The Unreliable Transfer Rumours Discussion Thread (Part 4)

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3984

He looked a really good player. Obviously we are past the days of clubs buying players solely based on the World Cup, and we will have all the info on Bouaddi that we need, long before this World Cup kicked off. I would definitely be in favour of signing him if we can do it, as there is a lot of interest from some top teams.

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3985

He certainly looks the part, but how much money?probably going up by the minute.

3987

For a 18 year old, he already played 5000 minutes over the last 2 seasons, so definitely enough experience in the top flight of the French league and has done very well there. So with all the potential shown and hype, he is not going to be cheap. The world cup will just add to that if he continues that trajectory. Not necessarily mean we need to go for him because I do think in many aspects, he is very similar to Gravenberch.

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3989

Yep, he was very impressive against Brazil. Really mature performance. But thatā€™s only 1 game Iā€™ve seen. 9 more to go.

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3990

I didnā€™t see the Morocco game, so 10 more for me.

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3991

When youā€™re his age, some games will be amazing and some drop dead poor. Consistency is only built up over time.
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Once you have a bad game in England the wolves come out.

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3993

I hope this turns out to be true.

https://x.com/MartinCharquero/status/2066500128102383969?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2066500128102383969|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=

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3994

Darwin on a free does provide back up to Isak until Ekitike is back and can cover on the left as well but the more I think about it, the less Iā€™m convinced he has the game intelligence to suit what Iraola wants from both positions. Maybe makes sense if we are moving Gakpo on and want a stop gap signing.

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3995

Yeah Iā€™d much rather keep Cody as backup than have Darwin. I suppose, if a crazy large offer was on the table for Cody we could get Darwin for free and use the Cody money to strengthen elsewhere. But I think thatā€™s all very unlikely.

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3996

We need to keep Cody, and get a stop gap for Hugo. Makes sense to bring Darwin back if itā€™s a free. Can come on and cause a bit of chaos where needed. Scored a good few late goals for us also. Will never be a long term option but could sell him on next summer.

3997

Darwin would make sense only if:

  1. Iraola actually rates him
  2. Sign to a short term (1-2 year) contract at reasonable wage
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3998

Maybe Iraola wants do an Alan Smith and convert him from a striker to an all action defensive midfielder.

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3999

If heā€™d still been here last season he would probably have started a few games at right back

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4000

I actually donā€™t want us to sell Gakpo but replacing him with a Nunez free transfer could be smart und would make it more likely for us to buy two wide players - which I think should be our highest priority.

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4001

Darwin is a fine stopgap solution until Hugo is healthy. I actually think heā€™d play well under Iraola - a manager who can communicate with him in his native language.

4002

Surely there are better options out there? Like someone who understands the offside rule and who isnā€™t getting paid megabucks right now and would maybe want more than we are willing to pay him.

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4003

I donā€™t know Iā€™ve seen him touch the ball so far in this first half

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4004

And he got subbed at half time but itā€™s taken me 7 mins of the second half to figure it out

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4005

You do make some solid points there.

Iā€™m just impatient, to be honest. And a sucker for a good redemption story.

And worried weā€™ll go into the season a bit light in the forward positions. So Iā€™m the perfect target here.

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4006

No chance of Darwin hitting you with the ball then, at least

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