Limie is reportedly interested in an evening with Ana De Armis, however the likelihood is low and he may have to consider more realistic opportunities
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We need to sign two forwards. Weāve tragically lost Jota, sold Diaz and Nunez is leaving. Also, we lose Salah to AFCON in December. Add to that, we need a centre back and thereās still plenty of transfer business to be done.
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Slot did address that in his pre-match press conference, and suggested that Frimpong could be a cover for Salah. (he was very cagey about it as you might imagine.)
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This summer was always going to be a period of significant change in terms of player personnel, weāre building and setting ourselves up to be a force for the next 4-5 years & the intention will be to very much go again until the cycle comes to an end. Rinse and repeat.
Find it hilarious the rival fanbases losing their marbles over our summer as if this is the norm for us, in reality theyāre just resorting to whatever means to supersede their anxiousness.
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We donāt want to be signing two more forwards when Rio is coming through.
His name is Rio and he dances through your lads 
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We absolutely do.
If we go into the season with him as our fifth option of five (Salah, Gakpo, Ekitike, Isak, Ngumoha) then weāre leaving ourselves short.
Jota and Chiesa were fifth and sixth on minutes last year from our six forwards. They did 2,300 minutes between them or the equivalent of 25.5 full games. You donāt want a 17 year old playing that much and thatās before we address the Salah absence at the most intense time of the year.
Heās a bonus we should be finding game time for, not someone thatās getting 25 games a year.
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Yep Rio as 6th forward (replacing Chiesa) at the start of the season is okay; as 5th forward itās too much (assuming weāre continuing with 3 up top)
If Frimpongās versatility was taken into account to allow Bradley to continue to develop and if Wirtz was thought of as an occasional solution on the left so that Szob could play moreā¦ then I donāt see the big problem or need for 2.
Chiesa could play more. He shouldnāt be counted as a regular, but he could definitely play more.
At the moment, I donāt see 2 quality options, left on the market and available at less than silly money, who will improve us.
Letās buy to get better not for the sake of it.
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So Frimpong plays RW whilst Salah is gone and weāre relying on Bradley to potentially do 90 minutes for 10 games in a row at the busiest time of the year? No thanks.
As for Chiesa, he wonāt be here.
So itās not buying for the sake of it, itās necessity.
That doesnāt sound anywhere close to necessity.
First Chiesa not being here is speculation. We can hold him if we donāt find better. Are we obliged to sell him? Noā¦ thus we have a choice.
Bradley doesnāt need to play 10 games of 90 in a row. Gomez may take a couple games or some minutes. Szob could take RW (like he has for many games in his career) and let Frimpong play some RB.
Even if we just buy one forward, I canāt imagine your scenario happening. Things are not that rigid. We have options.
Would I love two forwards and to also get a great CB. Yes. Not trying to be a joy killer but at the moment, the pickings are quite slim when it comes to quality forwards.
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