thabucks Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Just now, Herman22 said: He’s a really exciting player with bags of potential but after his performances for City I think they will keep him around. Pep was quoted last night saying he might leave permanently…. Quote Guardiola, though, suggested the England Under-21 international's future at the club remained uncertain. "I don't know [if he will stay]," said the City boss. "When we arrived, I had the opinion that he wanted to leave but now I don't know. "I don't think a loan is going to happen. He's going to stay or he's going to be sold. "He showed character - it is not easy to play defenders like [Marcos] Acuna - a young player in these stages, it's not easy. He played good and made a fantastic goal too." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66529484 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2023 Would definitely take Cole Palmer if possible, I think he’d have a very high price though because he’s English, talented, and plays for Man City… I suppose if he actually wants to play football rather than take a pay cheque (which would be refreshing in a young player these days!) then we’d be a good choice for him too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: Would definitely take Cole Palmer if possible, I think he’d have a very high price though because he’s English, talented, and plays for Man City… I suppose if he actually wants to play football rather than take a pay cheque (which would be refreshing in a young player these days!) then we’d be a good choice for him too. If they want to include buy back clauses or sell on % they'd have to sell for a lower price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, duke313 said: If they want to include buy back clauses or sell on % they'd have to sell for a lower price. Yeah true, they do like a buyback clause don’t they? I’d rather pay more and not have a clause though personally, otherwise it’s like the A Ramsey deal where it’s sort of a glorified loan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: I’d rather pay more and not have a clause though personally, otherwise it’s like the A Ramsey deal where it’s sort of a glorified loan or a Douglas Luiz deal where it worked out really well for us and got us a player we normally wouldn't have got at that point and at that price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: Yeah true, they do like a buyback clause don’t they? I’d rather pay more and not have a clause though personally, otherwise it’s like the A Ramsey deal where it’s sort of a glorified loan Pretty much, but they don't often buy players back. Only player they did was Angelino and they sold him straight away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted August 17, 2023 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2023 18 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: Would definitely take Cole Palmer if possible, I think he’d have a very high price though because he’s English, talented, and plays for Man City… I suppose if he actually wants to play football rather than take a pay cheque (which would be refreshing in a young player these days!) then we’d be a good choice for him too. He certainly loves football. Within the last 12 months he turned up with his mates' team and played 6-a-side against my pal's team. Obviously he was worlds away from everyone else, but it was a risky gig for him to be playing a load of 40-something cloggers. I bet the club didn't know! Either way, it showed that he just loves to play football. No chance they sell him IMO though. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 I personally think we are going to really struggle defensively with Mings out. We are severely lacking aerially now and against the big teams we are going to get found out I fear. For me we desperately need a new, aerially dominant defender, even if on loan for the season. I see Torres as a brilliant, intelligent player technically, though aerially he's just "Ok". Both Konsa & Chambers are not the strongest aerially either & as for Carlos he's still not quite right and appears to have lost some of his spring aerially since the injury. So Mings was by a country mile our best defence against the aerial threat. We surely have to get someone in? Teams will totally be targetting us with loads of high balls into the box and balls over the top now. A huge challenge for Emery to resolve this now. Thing is who on Earth could we get in? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2023 27 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said: He certainly loves football. Within the last 12 months he turned up with his mates' team and played 6-a-side against my pal's team. Obviously he was worlds away from everyone else, but it was a risky gig for him to be playing a load of 40-something cloggers. I bet the club didn't know! Either way, it showed that he just loves to play football. No chance they sell him IMO though. Ah bless him, sounds a good character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 17 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said: I personally think we are going to really struggle defensively with Mings out. We are severely lacking aerially now and against the big teams we are going to get found out I fear. For me we desperately need a new, aerially dominant defender, even if on loan for the season. I see Torres as a brilliant, intelligent player technically, though aerially he's just "Ok". Both Konsa & Chambers are not the strongest aerially either & as for Carlos he's still not quite right and appears to have lost some of his spring aerially since the injury. So Mings was by a country mile our best defence against the aerial threat. We surely have to get someone in? Teams will totally be targetting us with loads of high balls into the box and balls over the top now. A huge challenge for Emery to resolve this now. Thing is who on Earth could we get in? It isn't just the aerial threat but the organisation as well. The system requires precision execution of the offside trap and without the leadership it might not be as effective. That's compounded by the offside rule changes to favour attackers more, so VAR is less likely to overrule goals for us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecake Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 53 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said: I personally think we are going to really struggle defensively with Mings out. We are severely lacking aerially now and against the big teams we are going to get found out I fear. For me we desperately need a new, aerially dominant defender, even if on loan for the season. I see Torres as a brilliant, intelligent player technically, though aerially he's just "Ok". Both Konsa & Chambers are not the strongest aerially either & as for Carlos he's still not quite right and appears to have lost some of his spring aerially since the injury. So Mings was by a country mile our best defence against the aerial threat. We surely have to get someone in? Teams will totally be targetting us with loads of high balls into the box and balls over the top now. A huge challenge for Emery to resolve this now. Thing is who on Earth could we get in? Not sure if we are exposed yet completely without Ming's, really interested to see how Carlos and Pau team up, they are top class players and Ming's wad liable for a few mistakes here and there.... if he was scouting for a handy replacement Smalling has been doing great with Roma and really come along and might love another crack at the Pl..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 I'd really like to see us gazzump this one, he can play in Ramsey/Buendias role or in the Diaby/Zaniolo role. It feels unlikely now we have Zaniolo, but I think he could be a great signing for us. Plus it would be funny to worsen West Ham's terrible summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 sky sports news reporting a "second unnamed premier league club" interested in Hudson-Odoi....anyone reckon it could be us? he is still only 22, has huge potential still and we could do with someone in that position even though we are signing zaniolo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Clearlake FC now after Brennan Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Villatillidie95 said: sky sports news reporting a "second unnamed premier league club" interested in Hudson-Odoi....anyone reckon it could be us? he is still only 22, has huge potential still and we could do with someone in that position even though we are signing zaniolo I’ve never seen anything in this kid to think he has huge potential. Scored 4 goals in his career. No better than El Gahzi imo. Aaron Ramsey has more potential than him. Edited August 17, 2023 by WHY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, Villatillidie95 said: sky sports news reporting a "second unnamed premier league club" interested in Hudson-Odoi....anyone reckon it could be us? he is still only 22, has huge potential still and we could do with someone in that position even though we are signing zaniolo Hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobbyrob Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 16 minutes ago, Villatillidie95 said: sky sports news reporting a "second unnamed premier league club" interested in Hudson-Odoi....anyone reckon it could be us? he is still only 22, has huge potential still and we could do with someone in that position even though we are signing zaniolo Oh god no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 yeah i dont think we need him but i think that emery would be able to get a tune out of him....it's probably not us anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 25 minutes ago, MWARLEY2 said: Clearlake FC now after Brennan Johnson. Cheats FC you mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Incredible for Palace. Now let's go get Eze whose still stalling on his new deal and would be perfect for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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