Seeing this is right out of the blue, it may have some legs, especially considering our recent buys.
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Before I share James Pearceās latest transfer piece from the athletic, are there any rules on this forum against sharing content from paywalled websites?
No
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Probably (and if not, you dont want to tempt @Nikola into opening a thread do you 
). Better to provide a short summary?
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Fair play. Basically he runs through every position in the squad with a small summary.
Not too much by way of new info but Alison has a year extension in his contract that would keep him till 2027.
We like Kerkez and Hato as an alternative.
The club see Chelsea as front runners for Huijsen.
Endo expected to STAY.
No appetite to sell Elliot, quansah or Chiesa but offers would be considered if big enough.
We consider Stiller last summer when Zubimendi deal fell through.
Usual names for strikers.
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Thanks.
Sadly it sounds like it was pinched from daily mail or something.
I saw a link to Stiller this morning in the Echo but the article said the source was unreliable.
Are Hato and Kerkez similar players?
Not really.
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I dont think Ive ever seen Hato play, but purely going on the idea that he is often talked about as a LCB/LB hybrid youād think the answer is no.
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That was my thinking tooā¦
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Who the fuck is Dr Cinik?
Fucking imposter.
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The links of us shifting between Hato/Kerkez are pure lazy journalism.
Thereās every sign in the league that the game is shifting back to wingbacks rather than the inverting fullbacks weāve seen of late.
We should be looking for someone in the profile of Kerkez (if Kerkez is too expensive).
We might still go for Hato but thatās as a guy whoās a backup CB (as of now). He can play as a LB but heās someone whoās more suited to LCB.
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Donāt know that one can say the game is shifting back to wingbacks. Every team is different in how they use fullbacks, sometimes even in the same game!
Above everything else, what you look for is quality and how that fits into your game modelā¦
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Personally. I wouldnāt mind someone like Cancelo playing as a LWB. Provided weāve got better defenders to make up to him.
Itās cardinal how Pep decided to go on a wingback buying spree only to do the polar opposite when we showed him up with Robbo and Trent.
Baldiola literally spent 200m on wingbacks only to revert back to a double decker. And Arteta followed suit.
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The last few city games, Pep seems to have gone back to the attacking wingbacks.
Pep started his dalliance with inverted FBs at Bayern, with Kimmich. Theyād come up against Ronaldoās Real in the CL and with how spread out they were when in possession, they were absolutely ripped apart by Real on the counter attack everytime they lost the ball. Pep has been scared by that experience ever since.
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This is what Iāve thought tbh.
Thereās a lad on twitter who has been posting compilations of different strikers last 40 shots, he did something similar with Hatoās last 40 defensive 1v1ās and considering Iād assumed he was more solid defensively, it was a real mixed bag.
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Morten Frendrup - Danish International - his name is being bandied about
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Among Scrabble aficionados.
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