At this point I expect us to sign Barcola and Diomande to sign for PSG.
Can anyone see us use Szoboszlai primary on the right. I mean what if there’s simply not enough money available to sign two wide players this summer?
Having watched some videos on how Iraola has set up his teams over the years, I think Szoboszlai might be in central midfield. Initially I was thinking maybe he’ll use him as the #10, with Wirtz on the left, but it seems like those who are more clued up tactically than me think he’ll be one of the two CMs.
I think we’ll get at least one winger, and we still have Ngumoah and Gakpo. But yes, until we see what Iraola actually intends to do, it’s a whole lot of guessing.
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Any chance we’ll sign a Fabinho type of deep lying midfielder?
Hard to say, but again based on what others say, I would think they won’t look for that sort of stationary defensive midfielder.
But.. honestly I’ve no idea what to think. The big takeaway for me so far is that Iraola isn’t the type of manager who has a fixed formula and needs certain player types to fit into that formula. Seems like he’ll look at the characteristics of a player and decide how and where the player can best use his strengths.
So I’m not really expecting anything, apart from half expecting something unexpected a la turning Gini Wijnaldum into a defensive midfielder.
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Summer targets:
Left wing: Bradley Barcola
Right wing: Yan Diomonde
DM: Adam Wharton
CB: Ilya Zabarnyi
RB: Denzel Dumfries
If we can land 3/5 of these targets I think we will have strenghtened nicely to allow Iraola to challenge for trophies in the upcoming season.
I believe we can raise additional funds by selling or releasing expiring players.
Gakpo might be top of the list with regards for the funds he would generate on a sale.
Who did I miss?
Dumfries already gone to RM
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Very interesting selections from Machin but method in his madness.
I’ve heard Victor Munoz is good but he’s apparently off to Newcastle
Can you do the same for diomande and barcola
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I’ve heard Diomade and Barcola are good but they are off to various clubs….
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Like I said - if we sign two wingers it wouldn’t surprise me if we replace Gakpo with Darwin.
With Muñoz in I doubt we will see Gakpo on the left for us again.
Receiving a fee for Cody and getting rid of his high wages. Nunez on a free and he already knows the club. They are the same age but Nunez would be a better fit for Iraolas high intensity style.
As soon as Hugo is back we’re talking about our third choice CF here.
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Munoz really sounds like a typical Klopp-era signing, unlike what happened last summer.
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Munoz apparently completed his medical with us. Looks like he’s on his way here.
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Oh no he isn’t!
Have we been gazumped again..
No I was replying to “he’s off to Newcastle “.
Assuming we get Munoz and then Diomande, we could potentially have both for 130 million or so. For two wingers that would be not THAT expensive.
That leaves us a good amount to go get a CM, DM, RB and CB, assuming some sales.
Wharton, Fernandes, Doue and Schlotterbeck. 200- 220 mil for them. Ez
Mac, Elliott, Endo, Chiesa and Dom or Grav out.
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Sorry it was a joke that meant I got ahead of the curve on everyone else but it seems to have skipped over the heads. I’ll go back to posting memes
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I know the feeling MH 
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Ok, some context of where we are now with Munoz’s addition…
Assuming Tsimikas comes back this gives us 1 only 1 more non-HG slot left to fill without additional exits (Endo? Chiesa?), and that list includes Ramsay. Seems like a reasonable amount of room to still get stuff done given how fringe those guys are.
In addition these are the players (9) who currently would fill the HG spots with Trey, Rio, and all the kiddie strikers still young enough to not have to be registered in the A lists
- Jones
- Elliott
- Bradley
- Frimpong
- Gomez
- Woodman
- Jaroš
- Bajčetić
- McConnell
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