Player Watch Player Watch: Giovani Lo Celso

[Johno1470]

Would be great to get him in before he heads of for the Copa America. Looks a real talent. Keeping Eriksen on top of it too

 

[WannaDanceWithUdogie]

Personally believe we will not see Ndombele, Lo Celso and Eriksen in the same team next season.

i think we will have 2 of the 3... they are interchangeable

 

[matty74]

Wow that would be some set of midfielders.

Sissoko ndombele winks
Lo celso eriksen dele.

Keep dier sell wanyama and Lamela and loan skipp.

 

[Goobers]

Wow. Wow.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

If CE stays, we will still try to finalise both (cross fingers and all that)

Wow. I think it's extremely unlikely in the grand scheme of things, but fair play for the balls out move.

I'd guess really it'll be a Eriksen or Lo Celso, not both. I think if we had both, it would limit the cash for a RB. But what do I know!

Thanks Herc

 

[JayB]

Wow, how would we fund both and a RB if Eriksen stays? CL money and not spending last summer is one thing, but this would put us in the United/City levels of net spend

Let's say the budget for last summer was £30m, same as it was the summer the we bought Sissoko. Then chuck in all of the CL money from this season, another £100m, brings us to £130m.

Then £10m for Dembele, £25m for Toby, £40m for Aurier and Trippier combined, £10m for Janssen and GKN, and another £10-15m for CCV and Onomah who do not seem likely to make it with us.

Add to that Llorente, Vorm, and Wanyama all let go on free transfers freeing up wages. If we buy Lo Celso and keep Eriksen, you have to assume that Lamela is on his way out, so another £20-30m.

That'd give us in the £225-250m range to work with plus a load of leeway on the wage budget. Even accounting for £140m on Ndombele and Lo Celso, we'd have circa £100m left over for Sessegnon, a RB, and whatever other signings are deemed necessary.

We'd probably have to dip into the "young and promising but affordably priced" market for those other signings, but the financials seem workable. It's mostly getting all of that business done that seems impossible, not the potential finances involved IMO.

 

[dfree]

If CE stays, we will still try to finalise both (cross fingers and all that)

That seems... Expensive? We must be offloading a lot of deadwood if that's the case, seeing as that would be near 140m already and that's not even considering a RB or any other transfer

 

[bbunc]

If CE stays, we will still try to finalise both (cross fingers and all that)

Best news there (aside from the possibility of having all 3 of those players in one team) is that it would seem to confirm we have a pretty massive budget regardless.

 

[daryl hannah]

the ndombele and lo celso threads are neck and neck on page numbers (54).

there MUST be something in these rumours!

 

[oobaties]

the ndombele and lo celso threads are neck and neck on page numbers (54).

there MUST be something in these rumours!

In the interest of fairness, I hope you’ve posted this message in the Ndombele thread too!

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

Let's say the budget for last summer was £30m, same as it was the summer the we bought Sissoko. Then chuck in all of the CL money from this season, another £100m, brings us to £130m.

Then £10m for Dembele, £25m for Toby, £40m for Aurier and Trippier combined, £10m for Janssen and GKN, and another £10-15m for CCV and Onomah who do not seem likely to make it with us.

Add to that Llorente, Vorm, and Wanyama all let go on free transfers freeing up wages. If we buy Lo Celso and keep Eriksen, you have to assume that Lamela is on his way out, so another £20-30m.

That'd give us in the £225-250m range to work with plus a load of leeway on the wage budget. Even accounting for £140m on Ndombele and Lo Celso, we'd have circa £100m left over for Sessegnon, a RB, and whatever other signings are deemed necessary.

We'd probably have to dip into the "young and promising but affordably priced" market for those other signings, but the financials seem workable. It's mostly getting all of that business done that seems impossible, not the potential finances involved IMO.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

Wow that would be some set of midfielders.

Sissoko ndombele winks
Lo celso eriksen dele.

Keep dier sell wanyama and Lamela and loan skipp.

We’d need 2 fast full backs to allow them all game time otherwise we’ll have no pace up top.

 

[BuckeyeSpurs11]

If CE stays, we will still try to finalise both (cross fingers and all that)

Now THAT is an update! Thanks Herc

 

[daryl hannah]

Let's say the budget for last summer was £30m, same as it was the summer the we bought Sissoko. Then chuck in all of the CL money from this season, another £100m, brings us to £130m.

Then £10m for Dembele, £25m for Toby, £40m for Aurier and Trippier combined, £10m for Janssen and GKN, and another £10-15m for CCV and Onomah who do not seem likely to make it with us.

Add to that Llorente, Vorm, and Wanyama all let go on free transfers freeing up wages. If we buy Lo Celso and keep Eriksen, you have to assume that Lamela is on his way out, so another £20-30m.

That'd give us in the £225-250m range to work with plus a load of leeway on the wage budget. Even accounting for £140m on Ndombele and Lo Celso, we'd have circa £100m left over for Sessegnon, a RB, and whatever other signings are deemed necessary.

We'd probably have to dip into the "young and promising but affordably priced" market for those other signings, but the financials seem workable. It's mostly getting all of that business done that seems impossible, not the potential finances involved IMO.

I have pretty much the same calcs as you do - though I had Dier out (£40m) instead of Lamela.

 

[John Simpson]

QUOTE="Hercules, post: 6367808, member: 27783"]If CE stays, we will still try to finalise both (cross fingers and all that)[/QUOTE]

By definition that implies that if CE goes we'll try to replace him IN ADDITION to those other two signings?

 

[Goobers]

I can’t for the life of me work out what formation we are playing next season !

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

I can’t for the life of me work out what formation we are playing next season !

In fairness I have no fucking clue what formation we were using this season just gone too.

 

[rez9000]

Is Flashspur always this aggro or did someone just piss in his cheerios this morning?

FFS, I used to like Cheerios!

 

[vicbob]

I just hope that if CE goes then we bring those plus another creative AM/CM.

Now your just being greedy ?

 

[chinaman]

If CE stays, we will still try to finalise both (cross fingers and all that)

Love this. Hercs has been more encouraging with each of his posts.