Rex wrote:

Beast on FIFA. I have to admit, that IS my first thought on him...

Definitely me too 😆. I was surprised when I saw him score a ton on Man City in the CL.

Super Mario wrote:
qs! wrote:

He scores lots of goals. I know he's not as smiley or tall haired as Welbeck but I think the goals should make up for it.

What do you guys think of Doumbia?

I know very little about him but I'm suspicious of the level of Russian football. Given he's 26 and never played in a better league I'd want to see more of him. Also looking at his wiki why did he only play 9 games last season and 26 the year before?

Fell out of favour/injured.

I was a big fan of him couple of years ago when he was younger, don't seem to have progressed much for any big guns to take him.

Sagna, Mertesacker and Arteta all peaked last season.

Clyne, Hummels and Schneiderlin to replace.

I think both Sagna and Arteta peaked before last season. Those would be some excellent additions though.

Does Koscielny-Hummels work? They are incredibly similar players.

Yeah, we would need someone positionally astute like Mertesacker. I think Mertesacker alongside Kos now is still a very capable defence, and we would need to go for someone young so that he is willing to sit on the bench and be 4th choice for now.

I'd go for Schneiderlin, Laporte and Reus.

That laporte looks interesting. Might be too soon for him. Just get Godin

-------------Dybala
Alexis-------Ozil-------Walcott
-----Schneiderlin-Ramsey
Gibbs--Koscielny-Hummels-Clyne
------------Forster

😆 Sterling is a blockbuster move but not Hummels? In which universe is that true?

Isco would be great. I've gone off Reus thanks to injuries. He gets broken even in Bundesliga, will get slaughtered in PL.

Sterling is a pussy, dont want him.

Sterling is great, but we need a central midfielder and centre back first.

Isco is another slow, physically weak player who always wants the ball to feet, and he is not very good at the defensive end. He is a good player, but I think he would be totally wrong for what I think we need.
Sterling is also a good player but, again, we don't need another weak midget.

We have flair players in Chambo, Özil, Cazorla and Alexis. I say we bring in some robust, physically imposing players who excel at the defensive end. Therefore, I'd much prefer Hummels, Schneiderlin. Since this IS the wishlist, I'll just get Vidal in there ahead of Schneiderlin too. To nicely top it all off, get me Reus.

We need goalscorers, a central midfielder who can defend and pass the ball and a central defender who is strong, decent on the ball and doesn't have the turning radius of a fucking aircraft carrier (i.e. mertesacker).

Plus a goalie who gets you +5 points per season at least.