Summer mercato thread 2017-18 (19 Viewers)
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To refresh him, a 19 year old deep laying playmaker&CM (not AM, winger or forward, but deep creator lol) having these stats right now is significant to say the least:
50 games 18 goals 15 assists
50 games 18 goals 15 assists
Tielemans is actually playing way more advanced on the pitch this season and sometimes even at the #10 position.
The more defensive minded (young)player of Anderlecht is Leander Dendoncker.
BTW: Lemina was linked with us(Gladbach) a couple weeks ago.
Have you guys heard anything about that?
Dolberg stated that he wants to stay at Ajax for another season.
But you never know these days.
My guess would be something between 20 - 30 mil € for him.
No need for any young GKs as understudies since Gigi is gonna be the undisputed #1 til he retires, so that young GK would not get a single minute of game time. Neto is alright, but lets be real here, he definitely is not a GK for the long term. I think once Gigi retires we should stick with Neto, but pounce immediately once a good, well thought out option presents itself. I'd sell both my balls to get Donnarumma but we'll see.
This doesn't become a problem until at the very least 2018 though.
This doesn't become a problem until at the very least 2018 though.
Did the game against Spain give any hints about Buffon? No, because you don't judge a player based on one game. Like I said, Neto is not a gk for the long term, but if no good opportunities arrive it wouldn't be the end of the world to have him starting for 1/2 or 1 season while we search for a new, long-term #1. Neto had four fantastic seasons at Fiorentina prior to us, and had some epic, match winning games in there aswell. Talent wise he is on a similar level, or not far off from GKs like Hart, Subasic, Reina etc.
The problem with signing a young GK as an understudy right now would be that no good goalkeeper wants to play just 5-7 games a season and if someone wants to, he's not gonna be better than Neto. It would pretty much be throwing out a perfectly good goalkeeper who is content on being the second choice, for a most likely weaker goalkeeper that only shows promise. I would rather we wait for Buffon to retire and then assess the situation again.
The problem with signing a young GK as an understudy right now would be that no good goalkeeper wants to play just 5-7 games a season and if someone wants to, he's not gonna be better than Neto. It would pretty much be throwing out a perfectly good goalkeeper who is content on being the second choice, for a most likely weaker goalkeeper that only shows promise. I would rather we wait for Buffon to retire and then assess the situation again.
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