Ndicka is left-footed. Not only that but he's left-footed and used to playing as the left-sided CB in a back 3. It wouldn't make sense with Martinez and Shaw.
Still, KMJ likely wouldn't even be 28 or 29 until he has the chance to become first choice, by which point it wouldn't be long until he was already potentially be needing to be replaced.
It's a factor, but he can play both CB positions and Martinez himself has been in and out of the team - as a permanent fixture at 3rd in rotation, and between filling in for one or the other from the starters, he'd get a lot of PT over a season, you'd wager.
Interesting point about his ability to cover both centre back positions. If we haveDalot Varane Martinez Malacia across the back four, rotating with Timber covering RB / RCB, Min Jae covering both centre back positions, and Shaw covering LB / LCB. (I'm not suggesting who should be first choice and who is the cover, just highlighting the flexibility of some players). ETH is very keen for his players to be able to play multiple positions, as it allows you to have a slightly smaller squad, and gives you more chance of keeping everyone happy. Given the amount we could recoup from player sales and reduced wages if we got rid of all the deadwood (AWB, Williams, Telles, maguire, Lindelof, Bailly, Jones, Tuanzebe), these two transfers in shouldn't result in much of a net cashflow out.
Yeah. i was being harsh on Lindelof. I just thought that only Maguire and Lindelof are saleable assets. Tuanzebe and Bailly, hmmm... we will be lucky if we don't have to PAY anything to take them from us.
Just realised both Bailly and Tuanzebe are out of contract come summer anyway. Sell Telles!
You are missing the point. One long term injury to one of the CBs and we'd need an addition anyway. KMJ would be the perfect 3rd CB constantly challenging Martinez and especially Varane or fill in when needed. And what if he is 28 by then? He would be going into his prime years and we would have found a young CB to develop in the meantime.
It's not his main strength but at Napoli he seems to do that often. Definitely better than those mentioned.
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€50m apparently, Napoli want to make it €70m but Kim wants a big increase in wages.
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I’d just like to see Harry Maguire moved on.
Only if costs us less than 30m to get rid of him. Don't think paying more to the buying club is a good idea tbh.
Considering he turns 30 tomorrow that sounds like very wishful thinking.
Sometimes I wonder who adds the brackets in quotes like these. And most of the time theyre not helpful at all, making us the readers feel dumb that we need to be explained even the most basic things
Do you think Son is declining
Yeah, but we dont need him either. I feel sorry for him & kane though because they play under such defensive past it managers in conte & jose. Feel like kane is only scoring like a poacher right now
Bailly contract expires in 2024 loan expires 2023.
Varane isn't exactly the most durable player and needs to be managed over a season. He'll get plenty of starts IMO.
Don't think we're going to spend 50m in a CB this summer. I'd love to have him, but we have more urgent needs than CBs.
Look at how many games we’ve played this season and how much we dread when lindelof or maguire get on the team sheet against the top teams, let alone any team.
Sounds perfect for EtH then.
Eh, I'm not so sure. City are the premium example of squad depth and they had Dias, Stones and Laporte rotating last season. I don't think similar with Varane, Martinez and Kim across all competitions would be unreasonable.
