19 hours ago, OriginalS said:

I think they were harder to contain without Haaland. They used to be dangerous everywhere and now you'll have a great chance against them if you manage to take Haaland out so I get the point.

Which attack is harder to contain? 

Sane - silva - Aguero - Kdb - Sterling 

Or

Nunes - Gundo - Haaland - Foden - B silva 

Everyone will say a over b, is it because Aguero is more versatile or better than Haaland or because

Nunes really? 

Gundo? I thought he is retired already. 

 

 

 

 

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His agent has been sounding out Barca over a move.

His agent creating noise around the player. Honestly, if his position would not change in the club I can't see him wanting to stay.

 

6 hours ago, IliyaKrostin said:

His agent creating noise around the player. Honestly, if his position would not change in the club I can't see him wanting to stay.

 

Unsurprising Spainish outlet sport have said Barca would not be looking at a transfer, rather a loan to buy in the summer. Nkunku would also need to lower his wages to fit in to Barca structure, which sport says he is willing to do.

5 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Unsurprising Spainish outlet sport have said Barca would not be looking at a transfer, rather a loan to buy in the summer. Nkunku would also need to lower his wages to fit in to Barca structure, which sport says he is willing to do.

I’m not sure Barca could even afford a loan.

Dani Olmo is about to become unregistered in January because of PSR/FFP rules. They have to sell or “pull some more levers” or he can walk away for free although he’s stated he doesn’t want that.

 

4 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Unsurprising Spainish outlet sport have said Barca would not be looking at a transfer, rather a loan to buy in the summer. Nkunku would also need to lower his wages to fit in to Barca structure, which sport says he is willing to do.

Another agent driven move. I don’t think Barca is the best move for him, and he will have a lot of competition for a starting role. Olmo, Gavi, Raphinha and Fermin Lopez are all jostling for the AM/LW role. 

Barca are also broke, not sure the loan to buy is feasible in the summer unless they sell. They are presently going to the Courts to keep Olmo & Pau Victor. 
 

Utd or Atletico Madrid are the perfect fit for him, that is who his agent needs to be talking to.

42 minutes ago, ducavis said:

Another agent driven move. I don’t think Barca is the best move for him, and he will have a lot of competition for a starting role. Olmo, Gavi, Raphinha and Fermin Lopez are all jostling for the AM/LW role. 

Barca are also broke, not sure the loan to buy is feasible in the summer unless they sell. They are presently going to the Courts to keep Olmo & Pau Victor. 
 

Utd or Atletico Madrid are the perfect fit for him, that is who his agent needs to be talking to.

Yeah agreed on Barca. 

He does need to leave though, at his age he needs to be a regular, especially with the World Cup in mind.

If it means we go out and get a striker Maresca rates it really would be a win win for both Nkunku and the club.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Yeah agreed on Barca. 

He does need to leave though, at his age he needs to be a regular, especially with the World Cup in mind.

If it means we go out and get a striker Maresca rates it really would be a win win for both Nkunku and the club.

Would he start him ahead of Jackson or even allow him to compete fairly with Jackson. I feel managers like Arteta, Pep & Maresca are set in their ways, and any striker coming in not named Halaand or Kane will be confined to the bench picking up 15mins here and there.

34 minutes ago, ducavis said:

Would he start him ahead of Jackson or even allow him to compete fairly with Jackson. I feel managers like Arteta, Pep & Maresca are set in their ways, and any striker coming in not named Halaand or Kane will be confined to the bench picking up 15mins here and there.

Depends on if the striker gives him the work rate he wants.

Guiu does but is too inexperienced, Nkunku does not ecen though his finishing is better than Nicos.

Really Guiu is a perfect Maresca forward, he should trust him more imo 

If I was Nkunku, I would also be looking to move. Top scorer, by far the more rounded and accomplished footballer when compared to Jackson, and a genuine "star player" - and yet he remains firmly consigned to the b team. However poor Jackson plays, he continues to get selected over Chris time and time again.

It is slightly absurd and frankly - pretty disrespectful 

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Depends on if the striker gives him the work rate he wants.

Guiu does but is too inexperienced, Nkunku does not ecen though his finishing is better than Nicos.

Really Guiu is a perfect Maresca forward, he should trust him more imo 

Agree on Guiu, who has definitely earned more minutes.

In terms of overall/rounded skill set and talent - our strikers go Nkunku, Guiu and only then Jackson.  Chris should be starting. Guiu should be getting more minutes, and Jackson should be development/b team or loan. 

be mad to let him go, he's started once in PL this season and scored, Jackson one booking away from ban, i think he may start against Fulham and if he was to score will Marasca drop him?

if we are to sell him PLEASE sell him abroad, there will be plenty of PL clubs trying to sign him and i couldn't bare to see him in an Arsenal or Tottenham shirt

This would be one of the worst moves if we let him leave.

17 hours ago, axman2526 said:

His agent has been sounding out Barca over a move.

Aren't they having to let Olmo leave because they can't register due to their financial position? Out of all the clubs, this is one i don't think could afford him. 

Think its inevitable he leaves, earns too much money for Clearlake to be happy with him. If we're selling go all out for Duran. 

Seeing Nkunku go and be replaced by Delap or Duran would actually be good business in my eyes, I’d imagine similar fees in & out. 
 

He’s a far better player than Jackson will ever become but Maresca doesn’t fancy him for whatever reason and at the minute, most calls Maresca has made have been right.

Think it’s inevitable he goes at some point. He isn’t a striker so frustrations at Wacko getting picked ahead of him are ill placed.

His biggest problem is Palmer’s burst onto the scene and Estevao’s upcoming arrival. Hope we sell him outside of England if he does go, because he solves a lot of problems for a lot of our rivals 

8 minutes ago, Niall1905 said:

Think it’s inevitable he goes at some point. He isn’t a striker so frustrations at Wacko getting picked ahead of him are ill placed.

His biggest problem is Palmer’s burst onto the scene and Estevao’s upcoming arrival. Hope we sell him outside of England if he does go, because he solves a lot of problems for a lot of our rivals 

Maresca would rather have two specialist wingers than have Palmer at RW and Nkunku at #10 behind Jackson. 

Unless he changes his mind on that, there is no role in the starting line up for Nkunku, sadly ... 

It will be interesting to see what Maresca does next season when Estevao arrives, as I saw some media reports that Estevao has been promised the '#10 slot. If we are genuinely committed to that, then it's Cole moving to RW or sold I guess ?

As a 'pure' footballer Nkunku is miles better than Jackson, obviously.

For what this team needs from a centre-forward Jackson is the better choice, and I don't think it's particularly close either.

I wouldn't want Nkunku to leave, but I can understand why he would want to. He is good enough to be starting for a Champions' League team.

52 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Maresca would rather have two specialist wingers than have Palmer at RW and Nkunku at #10 behind Jackson. 

Unless he changes his mind on that, there is no role in the starting line up for Nkunku, sadly ... 

It will be interesting to see what Maresca does next season when Estevao arrives, as I saw some media reports that Estevao has been promised the '#10 slot. If we are genuinely committed to that, then it's Cole moving to RW or sold I guess ?

Played his entire senior career at RW, can't imagine he'd be coming here to play as a 10. If anyone is taking that role i'd imagine it could be Paez moreso than Estevao. 

2 hours ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Think its inevitable he leaves, earns too much money for Clearlake to be happy with him. If we're selling go all out for Duran. 

Duran wouldn’t start though; can see him coming here getting 15mins here and there, and Maresca saying he needs to understand how we play. He is also still incredibly raw, would cost at a minimum £50m, and IMO better off staying at Villa where he is starting now ahead of Watkins for the next 2 seasons to polish his game.

Just now, ducavis said:

Duran wouldn’t start though; can see him coming here getting 15mins here and there, and Maresca saying he needs to understand how we play. He is also still incredibly raw, would cost at a minimum £50m, and IMO better off staying at Villa where he is starting now ahead of Watkins for the next 2 seasons to polish his game.

I think him and Jackson could share minutes quite well. Both offer a unique ST profile. Jackson as a player that can occupy CB's and run channels and Duran as a pure finisher. 

I hope we put some faith in Guiu ahead of signing another striker like Duran or Omorodion at this point.

Nkunku appears not to fit the system, but Guiu up top certainly does.

Really hope that we put our foot down on United, but I fear we may not want to do that after they sold us Sancho with minimum fuss (pre INEOS they would have stubbornly refused to).

I'd like to think he wouldn't want to touch United though, going there would mean near enough all of his prime away from a team as competive as his talents deserve (at best he'll be 30 when United will be in a position to do anything important again).

It would be mental to sell him now, but I see him definitely being sold in the summer. Maresca clearly isn't a fan.

Don't know who replaces him though. I would like Duran, but it's not going to happen. He's just took Watkins place and has a contact that doesn't end until 2030. We would have to pay something insanse to get him here.