No lacazette. Dybala will leave in summer and should be the guy we look into. I'm pretty sure lacazette is right foot, so he'll end up being useless on the right side like willian is.

Well the Times have linked us to Walcott: (paywall)

 

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/premierleague/article4398387.ece

can't see it...no room for him on the right with Willian and Cuadrado...and as he's barely played as a forward, can't see him being played there either or being happy to play second fiddle to Costa

Sterling and pogba anyone? How much would those two combined cost? Apparently wants a move back down to London.

Edited April 1, 201511 yr by enigma

Sterling and pogba anyone? How much would those two combined cost? Apparently wants a move back down to London.

I'd take them.

Sterling would be £30 odd million because he's English and plays at a rival.

Pogba could be double that.

Lacazette plays pretty advanced in the forward position--even further than Costa, I don't think he'd like playing deep and despite his pace, how well can he do against teams the defend in the box? 

 

 

No lacazette. Dybala will leave in summer and should be the guy we look into. I'm pretty sure lacazette is right foot, so he'll end up being useless on the right side like willian is.

 

http://outsideoftheboot.com/2013/08/25/alexandre-lacazette-scout-report/

 

Both of you should read this article and take note of this:

 

"Lacazette can use both feet to great effect, in the modern game that is such a great tool and an advantage to any player, to be adept with both feet."

 

"This season, Lacazette has started as a lone striker, but switched positions with Benzia through the game. This means he needs to make certain changes to his running and positions from last season, when he played behind the striker."

 

"Lyon at the moment  are a very exciting team to watch, and Lacazette is at the heart of this creative and attacking Lyon side and he adds flair to the team. He uses his guile and agility to skip past players and is very skillful on the ball and can leave defenders trailing with his box of tricks. "

I'm not sure what our team needs the most for next season. We had a few problems this season.

1. No quality on the same level as starters on the bench. (except luis)

2. Slow centerbacks who can't hold their own against one fast attacker, so if Matic has a bad game, our defense collapses.(Varane?)

3. We were physically bullied by a lot of teams in midfield. The old Chelsea I know could be outplayed but we were never bullied or outfought in the midfield. We need size and energy in some matches. We missed a David luiz besides Matic. (pogba, Andre Gomes)

4. We need a long range shooter in this team and it has to be a CM or AM. It's unacceptable the way we're too shy to take shots making it easy to defend us. (pogba, Andre Gomes)

5. We need another intelligent midfielder who can still tackle incase fabregas is marked out of the game. No one can provide creativity except hazard when fabregas is marked. (Koke, cabaye)

6. We need another goalscorer on the right wing. (reus)

It would be a perfect window if we get

Pogba /Andre Gomes

Koke

Reus

Varane /make ivanovic CB

But since we can't get all I'm not sure which two players we need that would improve our team the most.

Would be a perfect window if we could somehow use Oscar & Ramires in a deal to bring Pogba in and manage to bring Khedira in on a free.

 

Also Varane or another quality CB is a must in my opinion, Saying that there isn't many world class CB's out there. 

I'm not sure what our team needs the most for next season. We had a few problems this season.

1. No quality on the same level as starters on the bench. (except luis)

2. Slow centerbacks who can't hold their own against one fast attacker, so if Matic has a bad game, our defense collapses.(Varane?)

3. We were physically bullied by a lot of teams in midfield. The old Chelsea I know could be outplayed but we were never bullied or outfought in the midfield. We need size and energy in some matches. We missed a David luiz besides Matic. (pogba, Andre Gomes)

4. We need a long range shooter in this team and it has to be a CM or AM. It's unacceptable the way we're too shy to take shots making it easy to defend us. (pogba, Andre Gomes)

5. We need another intelligent midfielder who can still tackle incase fabregas is marked out of the game. No one can provide creativity except hazard when fabregas is marked. (Koke, cabaye)

6. We need another goalscorer on the right wing. (reus)

It would be a perfect window if we get

Pogba /Andre Gomes

Koke

Reus

Varane /make ivanovic CB

But since we can't get all I'm not sure which two players we need that would improve our team the most.

 

I'm not sure what our team needs the most for next season. We had a few problems this season.

1. No quality on the same level as starters on the bench. (except luis)

2. Slow centerbacks who can't hold their own against one fast attacker, so if Matic has a bad game, our defense collapses.(Varane?)

3. We were physically bullied by a lot of teams in midfield. The old Chelsea I know could be outplayed but we were never bullied or outfought in the midfield. We need size and energy in some matches. We missed a David luiz besides Matic. (pogba, Andre Gomes)

4. We need a long range shooter in this team and it has to be a CM or AM. It's unacceptable the way we're too shy to take shots making it easy to defend us. (pogba, Andre Gomes)

5. We need another intelligent midfielder who can still tackle incase fabregas is marked out of the game. No one can provide creativity except hazard when fabregas is marked. (Koke, cabaye)

6. We need another goalscorer on the right wing. (reus)

It would be a perfect window if we get

Pogba /Andre Gomes

Koke

Reus

Varane /make ivanovic CB

But since we can't get all I'm not sure which two players we need that would improve our team the most.

  Slow centre backs, think Zouma covers that deficiency...

Our threat from shots at goal from free kicks is toothless, if we had a more of a threat we would score more goals because of how many free kicks Hazard gets us, and our opponents would be less likely to hack him down in the first place, knowing we have a 'lethal striker of the ball' from free kicks.

Edited April 3, 201511 yr by coco

Would be a perfect window if we could somehow use Oscar & Ramires in a deal to bring Pogba in and manage to bring Khedira in on a free.

 

Also Varane or another quality CB is a must in my opinion, Saying that there isn't many world class CB's out there. 

 

I agree with Oscar and Ramires for Pogba, but I would go for someone like Koke next, instead of Khedira. I believe with a 4-3-3 formation and a very strong cental midfield that our defence wouldn't struggle that much.

I can truly see our summer window looking like this.

Koke (could play pretty much anywhere in the midfield)

Khedira (free transfer and would play next to Matic)
Varane 

Starting XI:

Courtois

Ivanovic

Varane

Terry / Zouma

Azpilicueta

Khedira

Matic

Koke

Fabregas

Hazard

Costa
 

I agree with Oscar and Ramires for Pogba, but I would go for someone like Koke next, instead of Khedira. I believe with a 4-3-3 formation and a very strong cental midfield that our defence wouldn't struggle that much.

Whole point of Khedira over Koke is that he would come on a free while Koke would cost between 30 and 40 mill

Whole point of Khedira over Koke is that he would come on a free while Koke would cost between 30 and 40 mill

 

Nothing is free, Khedira would have very high wages. I would also rather keep Ramires then, instead of buying someone that has been plagued by injuries the last years.

To be fair i only said Khedira because i think we will have to spend big on a centre back instead of using the money on Koke or someone similar, Also i'd rather us use Loftus Cheek instead of signing Khedira but i don't really have the faith in Jose to start using the youth players.

Nothing is free, Khedira would have very high wages. I would also rather keep Ramires then, instead of buying someone that has been plagued by injuries the last years.

Yeah sure nothing is free. But he would be 40 million cheaper then Koke and if we sell Ramires we would have Ramires fee as extra cash considering they would earn about the same. The point was Koke is an option we likely cant afford. Khedira is

I wish we would bring in Youri Tielemans as a rotation for Fabregas, he really looks like he can be the real deal within a year or two.

I wish we would bring in Youri Tielemans as a rotation for Fabregas, he really looks like he can be the real deal within a year or two.

Never heard of him, were does he play?

Anderlecht, he's 17 years old and he's been playing for 2 years now in the starting eleven.

Considered as a huge talent.

 

Here is a nice highlight reel to show his style of play:

 

Buy, stall him at anderlecht for the season, loan to Vitesse, sell to make a profit.

Probable career path if we buy him.

True while being such a shame :(

He really looks like he can be an improved Fabregas.

Anderlecht, he's 17 years old and he's been playing for 2 years now in the starting eleven.

Considered as a huge talent.

Cool. Ill try and check him out

Edited April 4, 201511 yr by Xfaxtor

I dunno but I think we definitely need some reinforcements next summer to be again up and challenging for the title.

 

As we have seen this season we have dearly struggled since the turn of February. Yes we are getting points luckily but I don't think this will be the case next season.

 

Cesc and Oscar have been below par in this period who are basically our main anchorman of the team alongside Hazard. And mind you this is not the first time this has happened to both of them imo. 

 

Man Utd will definitely add up one or two big names and they're coming in good form lately, I can see them as our main threat to the title next season.

 

We definitely need a QUALITY CM.

Koke would be a good buy but would he also have the second half of the season drop off like most players do coming from there with no Christmas break?

We need a world class CM, not Henderson, Schneiderlein, Khedira, etc. Preferably we would get Koke and Pogba, but I think Koke and Bale might be even better.