Sort our defence out with two realistic transfers

[wire74]

Koulibally dominates most forwards good for 2 more years and cheap
Konrad Lamar workhorse runs miles for fun .
they would change us completely we could attack more having confidence in a dominant centre half

 

[StonedhamsterZA]

We haven’t been linked, but does anyone have an opinion on why we haven’t been linked with Skriniar?

I know we need to sell CB’s before we buy, yadda yadda, but I thought he could be a great addition to bolster us at the back.

 

[Skills]

Do less defending, kill off games quicker and the defensive numbers will automatically improve.

Ten Hag, CM & RW are the best signings we can make to improve our defensive record.

Ten Hag will make us ball dominant, hopefully FDJ improves us on transitions so we're not turning the ball over in stupid positions & a RW to help us score quicker in games. Our biggest problem is that our games are alive for too long - we either fall behind, or when we go ahead we leave too much on the table for the opposition to play for. Man City and Liverpool score a couple of goals, mentally kill off the opposition and the rest of the game is a dead.

 

[Jericholyte2]

FDJ and Kante.

A CB pairing of Maguire and Varane is defensively solid, but they’ve had absolutely ZERO protection from the midfield pairing ahead of them.

 

[croadyman]

FDJ and Kante.

A CB pairing of Maguire and Varane is defensively solid, but they’ve had absolutely ZERO protection from the midfield pairing ahead of them.

Just can't see Chelsea selling to us for third time, also wasn't there reports of us having concerns over him staying fit

 

[Lux Thunder]

Signing just two players like Eriksen and FDJ will massively improve our ball control and will take off a lot of pressure from our defense instantly. Add a tricky winger with great control, ball progression and 1v1 ability like Antony, and opponents' full-backs would think twice about staying high and putting pressure with overlaps.

Two of the three players mentioned will help us keep and control the ball in the opponent's half rather than suffering from bad passing and decisions under pressure + coaching from ETH and his staff already made us look more composed with the ball in the preseason and our attacks would be even more structured and patient with time. Last season I find only Sancho comfortable with the ball in tight areas who could keep possession in the opponent's half. And Greenwood also but we all know how it ended.

In the next windows, add GK and RB like Robert Sanchez and Frimpong and potentially CB like Tomori or Timber if Maguire continues to play like last season and Varane continues to have fitness issues.