Pizy

Mudryk left wing, Madueke right wing, and a striker up top. Right footed left winger with insane pace and technical ability and left footed right winger with insane pace and technical ability. This has the potential to be absolutely incredible if these new players settle. A front 3 of Mudryk, Nkunku, and Madueke? That’s potentially spicy as hell. Or rotate Nkunku with Felix or Havertz. We just now have to hope Madueke can remain fit. Looks electric on YouTube.

Been pointed out on Twitter that we aren’t allowed to have another player in on loan as we already have 2.

I’m assuming Arse signing Trossard means it’s extremely unlikely we’ll be able to get Caicedo this month. Selling 2 of their best players midseason could massively disrupt things when they’re going well. If that’s the case I think we must wait until the summer to address the midfield. Don’t panic buy some average guy like Alvarez.

I mean, whatever the worries about FFP there are it doesn’t appear to be stopping Boehly. Maybe the plan is a massive outlay early on, get all these young signings on super long deals, and clear out the aging players on huge wages. Then the spending can slow down as the new young signings settle.

What’s the punishment for breaching FFP anyways? A small fine like City were slapped with? I doubt our owners (or really any multibillionaire owner) is sweating heavily and losing sleep over FFP any longer.

£65-75m is a hell of a lot for Caicedo. Can probably get someone with his exact profile for a whole lot less. But I can see us pulling the trigger. Knows and has worked under Potter, we seemingly have a good relationship with Brighton, and he’s in a position of serious need. He also perfectly matches the sort of signing Boehly and Vivell have desired. Early 20’s and can be put on a long contract and “grow with the project.” Always going to be a price premium when you’re buying in January and especially from a fellow PL club who don’t actually want to sell.

Happens with every massive transfer for all the big clubs. Media love the huge overall number because it’s more sensational and flashy.

Were either he or Reece meant to be back this soon?

I’m still fine giving Kai one more season. 🤷‍♂️ With Nkunku coming in as an alternative and us hopefully dramatically upgrading the wide attacking positions I don’t see the downside in keeping Havertz.

The Caicedo stuff should start to heat up today if Ben Jacobs is to be believed since he is under a new agent now. But surely if Brighton are going to reluctantly sell a key player any move will have to happen very soon you would think. They won’t have time to get someone else in otherwise. So if we are indeed after him a move probably has to happen this week or at least well before deadline day.

Was just watching highlights from last nights Lakers game and saw Boehly sitting court side cheering them on. Had to chuckle at that. The dude really does genuinely love supporting the teams he’s involved with. He’s not the Glazers or some of these other horrible owners who care nothing about their clubs and just milk them dry.

A lot really depends on what we do with Felix. If we try to buy him permanently I think it could spell the end for Havertz. Assuming Auba is 100% gone in the summer we’ll have a big decision to make. Hard to picture us carrying all 4 of Felix, Nkunku, Havertz, and David Fofana. So it probably comes down to Havertz vs Felix. The rest of this season may just be an audition between the two to see which better fits with Potter’s vision.

Havertz is 100% someone I feel would make us regret selling. Still very young, still has fantastic upside if we have a team around him preforming well. Imo, we shouldn’t even consider moving him on despite how annoying his form has been recently. He’d go to another big team and be a beast.

With Colwill coming into his own and reports that he absolutely has a future here, it’ll be interesting to see what happens since he and Badiashile have the same profile as smooth left rotted CB’s and each are around the same age. If we become a back 3 side for good then they can play in the same defense. A back 3 of Fofana, Colwill, and Badiashile could be our CB group for a LONG time. Even if we are a back 4 team going forward we’ll need 4 quality CB’s in the squad so Levi should be kept anyways.

You mean Pedro Porro? Sporting want £45m for him, right? That’s way too much for us to spend on someone to cover for Reece. Plus, I think Porro is way too good to be on the bench more often than not. Tbh, Dumfries is probably too good to be sat on the bench as well and will cost more than we should be looking to play.

Loaning out any underperforming players would be stupid. We need to get rid of them for good. If Ziyech goes someone on loan and continues to look average then he’ll be even harder to sell down the road. Which could in turn hinder us in pursuits for other players. We can’t have more Bakayoko/Drinkwater/Kenedy situations where shit players go out on loan, stink up the place, and then they’re stuck on our wage bill for years providing zero value. Sell Pulisic, sell RLC, sell Ziyech, let Jorginho walk on a free in the summer. That would be a hefty chunk of change off our books.

Signing ANTOHER winger after already signing Mudryk would be nonsensical unless he is sent back on loan to PSV until the summer when BOTH Pulisic and Ziyech are moved on.

So are Russian players just forever trapped in that league because of something they may totally disagree with and not support?

The issue we will still have by just replacing Jorginho with Caicedo, though, is we’d still have the same creativity issues from midfield. But I guess perhaps with Caicedo in the team he frees up Kova or whoever is next to him to focus more on getting forward without worrying about helping J5 defensively.

More footage I watch of Caicedo the more I’m coming around on him. Got a bit more about him on the ball than I thought he did.

If the choice is between Enzo and Rice it’s not even a question that I’d have Enzo. But if it’s Rice or Caicedo that’s tougher for me. Especially if Rice isn’t going to cost 100m anymore due to West Ham struggling so much.

Rice seems like the exact opposite of what you’d typically consider an Arse player. Really can’t picture him in that shirt.

Not a chance we should sell Gallagher to any PL club who could potentially compete with us in future league seasons. So that should 100% rule Newcastle out. If he at some point really pushes to leave and it’s Palace or some other perennial bottom half side then I’d reluctantly take a big fee. But to see him at his top level at another top 4 competitor would be terrible. RLC I’d drive to Newcastle myself. For me he is right now what he will always be, sadly. Someone who shows flashes of brilliance but is merely average 80% of the time. Doesn’t have the mentality or desire to realize his huge talent. Ziyech I’d be fine seeing the back of but would be weary about selling within the league.

Caicedo now with the idea that a more creative, more well rounded midfielder comes in in the summer as his long term partner I’d be good with. Caicedo as our only midfield signing whilst extending Jorginho and I don’t like the move. I don’t know. If we were never linked with Enzo to begin with and we didn’t have concrete evidence that he really wanted to come I’d probably be delighted with Caicedo. But now I can’t help but be disappointed in him because Enzo is clearly superior and if it ends up being an either or between the two we chose wrong.

Still yet to be credibly linked to a RB. We’re being linked to loads of players in positions we’re completely stacked in but not the one area we need most. Both the attack and defense will be severely handicapped so long as we are forced to repeatedly play Azpi or Trev out there.