Waffle was the first thing that came to mind,who would own up to that?
Ultimately there are not enough English players at PL level out there.
OTOH, you can see German players everywhere in Bundesliga and Spanish players everywhere in La Liga. In fact, Spanish players outnumbered foreign players in La Liga.
Yeah, with our shortage of HG players, we should buy at least one this summer.
Also, if Scott price tag approaches 80m, we focus on Wharton.
Wharton is likely to be more expensive than Scott.
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Yes Wharton is more expensive but he (and Anderson) is already well-known/hyped for months, while Scott only begins to attract attention around March and April this year and expected to be around 60m not 80m.
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I think we are partly responsible for the current state of the transfer market with Wirtz and Isak transfers and the fact that neither of them were great last season.
Really?
Another platform to denigrate two players who will improve immensely next season, Isak with fitness and Wirtz with a defined role
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I wouldnt bother with Scott at all and just go straight for Wharton.
HeĀ“s the one of the calibre we need I expect. Or Anderson. I donĀ“t think Scott has the passing game.
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Every day that goes by it looks sillier and sillier to have sold Quansah and ostracised Elliott. We have a need for homegrown players and thereās two who could have been perfectly reasonable squad options.
Transfers fees are sickening and weāre equally responsible for them going up and up. But Ā£122m for Elliot Anderson is a joke. Heās good but not close to world class and if he was any other nationality playing in any other league people would think youād overpaid if you spent half that amount on him.
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Both Nico Williams and Dani Olmo Making appearences in the BBC transfer runour page today. Thatās both wings sorted.
Hence the second sentence in my post. Money changed his mind for him.
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It may not have been about money. Guardiola is still considered by many as a top coach so it would have been a good opportunity to learn from him.
True - imagine how Newcastle are feeling now for the same reasons, only multiplied by several factors. While Iām very much in favour of a mechanism that controls spending and keeps the state-owned clubs in check, PSR has become a major disruption to development of young players.
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Or just dogshit managers, like in our case the last 2 seasons.
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It looked already silly last summer, but of course, time going by emphasizes it only more. We can still correct that though: Elliot is still with us, and Quansah can be bought back from Leverkusen for a fixed fee (but I canāt remember the amount).
What is PSR? Pro Specie Rara? Physicians for Social Responsibility? Party of Socialist Revolutionaries?
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I think the fee for Quansah would be too high. Isnāt it 60m or 80m?
Google says Ā£58mil (65mil euros), totla fee including add onās was Ā£35mil. His season at leverkuesen has undoubtedly increased his value, weāve had bigger balls ups than Ā£23mil. Still with the big fee for Jaquet Iād feel very uncomfortable bringing Quansah back to sit on the bench.
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