I know there's another thread for RW where we need to address our right wing so badly but I'm not sure if Ole's system requires RW winger, it's more of free roaming, to link up between midfield and attack and It becomes more obvious that we play more with false 9 since Ole become an interim manager so if he gets permanent job, I think we should search for false 9/free roaming. Ole also played Hestad most of the time who is not a classic right-winger but more of free-roaming player.
Being said that, I think Lingard is brilliant as false 9/free roaming because of his movement, pressing, coming deeper and linking up with his teammate, causing confusion for defence but I'm not sure if he can take us to next level especially with his end product, making decisions and passing.
There are a couple of players who can play RW and false 9/free roaming like Fekir, Griezmann, Dybala, etc which I believe could be great for us, improve us and they are also left-footed which could make it more balanced and unpredictable but they are all expensive which could cost 100m with the exception of Fekir, I can't think of an obvious candidate who can play that role. I think Sancho has never played that role but I can see him as more of free-roaming player, rather than a classic winger like Pepe, Sancho is also expensive.
For RW to be addressed, we need attacking full-back first that can play as a winger, as for an example, City do with Mendy, as long as Mendy start, there's no place for Sane to keep width, it gives City an extra options of attacking and one more body in the box in attacking from the width, they start Aguero and Jesus upfront if Mendy is starting because they need fullback to keep width and provide a threat without classic winger, they looked more threatening with Mendy starting than without Mendy, he started 13 games league for City, 6 of 13 games has scored 5+ goal, he is the one that makes a huge difference to City's style of play, they don't have other fullbacks that can play his role.
So If we were in the market for free-roaming player that play on RW comfortably, we should get right attacking fullback first before that.
Sancho, Dybala and Greizmann are easy worth £100m, i'd be happy with it if we get one of them, I don't think we could afford that if we need to spend money on defence. So is there any obvious candidate who could cost less than 100m and has potential to be a world class? Fekir and David Brooks are only one of player I can think of and cost 40-70m in the transfer market. David Brooks is a probably safer gamble given he is playing in the EPL and as a free role in RW under Howe and have a better end product at 21, not injury prone as Fekir
Any other candidate?
Being said that, I think Lingard is brilliant as false 9/free roaming because of his movement, pressing, coming deeper and linking up with his teammate, causing confusion for defence but I'm not sure if he can take us to next level especially with his end product, making decisions and passing.
There are a couple of players who can play RW and false 9/free roaming like Fekir, Griezmann, Dybala, etc which I believe could be great for us, improve us and they are also left-footed which could make it more balanced and unpredictable but they are all expensive which could cost 100m with the exception of Fekir, I can't think of an obvious candidate who can play that role. I think Sancho has never played that role but I can see him as more of free-roaming player, rather than a classic winger like Pepe, Sancho is also expensive.
For RW to be addressed, we need attacking full-back first that can play as a winger, as for an example, City do with Mendy, as long as Mendy start, there's no place for Sane to keep width, it gives City an extra options of attacking and one more body in the box in attacking from the width, they start Aguero and Jesus upfront if Mendy is starting because they need fullback to keep width and provide a threat without classic winger, they looked more threatening with Mendy starting than without Mendy, he started 13 games league for City, 6 of 13 games has scored 5+ goal, he is the one that makes a huge difference to City's style of play, they don't have other fullbacks that can play his role.
So If we were in the market for free-roaming player that play on RW comfortably, we should get right attacking fullback first before that.
Sancho, Dybala and Greizmann are easy worth £100m, i'd be happy with it if we get one of them, I don't think we could afford that if we need to spend money on defence. So is there any obvious candidate who could cost less than 100m and has potential to be a world class? Fekir and David Brooks are only one of player I can think of and cost 40-70m in the transfer market. David Brooks is a probably safer gamble given he is playing in the EPL and as a free role in RW under Howe and have a better end product at 21, not injury prone as Fekir
Any other candidate?
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