things.

get him and this club will be the next thing in football (as long as we hold on higuain and dybala at very least)
 

Zacheryah

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you know you can't argue that sanchez is a definitive upgrade over mandzukic with literally no drawback right? except maybe one thing only, he's smaller than mandzukic, that's it, you can't even argue that sanchez is even just a little less of a 'manbro' than mandzukic on the field while outclassing mandzukic like 2 levels above on everything else, including commercial related things.

get him and this club will be the next thing in football (as long as we hold on higuain and dybala at very least)
Sanchez will bench Cuadrado, not Mandzukic
 

dolph

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Sanchez will bench Cuadrado, not Mandzukic
Cuadrado is just as important as Mandzu for this formation. Works hard and is the best player we have to create dangerous situations. Also Sanchez is better as LW as Osman suggest, and Mandzu is defenitely not as effective as a RW.
Seeing that Sanchez can play RW, LW and AM he would be a perfect a upgrade and there would still be plenty of room for both Mandzu, Dybala and Cuad to play.
 

zizinho

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in other words, when we decided to pay what they asked for. whenever we tried lowballing them (Juvetic, Jjuan), they rejected us

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@Bianconero_Aus @zizinho @Postironic Mandzukic is allready forgotten again
usually it takes one not so majestic performance vs Serie A peasants, this time it hasnt even been one game :lol:

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also, Sanchez will stay in London. its his favorite City
 

Gep

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I couldn't care who gets benched. As long as we have quality competition in all, if not most areas next season I'll be happy.
 

ADP.10

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Who do you guys want to see on the left wing next year? Surely we have to buy an offensive left wing, with big work rate. Even if i love mandzu and he's tireless, we need a specialist if we want to improve even more. Love Sanchez but he's getting old. So, how much Bale would cost..? :klin: More seriously, is Douglas Costa a viable option? I don't know him enought, is he consistant and hard working enought?
Edit : sanchez isn't that old, but he's not the future either. i still would love to see him coming anyway
 

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Buffon
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Dani Alves - Bonucci - Chiellini - Alex Sandro
(Lichtsteiner) (Barzagli) (Rugani) (Benatia) (Asamoah) (Spinazzola)

Tolisso - Pjanic
(Khedira) (Rincon) (Marchisio) (Bentancur)

Cuadrado - Dybala - Mandzukic
(Bernardeschi) (Clemenza) (Pjaca)

Higuain
(Kean)​
 

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So two players with nothing but youth experience in clemenza kean and a pjaca who wont be fit half the season will be covering for four attacking positions? All so we can spend 40mil on a position we already have covered and 25mil on a FW who wont even be here...:howler: injuries up front and we will be lucky to finish 3rd

Thats a disservice to rakib using his name like that
 

dolph

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Who do you guys want to see on the left wing next year? Surely we have to buy an offensive left wing, with big work rate. Even if i love mandzu and he's tireless, we need a specialist if we want to improve even more. Love Sanchez but he's getting old. So, how much Bale would cost..? :klin: More seriously, is Douglas Costa a viable option? I don't know him enought, is he consistant and hard working enought?
Edit : sanchez isn't that old, but he's not the future either. i still would love to see him coming anyway
Bale and Sanchez is more or less the same age.

Sanchez would be the ideel improvement.

If we go for someone younger, there could be three possible choices in Italy. Bernadeshi, Andersson or Berardi. In France there is Fekir, Mbappe, Lemar or Bernardo Silva. In Germany there is Dembele, Brandt or Costa(if you consider 26 Young enough).
If I could pick I would have Dembele or Mbappe as my first option. Both fantastic players. Mbappe is more a SS/CF hybrid but in my opinion he could do really well as LWF in a trident.

Costa is a fantastic player, with blistering pace. Not as hard working as Mandzu or Sanchez, but still tracks back and help out in defense.
 

dolph

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Bernardo Silva would be dope, wonder if we are following him. no chance on Mbappe and Dembele imo
Both are highly unlikely. Bernardo Silva is excellent. Really intelligent and tecnical player. We have been linked with him in the past but it is a long time since I read a rumor
 

MikeM

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If we're keeping Dybala in the centre then the LM and RM have to be hard working. I like Thomas Lemar as an underrated signing for LM. Mbappe and Silva will attract the most interest on Monaco. And then there are other LM talents like Dembele. I think Lemar falls just under them.

But I think he fits this formation nicely as a winger with work rate, dribbling and excellent passing.

With Dybala and Higuain in the centre, you're going to want wingers who can supply the ball.
 

zizinho

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Both are highly unlikely. Bernardo Silva is excellent. Really intelligent and tecnical player. We have been linked with him in the past but it is a long time since I read a rumor
but remember last summer (and basically every summer before that), most the players we were linked to during the season we didnt sign, instead we got Alves (and almost Mascherano) out of the blue, paid Pjanic and Higuain clauses when everyone thought we wouldnt, so there is still a chance Silvas name will pop out sometime soon.
 
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