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Karol Linetty

Bofrok

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Could this be be the "Another signing near to being announced is the whispers. I have not a clue who." Jasper referred to in Update 34?

I think most of us were thinking of Trippier to be announced.
 

danielneeds

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Looks very much like Eriksen in his style of play, maybe he's got a little burst of pace that Christian lacks.

Being half Polish myself on my mother's side, I'm hoping we can banish the stench of Rasiak with a decent player from there.
 

melih69

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i know it's a video game but fifa lists him as a defensive midfielder. he looks more attacking in those videos
 

TheAmerican

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Reading through polish sites, they wanted €4.75m, which is €.25m above their record fee (Lewandowski).

I hope we look at Zyro, Kownaki and Duda as well. They are all supposed to be big talents. Zyro is a very good powerful inside forward/winger.
 

Tom Pops

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Every transfer window there is always one of these, where someone's claimed we've signed an Eastern European wonderkid and it comes completely out of nowhere.
 

bceej

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This year's Rares Lazar.

Seriously though, remember Arsenal being after him a while back, as well as us, so he's not entirely out of the blue. Was a defensive midfielder then. Plenty of stories of players changing position. Think Bentaleb was a left winger at one point, Tom Carroll a striker, and a number of midfielders start further up the field and move back these days. Always good to have a well-rounded player in a central position.
 

Spursidol

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Not doubting his talent, but surprised we've signed another midfielder who is relatively inexperienced.

We signed Dele Alli (a goalscoring CM) in January, Alex Pritchard looks set to play as an alternative to Erkissen in the AM/LW position (freeekick expert, scores goals and gets assists), plus Tom Carroll can cover CM/CAM as well as Joshua Onomah (CM/CAM) coming through and Harry Winks too.

Are we giving up on the idea of getting an experienced CM like Schneiderlein and developing our own with Mason/Bentaleb being the experienced players ?
 

Blackcanary

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Not doubting his talent, but surprised we've signed another midfielder who is relatively inexperienced.

We signed Dele Alli (a goalscoring CM) in January, Alex Pritchard looks set to play as an alternative to Erkissen in the AM/LW position (freeekick expert, scores goals and gets assists), plus Tom Carroll can cover CM/CAM as well as Joshua Onomah (CM/CAM) coming through and Harry Winks too.

Are we giving up on the idea of getting an experienced CM like Schneiderlein and developing our own with Mason/Bentaleb being the experienced players ?

Maybe Carroll will be moved on? And I wouldn't be surprised to see Winks/Onomah going out on loan so their progress isn't blocked by lack of action with us.
 

Spursidol

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Maybe Carroll will be moved on? And I wouldn't be surprised to see Winks/Onomah going out on loan so their progress isn't blocked by lack of action with us.

All possible, but point I was making is that we've already got choices as midfield players.

Now if Karol Linetty was a striker.....
 

MetalFace D

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Interesting bit of info about the player from r/coys

"I'm Polish and seen him play. He is very much like Holtby, but a bit underdeveloped. He hasn't shined in the national team, but had a few good games for Lech. He was supposed to be chased by Arsenal. I personally think, that he is overpriced and I do not think he'll be good enough for us."
 

Lilbaz

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Interesting bit of info about the player from r/coys

"I'm Polish and seen him play. He is very much like Holtby, but a bit underdeveloped. He hasn't shined in the national team, but had a few good games for Lech. He was supposed to be chased by Arsenal. I personally think, that he is overpriced and I do not think he'll be good enough for us."

If he thinks he's overpriced at 3.5m euros wtf are we getting him for?
 
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