20 Jul 2024 14:49:50
Inacio - koopmieners and Ivan Tony would be a great addition to the spine of the team.
20 Jul 2024 15:31:33
Koopmeiners isn’t a defensive midfielder so we’d still be weak through the middle. He’s very similar to Mac Allister so I’m not sure what the point of him signing would be unless Mac Allister was being sold.
20 Jul 2024 16:00:12
Not sold on this koopmeiners just an average squad player that doesn’t improve us. We need a better squad than last season.
20 Jul 2024 17:23:42
Ivan Toney (rolls eyes) ….
20 Jul 2024 19:20:59
1jj… let me guess Danns should be given the chance to step up.
20 Jul 2024 19:30:19
I’m hoping for Inacio and Gordon still. The DM/ CM targets like Ederson, Rabiot and Koopmeiners all seem to be low on the priority list. I’m not of the opinion that we’re desperate for a DM to be fair. I think most of our defensive issues came from the back 4 being unsettled due to injuries. Before the last 8 games went to pot everyone was praising Klopp for such a brilliant midfield rebuild. It’s funny how easily we forget that. I really like Endo and we don’t even know how Slot plans to utilise Trent yet. I would personally really like Koopmeiners, but not if he has his eyes on Juventus. We need players who want to be here.
20 Jul 2024 20:48:40
Agree with mk.
Up until 10 games to go we were tied with arsenal for best defence in the league. So where this clamour for a DM has come from I don't know.
Most teams don't even use a DM. Even rodri plays more like a box to box. United play with a DM ask united fans how it's worked out.
Most teams just play with a very good and organised pressing game negating the need for a bruiser in midfield.
20 Jul 2024 21:35:36
My thoughts exactly Nevada. City just smother teams high up. Rodri spends more time in the opposition half than his own and regularly contributes in the final 3rd. I think Bruisers are becoming obsolete. Kroos played “DM” for Real Madrid. Would anybody categorise him as a destroyer?
21 Jul 2024 04:39:57
MK - we could just pay Koomeiners to want to be here like how manU paid Yoro!?
Tend to agree that our midfield isn’t the most urgent area of need to address.
21 Jul 2024 08:18:18
Isn’t that the point tho MK, the need for that Rodri type of “DM”? I mean Endo is good at what he does and I’ve no complaints about that but I think he is limited.
On a side note I thought Kante was great for France in the Euros. The way he pops up all over the pitch to win balls and his distribution was great also. His PL career has gone but I can still appreciate a quality footballer irrespective of who they play for ?.
21 Jul 2024 09:50:00
How many Rodri’s are there though Irish? We need our own solution and I’m sure Slot and Hughes have ideas in mind. I’m just not sure we’ll sign a tough tackling destroyer like some people want. Pep never replaced Fernandinho like for like. Arteta couldn’t wait to bin off Partey for the more technically gifted Jorginho. The best teams in the league are moving away from brutish DM’s. As Nevada said, Rodri plays more like a box to box player. They defend as an 11 man high press.
21 Jul 2024 11:31:28
I’d say Rodri has been the best midfielder in the world for the past four or five years. The only time City look vulnerable is when Rodri is injured / suspended. I’d have him at the club ahead of everybody in World Football at the moment, including Mbappe and Bellingham and whoever else anyone can think of.