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Clrnc

samthegooner He has 15 goals last season, 18 goals this. It's actually not that bad.

Will definitely consider him if the price is right but I think the kind of money Liverpool wants we might as well get Isak

Big Willie

Treaky finishing aside, he's someone who puts himself about and will get goals purely from the incessant running he does and the positions he finds himself in. Getting in those positions regularly whilst also pressing like mad isn't easy to do. I'd take him.

samthegooner

I'd also be interested in lurking around Vitor Roque at Barcelona as it seems like he is very unsettled at the moment after coming over early in January 2024 and not getting many minutes. Supposedly, Xavi has frozen him out and doesn't even talk to him. He looks very promising and if we are sold on Havertz as the CF for next year, I'd love to have a younger, high-potential CF backing him up and getting some good experience. Could be worth a look and he has the same agent as Estevao, who looks to be the real deal.

QuincyAbeyie

samthegooner

QuincyAbeyie Yep this is what I saw earlier. Clearly just a reaction to the abuse he's gotten on social media (which is always absolutely absurd behavior by fans). But if it were to somehow amount to him leaving this summer, I would certainly be interested. He's a lousy finisher but creates SO much chaos and chances out of nowhere. He's an A+ athlete for a striker and I do think there will be a little positive regression on his goals due to the ridiculous amount of posts he's hit this year but he will always underperform his xG over his career bar some purple patches. I still love how he plays and he was one of the players I was most concerned with all year because he's harassed Gabriel and Saliba in the past with his combination of strength, speed and work rate.

QuincyAbeyie

samthegooner I was actually just posting for the joke in the repost regarding his finishing. 😆

samthegooner

I think my houseboat striker rankings for this summer would be:

Isak
Nunez
Zirkzee
(not linked but...) Vitor Roque
Sesko
Gyokeres

samthegooner

QuincyAbeyie Completely missed the repost 😆

samthegooner

Sounds like that TeamNewsAndTix guy posted our supposed midfield targets and they are Bruno Guimaraes, Amadou Onana and Joao Neves. I think we should take it all with a grain of salt since its hard to believe he's both this well connected and that the higher-ups would be okay at all with these leaks, especially since he's making some money off them with his Patreon. However, it's the first time I've seen a link of us to Neves. He's really intriguing although I am not sure if he would be ready to really move the needle for us next year in a title push due to his age and inexperience outside of Portugal. He certainly looks like he could be a big star sooner than later though and it's not hard to imagine him having an impressive Euros that puts his value even above Enzo territory. I'm surprised there's no mention of Zubimendi though...

Claudius

samthegooner we’ve had Joao Neves links for at least a month

Qwiss

samthegooner the guys just repeating rumours, no one new in any of his lists. Its all speculation. Fair play if he can monetise morons with it but I've never seen anything to make me think he's got insider info on transfers.

Clrnc

samthegooner alot of talks over twitter from quite a few prominent ITKs claiming Bruno is the one we are hell bent on getting and negotiations is well underway but we won't pay the 100m release clause.

samthegooner

Claudius Have we? I've seen Joao Gomes links from Wolves but haven't seen anything with Neves.

Qwiss Completely agree - once he started doing this Patreon he lost a lot of credibility with me but still wanted to pass along from what I saw being posted from it.

Claudius

Clrnc the argument is that it’s a one horse race, so Newcastle will eventually given in for less.
It’s great to be THE team. Gone are the days of scrapping for Sokratis and Kolasinac.

samthegooner

Clrnc I still feel like we should be aiming for someone who is going to move the needle for us in the league and in CL. Bruno still strikes me as someone who isn't technical enough to push us up a level in CL but I do think he will make us better in the league. A Rice-Guimaraes pivot is definitely formidable and we would not be fun to play against at all, so I also wonder how much my own personal bias against him from the last two years of seeing him at Newcastle is overshadowing my feelings about signing him... The fact that City are also in for him makes me think my own personal biases are clouding my judgment.

QuincyAbeyie

samthegooner At least that team news and ticks guy also says that Arteta loves De Jong (although he just seems to mention every good CM so that he can't be wrong).

lorddulaarsenal

Bruno is extremely technical. One of the best through ball passers in the world.

lorddulaarsenal

Just look at how freaking good he is. He’s basically a fired up, hungry to win defensively able Enzo Fernandez

samthegooner

lorddulaarsenal I definitely let my bias cloud my judgment with him. Still think he's a douche but warming up to him becoming our douche. The line breaking passes and balls over the top would be a great addition to the team, especially if we add a little more pace in the attack to latch onto those balls like Isak and Almiron have done at NUFC. Also like how he isn't afraid to take a pop at goal from deep if it's there - have seen Liverpool and City win too many games the last two years due to great shooting from outside the box and would love to see us steal a few in the same way.

Qwiss

I'm all on for signing Bruno G. I want him kicking lumps out of anyone who targets Saka next season.

Asterix

Qwiss I'm all on for signing Bruno G. I want him kicking lumps out of anyone who targets Saka next season.

I never realised how much I wanted someone in the team to be doing this until I read your post. Double like from me.

CPM

Bruno would be great, I would just want us to add more of a traditional pivot to the squad as well, someone like Zubimendi, if Partey is going to leave. Ideally, to compete on both fronts, we have four top midfielders, any trio of which could play well together, making us adaptable to injuries and different situations.

Rice-Bruno-Ødegaard, Zubimendi-Rice-Ødegaard, Zubimendi-Bruno-Ødegaard, Zubimendi-Rice-Bruno – all viable units.

But don't think that's realistic if we're buying a defender in addition to a forward.

HomeSteak

CPM Zubimendi is bound for Real Madrid next year

lorddulaarsenal

Probably would get Onana

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