Raul's Transfer Targets: Summer 2019

[blaze_of_glory]

Orny on at 19:43 here for anyone who wants to listen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_five_live

 

[field442]

Ornstein summary taken from reddit

• Not the most spectacular summer, if we stay in Europa League > ~40m pounds, if we’re in Champions League “substantially bigger”
• We’re looking for experience and youth, priority at CB, mentioned Djene Dakonam [Primary Target]
• Other priority is a box-to-box CM, we came close to signing Nkunku in January, Rabiot is someone else we have an interest in for a long time [Primary Target]
• Looking for a wide forward, and possibly a CF to replace Welbeck which would send Nketiah on loan [Secondary Target]
• Interest in bringing a LB/RB [Secondary Target]

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Orny confirm our budget without CL is about 40M. this is so depressing.

There should just be mass boycotts next season if that's the case. There's absolutely no point in even watching next season if our budget is only 40 million because not only will the other top 6 teams improve but Everton and Leicester won't sit still either. We could honestly find ourselves in real trouble soon.

It's not like it's 2009 where we're almost guarantee top 4 because there's no serious competition, we'll soon be in a battle just to stay in the top 6 if we're careful.

Thinking about it, I bet the board are glad some ****** are already turning on the manager. It means that once again they'll be blameless.

 

[Camron]

16th May for domestic
11th June for overseas
8th August it all ends

Ladies and gents, start your engines.

Thought that was Giroud there for a second.

 

[Ceballinhos]

How can our budget be lower than what we had last summer when we've just signed a new Adidas deal?

ffs what are they doing

 

[DanDare]

Pathetic

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Need to get in that CL or it's just gonna be more of the same.

 

[Furious]

'AFC adamant they won't breach FFP' .. by spending 40M? Ok:rofl:

 

[Tir Na Nog]

It's only gonna be 65 million if we win the EL too, are fighting relegation or something? Absolutely pathetic stuff. If that's our budget we can kiss top 4 goodbye next season. These are truly dark times we're entering. We're pretty much hoping that Emery is a miracle worker.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Need to get in that CL or it's just gonna be more of the same.

what difference will make the budget will go from 40M to 70M? are we that unambitious?

 

[blaze_of_glory]

what difference will make the budget will go from 40M to 70M? are we that unambitious?

Looks like it. Guess it'll be a difference of maybe one more player. Or a couple youngsters who we hope develop.

 

[DanDare]

Why is that short arse our number 1 CB target?

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Why is that short arse our number 1 CB target?

Versatile? Maybe. Apparently he could play full-back, but also if we play 3 at the back he might be pretty good as one of the outside CB's like Azpiliceuta was under Conte.

 

[DanDare]

Versatile? Maybe. Apparently he could play full-back, but also if we play 3 at the back he might be pretty good as one of the outside CB's like Azpiliceuta was under Conte.

Yuck

 

[field442]

I'll wait an see how the summer plays out. It was the same **** at this stage last summer and we had a decent window.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Wonder if Ornstein will get same amount of death threats for speaking the truth like I when I said it would be 40 M earlier this year.

Anyway the haters will come out in full force saying this is just tactict, that we would never tell what we have to spend, blah blah. The truth is that with sales we will spend around 65 net I think.

 

[Ceballinhos]

And Nkunku is our primary target for the B2B spot.
Depressing stuff, really.

He isn't even that good, right now.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

i mean that Djene guy alone will cost us about 35m :rofl:

 

[Rex Stone]

'AFC adamant they won't breach FFP' .. by spending 40M? Ok:rofl:

It’s this ****ing self sustaining model, it’s all well and good when you’re in the CL but as soon as your income drops it f*cks you in the ass. When our profits are taken by the owner as well you’re left with banter budgets.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Yuck

Well if we're gonna switch to a back 4 then we'll need two wingers and a least a left-back as well as a backup to Bellerin at RB. Our squad as it currently is, is probably better suited to sticking with 3 at the back because playing with a back 4 will expose the weaknesses of a lot our players. Also I wouldn't even say playing with two CB's in their 30's in a back 4 will be good against pacey strikers either.

Who knows what the plan is tho, I could be way off the mark.