Well I gave it a 6. As a collection of players coming in, I’m thrilled. Romero could be game changing in the spine, we’re now going to have a RB rotation of Tanganga/Emerson rather than Aurier and Doherty. Gil is properly exciting and using Lamela to get him was smart. Gollini a massive upgrade on Hart. We should do more deals like Sarr.
In terms of outs, getting Toby, Sissoko, and Lamela out was very good. Shame about Aurier. Looking forward, the only real “deadwood” types are Winks and Davies, but at least they are young enough to attract attention in market, also on reasonable wages.
The disappointment is we’ve left ourselves short. Still think we need another CB, CM, RW, and striker. We’re going to be relying significantly on Dier, Sanchez, Ndombele, Lo Celso, Alli, Moura, and Bergwijn to long lost form. To be fair, these are players we either spent £25m+ on or in the case of Dier/Alli were touted as having £50m+ values only 2 or 3 years ago.
A lot down to Nuno to improve a bunch of players we’ve largely given up on. Hopefully a big same players, new coach movement.
In terms of outs, getting Toby, Sissoko, and Lamela out was very good. Shame about Aurier. Looking forward, the only real “deadwood” types are Winks and Davies, but at least they are young enough to attract attention in market, also on reasonable wages.
The disappointment is we’ve left ourselves short. Still think we need another CB, CM, RW, and striker. We’re going to be relying significantly on Dier, Sanchez, Ndombele, Lo Celso, Alli, Moura, and Bergwijn to long lost form. To be fair, these are players we either spent £25m+ on or in the case of Dier/Alli were touted as having £50m+ values only 2 or 3 years ago.
A lot down to Nuno to improve a bunch of players we’ve largely given up on. Hopefully a big same players, new coach movement.