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    Kephren Thuram

    For sure but my issue with Thuram is he badly lacks defensive awareness, intelligence and positioning. He lacks the instincts and mental attributes you’d want to naturally see in someone you intend to mould as a 6. And he’s primarily ball carrier. Surely we need the 6 to at least have a mix of...
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    Santiago Giménez

    Kyogo was a goal machine though. He scored 27 goals in 31 games for Ange.
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    Santiago Giménez

    Could argue Gimenez is streaky too. Just 3 league goals in 13 games since the turn of the year and that’s in the Dutch league. I really don’t think he’s near good enough for the level we want to get to.
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    Santiago Giménez

    We’d basically be dropping £40m on a striker no better than Richarlison. We’d be looking for a new striker again by the following season imo (if we are serious about competing at the top).
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    The Summer 2024 scouting thread

    They also visited the West Ham vs Liverpool game on the Saturday too apparently.
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    The Summer 2024 scouting thread

    No standout attributes for me. Average passer, pretty erratic touch particularly under pressure, not great agility and quite lumbering, lack of mobility Not amazing in the air and finishing isn’t actually that good. Misses loads of chances and a lot of his goals would be saved by keepers in...
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    The Summer 2024 scouting thread

    But some of our worst performers recently have actually been payers in that age category. Maddison, Bissouma, Son (older), Hojbjerg. What we need are quality players who are suited to our system and who have the energy to play our game. For me that's more likely to be 21-24 year olds. VdV came...
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    The Summer 2024 scouting thread

    That reminds me, @Ghost Hardware do you know much about Emiliano Martinez of Midtjylland? 24 year old Uruguayan DM. Saw some footage and he looked pretty good?
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    The Summer 2024 scouting thread

    On balance, my picks are Onyedika and Mats Wieffer. Archie Gray would be the younger option.
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    Kephren Thuram

    Spot on @Ghost Hardware. May not be a big name yet but from what I’ve seen Onyedika is 100% the best fit for what we need and who I would go for. Just a shame we didn’t go for Wharton, he’d have been great.
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    Financial Fair Play (general thread)

    Decent explainer here:
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    Financial Fair Play (general thread)

    The key thing a lot of people online (not here) are missing is that this is merely a backstop. The main rule will still be the new Squad Cost Control where teams can only spend between 70-85% of their revenue on transfers, wages and agent fees. So actually for most teams that 75-85% of...
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Ben Davies

    If Davies had tracked Saka’s run properly he would have been able to prevent the chance completely. Instead he floated centrally and delayed his run towards Saka, as if he wasn’t expecting the pass which every fan in the stadium could see was going to be played. The space looked worse because...
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    Albert Gudmundsson

    Really good point.
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    Kephren Thuram

    As I mentioned in the ITK thread, he isn’t even a 6, he’s a ball carrying 8. In fact he’s actually a bit poor defensively and as @Ghost Hardware mentioned he is weaker the deeper he plays. Makes zero sense as a 6 signing.
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