07 Jun 2017 17:36:40
If Brandt is still a target then I hope we sign Brandt before others mentioned. If he does sign for the reported fee in region of 18 - 23 million then why not also bring in Douglas Costa? If available for the reported 21-22 million it would be a great deal.
In addition to this we would have three very fast and skilful wingers competing for two places. We've been crying out for width for years now and to have three high quality wingers in the squad with all the games next season makes perfect sense to me.
Given Salah would cost in region of 35-40 million and Martins could cost upto 30-35 million I see this as a no brainier if we could convince both to sign.
Brandt would be the least experienced but still a good player with tonnes pf potential. In Costa we would sign a more experienced but very fast and skilful winger and we know what Mane is capable of already.
07 Jun 2017 17:51:55
Because we will only get Brandt if we give him guarantees on playing time and we can't exactly sign another player who plays in his position and give him those guarantees.
07 Jun 2017 17:54:52
Could always try Mane up front, imagine having his pace upfront as a striker, he's shown he can finish. Brandt and Costa on the wings. isn't it lovely to dream haha.
07 Jun 2017 18:21:29
And you have just completely MADE UP those numbers for Brandt and Costa to try and add some weight to your argument.
So you're just talkin nonsense really. "Sign both for these fees I just made up, simple as that. " dear oh dear.
07 Jun 2017 18:21:48
Red dawn Brandt will not get them assurances from the club about guaranteed playing time and rightly so. That's the issue that has to change for him to sign.
My post was meant to say that. We are being quoted 35 - 40 million for Salah and we are being quoted 35 - 40 million for Martins. If Costa is available for 21 million and Brandt is available for roughly 22 million then I would go for this two rather Salah or Martins. We have sadly lacked any width in our teams for years now.
Also I would say all three are interchangeable and any could easily play up front. We have a injury plagued striker so we would at least try one there at some point.
If we get past qualifiers in CL then we will play roughly 10-12 games by end of year, in that period we also have league cup games and so league games before end of year. That's a huge volume of games that our squad currently doesn't have the depth to withstand. Plus we will also no doubt suffer some injuries through season (bear in mind we lost Mane for the end of season which damaged us greatly in run in for top four) . If that happens s again we need strength in depth.
07 Jun 2017 18:29:30
Puzzled red you live up to your name well. They are the numbers being quoted how could I give exact figures on things that haven't happened. You know your on a banter page right? .