In my head, he's not exactly essential, so my starting position would be to balance the risk with gradual improvement of terms based on performance.
I clearly said young CMs.
I wouldn't put Collyer in that bracket and I don't think Mainoo is currently suited to the midfield 2 setup under Amorim. But I did forget about Fletch and Kone.
Yea that's exactly what I'm saying, but some people are willing to swap him straight for Sancho, who has one year left, without thinking about the long term consequences should he flop (which is not unlikely considering he flopped at another big club like Juve)
I wish Onana and Hojlund would join themAn entire frontline and a defender.
I don’t know if Mainoo has the energy and athleticism to play in a two man midfield but hopefully that’s something he can work on and reports are that he has been. He needs to be more progressive in his passing but for someone his age he already has so much maturity in his play. Stick with him and give him room to grow and I think he could be a world class player when he peaks if he can work on his weaknesses.
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Yea totally agree, he's only 20 and has plenty of time and room to improve especially on stamina and intensity. I think Mainoo should be more central to your project, and as a bonus he's born and raised in Manchester and a pure product from the academy. He might not have taken the leap people expected in his 2nd season but it's kind of common for young players in strategic positions like CM or CB. Look at Zaïre-Emery, really struggled at PSG this season by his own admission, yet Enrique has made it clear he's counting on him to bounce back because it's normal for young players at big clubs.
The top 12 are shaking in their collective boots. If we go into next season with either Zirkzee or Hojund as are starting 9 we're fecked.
His refusal to sign a new contract is the big problem here. If we can’t reach a compromise then he could be the next one out of the door. Hopefully he would command a good fee though.
Unfortunately I think he is a bullshitter, I will remove the post.
Oh man. feck’s sake.
Totally agree. Been trying to map out the formations in my head and struggle to get there with current squad. I wish we could somehow play front 3 of Bruno, Cunha and Mbuemo/Amad.
I'm guessing the site you checked is showing £150k a week gross because that's how much of his wages we were paying last season.
Do you think my suggestion is unrealistic?
We didnt have it last year either + Chelsea still couldnt agree a wage going into next season. With him being a Chelsea fan, born in London and all that you'd think he can agree there at least.
Chelsea are offering lower wages just over a million years. I was more thinking Juve who do regularly pay over £200k a week.
Same, there's absolutely nobody at that club that I would like bar Yildiz and maybe Thuram but doubt Juve would want to let them go.
Ditto, Luiz has been awful at Juve.
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I think theres a couple of prospects in their youth team that might be worth looking at, but Yildiz would be the only one from the first team. I've not seen much of Thuram, but not been overly fussed when I have.
Has he? I just don't think he's really what we need, based on what I remember from Villa.
