09 Aug 2024 19:50:01
Hermoso and Rabiot on frees anyone?
We all know the rebuild can't be done in a single window due to money constraints so these two make perfect sense.
09 Aug 2024 19:56:52
Rabiot would be a quality signing, free or otherwise. Not too familiar with Hermoso.
09 Aug 2024 20:00:30
Right now I’d take them both. Would have preferred better and signed earlier in the window but we have our hands tied due to the idiots who were running the show for the many previous transfer windows and the wages handed out.
09 Aug 2024 20:36:31
Is that a plan A, B or Z?
09 Aug 2024 22:43:45
Short memories on here . Everyone complaining that the players we are looking at no being sexy enough. People seem to forget the henning bergs, oles, parks etc. This club wasn't built on big names, was built on the right characters .
I've seen day in, day out on here for years saying that the right backroom staff will be trusted, time to put money in mouths vicinity.
09 Aug 2024 22:46:19
Rabiot feels very sensible right now over paying fees we cannot afford.
Forget Hermoso and sign Branthwaite.
10 Aug 2024 10:58:54
Both seem like sensible options that should be considered.
They could either be seen as additional options to round out the squad or as short term alternatives to main targets enabling funds to be focused on one more expensive first choice signing.
Both offer top level experience and quality for a minimal outlay. They both raise the floor of the squad giving us higher quality in squad depth and both look more suited to playing a progressive style of play than some of our current squad players (Lindelof, Maguire, McTominay) .
This summer might be more about laying the foundations rather than serious rebuilding. Reshaping the squad to be more suited to playing how we want to play and giving it an identity. Selling/ moving on as many players who aren't suitable and bringing in players who are, even if long term they are good squad players rather than top quality first choice options.
Rome wasn't built in a day, and we have repeatedly been told by SJR that this is a long term project and will take 3 or more years.
We need to rebuild the entire squad, and that has to start from the ground up. Clear away what is not good enough, have a clear idea about what we want to be/ look like, then lay foundations to support that.
Only once that is done can you really start to rebuild the first team.
I like the signings of Yoro and Zirkzee, they both suit a more progressive style of play and are long term not short term options.
Neither have been bought to make a huge difference this season (although they might make a difference), they have been bought to grow into the side as it develops and evolves.
I'd expect similar type signings for the rest of this summer and next summer. Where the club invests the majority of their money on players who are 23 or under and who can grow into the side, mixed with either cheap (relatively) or free signings that are 25-29 years old who can improve squad depth and help give the squad a clearer playing identity.
10 Aug 2024 11:52:37
2 of the best free / bosman type signings in recent years have been milner and matip. Both were brilliant for Liverpool.
I would not turn my nose up at these 2 mentioned rabiot and hermoso both are better than most of the players on our books in their positions.