✍️ OFFICIAL Sambi Lokonga

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0Partey, Bissouma, Willock, Lokonga, Azeez

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You missed out Elneny!

(Noted, @MutableEarth has a poor sense of humour for giving me a yellow card)

 

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I think we need to go bigger for the AM personally.

You've got this kid in for say £13M, Guendouzi sale is covering that cost. I think Xhaka's sale yields maybe £18M, on top of that I actually think Willock gets sold to Newcastle for close to £30M. £25M + £5M add ons is my thoughts. So you then have like £40-50M to buy that replacement CM from sales alone.

Onana and Ryan probably won't cost half of what we get for Leno. We obviously want a RCB, don't really think we'll make sales in that area and Tapsoba could cost north of £45M. But again the left over cash from the above sales will probably pay for half of that.

You can then say look, they want £50M for Ødegaard, its not a good price for him. Grealish is there for £80-90M and we actually haven't spent any money net wise yet despite saying we'll be having an exceptional window. We have got to push the boat out for the AM.

But we wont pay £50m for MO, if he does join it will be £40m max, maybe more like £35m. Grealish would be great but with ESR, Saka, Martinelli, Pepe & MO or Buendia, maybe we dont need him? I'd rather us spend big on a RB. That's the position I voted as being our most important. Yes there are other important positions but a top WC RB lifts our team massively.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

But we wont pay £50m for MO, if he does join it will be £40m max, maybe more like £35m. Grealish would be great but with ESR, Saka, Martinelli, Pepe & MO or Buendia, maybe we dont need him? I'd rather us spend big on a RB. That's the position I voted as being our most important. Yes there are other important positions but a top WC RB lifts our team massively.

I'm talking Grealish instead of Buendia/Martin

 

[Goonger]

Certainly passes the eye test.

Tell you what though, the amount of time he gets on the ball is incredible, think I could play midfield the Belgian league, even with my Asthma!

 

[dashsnow17]

A new challenger emerges!

Folks are saying he's the Belgian Ndombele

(it's me, I am folks)

 

[TimoJens]

Eduardo Hagn pretends that he knew about Lokonga before today. Shivering deluxe.

 

[Rasmi]

Why does he have to go to Germany? A lot of teams would be all over Leno.

Onana fee will be £7M, isn't Mat Ryan free? I'm thinking we get between £15M-£20M for Leno which is very fair.

why sell a 15-20 million keeper to buy a 7 million keeper? Those teams who are willing to spend 15-20 million on Leno why not sign this 7 million keeper if he is better? Also he is banned until February as of now.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

the tow leagues i want us to start to look into more is Portuguese and Belgium the Portuguese teams bit difficult to deal with because the crazy release clause they put in their young talent but Belgium never do that we missed many talents because Ivan is terrible and our scouting stuff were so outdated.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

why sell a 15-20 million keeper to buy a 7 million keeper? Those teams who are willing to spend 15-20 million on Leno why not sign this 7 million keeper if he is better? Also he is banned until February as of now.

You just answered your own question within your post.

 

[Rasmi]

You just answered your own question within your post.

You make no sense lool.

 

[MutableEarth]

You missed out Elneny!

(Noted, @MutableEarth has a poor sense of humour for giving me a yellow card)

If I was serious, it would have been a red

 

[HairSprayGooners]

You make no sense lool.

Read what you said.

"Those teams who are willing to spend 15-20 million on Leno why not sign this 7 million keeper if he is better? Also he is banned until February as of now."

This is probably why. Tell me why Leno wouldn't get at least £15M return? Or do you genuinely think he's worth just £10M even after selling Emi Martinez for £18M... What you're saying does not make any sense.

 

[bingobob]

I'd much rather sign a guy like this over someone like Berge as backup.

Why?

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Why?

I'd just assume anyone with a brain would rather sign an unknown talent for £13-17M as 3rd choice CM over Berge who would cost between £25-35M and is about as mobile as my 95 year old great nan.

 

[MutableEarth]

I'd just assume anyone with a brain would rather sign an unknown talent for £13-17M as 3rd choice CM over Berge who would cost between £25-35M and is about as mobile as my 95 year old great nan.

To be fair, Berge isn't a bad mover for someone his size - just isn't cost effective at all for the level of player we would be getting.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

To be fair, Berge isn't a bad mover for someone his size - just isn't cost effective at all for the level of player we would be getting.

Exactly, Sheffield United want £30M which is just ridiculous. If he was £15M I'd say fair enough, but £30M+ should be what we spend on our starting CM next to Partey, not a 3rd choice.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

Finally a highlights video with decent music.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

Is he really only 5'8" though?

Nevermind... Looks like he's closer to six foot. That's better.

 

[bingobob]

I'd just assume anyone with a brain would rather sign an unknown talent for £13-17M as 3rd choice CM over Berge who would cost between £25-35M and is about as mobile as my 95 year old great nan.

I'd assume the opposite. That most would prefer the PL proven player for 25m over an unknown talent who has played his career in Belgium.

That's not to say the player for Belgium will be bad (Berge himself spent a few years there) just a higher degree of confidence that the player with PL experience will hit the ground running.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

I'd assume the opposite. That most would prefer the PL proven player for 25m over an unknown talent who has played his career in Belgium.

That's not to say the player for Belgium will be bad (Berge himself spent a few years there) just a higher degree of confidence that the player with PL experience will hit the ground running.

He won't be hitting anything as he'd be signed predominantly to be a backup to Partey and any starting CM. Hence why we're probably turning our attention to this guy as its more cost effective.