AC can fetch £40m or close so it would be a wash money-wise. My main concern about Áke is his lack of size. He is shorter than I am by a cm. I guess that is oki, but it sure would be nice to have a 1.94m, 95kg beast like Konate to pair up pur other CB's and even Romagnoli is around 6 feet 2 and a half inches and strong as hell, plus a great ball playing CB. He is an exeption to Serie A CB players I think, as is Skriniar and Koulibaly (too old to buy now for what Napoli will want.)
I will not go bonkers if we end up with Äke. I will go bonkers if he do not upgrade at LB (Chilwell or die at this point).
We also need to buy a decent striker (hello £25m release clause Werner, even though we have little chance) and a great RW.
Agree on Zaha, hard pass, and also a hard pass so far on Declan Rice (at the insane money West Sham will demand).
I am not certain of anything this summer. If we completely sit tight and hardly buy anything, we are courting big trouble perhaps. Trying to remain very positive atm. Especially on Kepa, who we need to fix quickly.
LB and Kepa are the two positions driving me cray, but at least Kepa can be coached better. Emerson and Alonso are simply nowhere near good enough.