Koulibaly, Sancho, Wan Bissaka and Rabiot

Rabiot is an overrated little bitch we don’t need in our happy camp and spunking £50m on AWB is nonsensical given we already have magnificent young RB talents at the club. I would rather Meunier.

Koulibaly and Sancho are more than welcome though.

Edit: wait, why would Rabiot be an alternative to De Ligt?
 
I had a dream last night that we signed Sancho for £46 due to a contractual loophole.

Then I was in Italy.

It was strange.
 
Ramshock said:
Would that be enough to send us over the top? I think there would be so much interest in de Ligt and its not impossible but to me Rabiot would be a strong alternative.
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De Ligt, Rabiot, Sancho and somebody like sidibe would do. Rabiot being on a free cancels out De Ligt and Sancho's fee.
 
I would give a chance for Dalot and invest money for some other midfielder than Rabiot. CB, MF and RW. Koulibaly and Sancho sounds good, BUT expensive.
 
Dalot > Wan Bissako
Sancho, yes please
Koulibaly, shocking value for money
Rabiot, PSG reject and bad attitude
 
I wouldn't bother with Rabiot at all, I know he's attractive due to his contract situation and talent but he seems a complete tosser. He'd be a problem. AWB also, I would go for an older RB instead (but not Young level of old).
 
If we are serious about challenging for titles next season Koulibaly & Sancho are must haves.

For full back I think Shaw and Dalot have what it takes to start for us, however a competent backup who can play LB/RB would be smart.

I say steer clear of Rabiot, he seems like trouble. Id take Ruben Neves over him and we'll be set
 
Don't need Wan Bissaka. CB, DM, RW is all we need. No massive 6 player influx followed by a tricky settling in period, just spend big in our 3 main problem areas.

------------De Gea------------
Dalot-De Ligt--Lindelof-Shaw
-------------Neves------------
--------Herrera--Pogba-------
Sancho----Rashford--Martial

300m probably gets us this. Offload Sanchez, Darmian, Valencia.
 
It'd get us closer, but I can't see it being enough to topple City. Our squad would still be some way off their strength in depth
 
yeah it's a good quartet . The defence would be virtually impregnable.

DDG
Bissaka/Dalot Lindelof Koulibaly Shaw
Rabiot Herrera/Fred
Pogba
Sancho Rashford Martial
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PL and possible CL contender team.
 
2 man midfield said:
Don't need Wan Bissaka. CB, DM, RW is all we need. No massive 6 player influx followed by a tricky settling in period, just spend big in our 3 main problem areas.

------------De Gea------------
Dalot-De Ligt--Lindelof-Shaw
-------------Neves------------
--------Herrera--Pogba-------
Sancho----Rashford--Martial

300m probably gets us this. Offload Sanchez, Darmian, Valencia.
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Thats a side that can win things. The only thing I am not 100% sold on is De Ligt , as I think our CB should be someone who is both a leader and experienced.
 
Rabiot - No thanks

Wan-Bissaka - We have enough of young RBs in Dalot and Laird and Williams, better go for Meunier or someone who is 27-30.

Sancho - Yes please, unless Dortmund ask for crazy money.

Koulibaly - Great defender, but paying 70-80m for a player who is 27/28 might not be doable?

Can we afford Sancho, Koulibaly/de Ligt, N'Dombele in one window? Signing three players of such quality would make us into title contenders.
 
I wouldn't want Rabiot. Whenever I've seen him for PSG I don't think he's warranted the hype, and his attitude is something we don't need in our happy camp. We need a CM in the mould of Arthur of Barca, or Verratti of PSG, as I think they'd compliment Pogba and Herrera(assuming we transition him back into DM where, imo, he's at his best) best. The PSG (well, I guess Betis now) CM that'd be a good buy would be Lo Celso for me.

I think the other 3 would be fine, though. Mainly because of the lack of alternatives. Lindelof and Smalling have been brilliant but we still need another CB and Koulibaly is a good option. Young and Dalot aren't good enough at RB (yet for Dalot) and Wan Bissaka seems too good to turn down at the moment. We need that extra spark in attack and, if Sancho's as good as he's hyped up to be which, from my limited viewing, he seems to be, we should definitely go for him as it could transform our attack.

If we got all 4, I certainly think we'd go on to compete in the league, but I wouldn't expect us to become one of the best teams in Europe until we develop our general play. Hopefully, with a full pre-season and Ole(?) getting his targets, we can develop our football and, along with these quality players, compete back at the top again.
 
Impossible in current climate, two of those would have to be be mega money signings, and we're not doing two mega signings in one window
 
Don't think we'll spend that kind of money. The current squad is performing well as it is.
 
I don't think we are going for Rabiot, he seems like an arrogant cnut and a bit soft. Hes got Arsenal written all over him.
 
My ultimate summer would be:
Koulibaly/De Ligt, Meunier, Sancho and Neves
Meunier, in his peak and won't stand in the way of Dalot/Laird.
Sancho, English very talented and perfect for that RF spot.
Neves, we need a playmaker from deep and I feel that he'd do well next to energetic players like Herrera and Fred as well as Pogba.
 
Yes. We'd be expected to win the league with that. If we didnt it would be disappointment

I'm positive that wont be our transfer list this summer though
 
Ramshock said:
We are getting rid of Tony and presumably Darmian, we will need 4 full backs.
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We don’t need them all to be top quality. If we assume Shaw and Dalot can be top quality full backs, which they probably can, then all we need are two competent back ups. Spending £50m or more on Wan-Bissaka to do that would not be the wisest move as that money could be invested better elsewhere.
 
Sarni said:
We don’t need them all to be top quality. If we assume Shaw and Dalot can be top quality full backs, which they probably can, then all we need are two competent back ups. Spending £50m or more on Wan-Bissaka to do that would not be the wisest move as that money could be invested better elsewhere.
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Why do you assume he will be £50M?
 
Ramshock said:
Why do you assume he will be £50M?
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A talented, already good young English full back? He’s probably going to be around that. Premier League clubs have little incentive to sell their players below obscene amounts.
 
Sarni said:
We don’t need them all to be top quality. If we assume Shaw and Dalot can be top quality full backs, which they probably can, then all we need are two competent back ups. Spending £50m or more on Wan-Bissaka to do that would not be the wisest move as that money could be invested better elsewhere.
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You say we don't need them all to be top quality. Well if we're comparing ourselves against the best, Shaw and Dalot aren't top quality either. Not yet at least. So we'd be going in to another season without strengthening that position, yet again
 
We need wan-bissaka having Dalot as one option isn't enough in the long run, also dalots showed promise as a winger / wing back not a right back capable playing in a 4 man defensive line.

I'd take de ligt over KK or Skriniar due to being younger, Sancho should be an obvious target for the board.

Rabiot has bad attitude and isn't great in the midfield, he complains about defending and considering its clearly Herreras no 8 positition we need quality in I'd rather a Neves
 
AndyJ1985 said:
You say we don't need them all to be top quality. Well if we're comparing ourselves against the best, Shaw and Dalot aren't top quality either. Not yet at least. So we'd be going in to another season without strengthening that position, yet again
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Yet again? We just signed Dalot who is an improvement over Young and Valencia at least longterm. So how is it once again?
 
Ekeke said:
Yet again? We just signed Dalot who is an improvement over Young and Valencia at least longterm. So how is it once again?
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He was an 18 year old player for the future ffs. Hardly a signing that significantly improved our full back position, as evidenced by the fact Ashley Young still started the majority of games
 
I know embarrassingly little about most of these players. One of them is literally just a random collection of letters as far as I’m concerned, but going by the previous replies to this thread, and fully embracing the idea of pretending to know what I’m talking about to look knowledgable to some random people on the internet, I’m gonna say Sancho and (copy, paste) Koulibaly are great options who we should definitely break the bank for, Rabiot is a pre-Madonna, post-Maradona who clearly isn’t worth the hassle, and Wan Biscuit isn’t much of an upgrade on the teenage fullback whose looked kinda good in the 4 and a half games we’ve featured him in, and thus probably a complete waste of biscuits...

In summation, yes. Definitely.
 
steakpie said:
Dalot > Wan Bissako
Sancho, yes please
Koulibaly, shocking value for money
Rabiot, PSG reject and bad attitude
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Right now Dalot is not even close to Wan-Bissaka - And I love Dalot. He's been a better winger than a full back since joining - He's shown nothing defensively and that's AWB's strength.

Agree with Koulibaly. Anyone expecting Van Dijk like dominance from him is going to be sorely disappointed. He's just a good defender.

Rabiot is a total wild card. He's the kind of signing we'd all support after the fact but it's easy to see the Di Maria like issues emerging whether he performs or not.
 
2 man midfield said:
Don't need Wan Bissaka. CB, DM, RW is all we need. No massive 6 player influx followed by a tricky settling in period, just spend big in our 3 main problem areas.

------------De Gea------------
Dalot-De Ligt--Lindelof-Shaw
-------------Neves------------
--------Herrera--Pogba-------
Sancho----Rashford--Martial

300m probably gets us this. Offload Sanchez, Darmian, Valencia.
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Average outfield squad age of 22, pretty scary for the future.
 
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