07 Jun 2025 23:39:41
Hello all,
Small update
Alvarez will not be moving back to England, decision made, it's a personal choice.
Priority remains tying up the deals of Wirtz and Kerkez next week, striker will be next.
Isak and Martinez are the two we will try for, Gordon is desperate for a move to us and Diaz will leave as far as I'm concerned.
It will be a winger or a striker not both unless we lose another.
Ta.
08 Jun 2025 00:09:21
Cheers Carra, appreciate the info.
08 Jun 2025 00:23:41
So Diaz leaves and we only buy a winger or a striker, makes no sense, surely if he leaves we go for both?
08 Jun 2025 00:29:46
I have been told Nuñez staying…… make of that what you will….
08 Jun 2025 00:30:27
Carra, is Nunez included in that ‘lose another’ or is he already considered out the door?
08 Jun 2025 01:04:43
It makes sense as Gakpo and Chiesa can play there.
08 Jun 2025 01:31:46
Who is martinez?
08 Jun 2025 02:58:29
Lautaro Martínez from Inter Milan, hailstones. I appreciate the insight from the likes of Carra and Akira, but I'll be truly astonished if either he or Isak are in a red shirt come August.
08 Jun 2025 03:37:52
Hope Gordon comes nowhere near Liverpool.
08 Jun 2025 04:23:33
A bit hard for Gordon to stay away from Liverpool when he has family living here, Brisbane ;)
08 Jun 2025 07:31:58
Sell Diaz get in a replacement, leave the cf till Jan or later.
08 Jun 2025 07:53:18
We don't need to replace Diaz. We will still have, in theory, 3 specialist LW'ers, 2 of which we haven't tried there consistently.
2 of Jota, Nunez, Diaz and Chiesa can go and we're still covered.
I say we go for a striker regardless of Diaz going or staying.
08 Jun 2025 07:53:23
Feels to me like Wirtz is going to be playing in that False 9 occasionally this season.
08 Jun 2025 08:10:20
Striker will be next, but not both if a winger leaves? Keep the wingers and make signing a striker a priority. Takes pressure of Salah then and it was painful watching us struggle to score at times.
08 Jun 2025 09:23:50
Wirtz needs to play the role he played at Leverkusen when he got 14 goals and xx number of assists, tweak it next year. not this.
08 Jun 2025 09:31:15
Makes sense striker more important than winger we have plenty of players who can cover the wide positions.
08 Jun 2025 09:48:20
Kaizer,
Is your ITK offering any contrasting opinion?
Be easier than calling the guy out somewhere else.
08 Jun 2025 09:55:54
We need a new striker more than any other position.
08 Jun 2025 11:18:08
Could the talk about Diaz going Cody not really commenting on the Bayern links due to Slot showing everyone the presentation that convinced Wittz to sign - does this mean that with the signings of Kerkez and Frimpong we are playing a 4-1-2-1-2 (diamond) next year, with Grav at the back, Macca and Dom in the middle with Wirtz in the 10, moving Salah closer inwards to goal with another striker - therefore moving away from the wingers and using the skills of Kerkez and Frimpong going up and down, with Grav dropping in with VVD and Ibou - a lot of noise for our wingers moving on - be interesting what the set up plan is, think Wirtz would love finding Salah closer to goal - just thinking - add Martinez or Isak into that 2 and my heart is fluttering a little ?.
08 Jun 2025 12:10:21
The whole point is there aren’t any strikers who are good enough that are available. No point just bringing one in for the sake of it. Upgrade Diaz with a player who can play across the front like Rodrygo, job sorted.
08 Jun 2025 12:21:38
Sofa, I also get the feeling we're going to see that formation (or close to it) with Wirtz coming in.
Both new FBs bomb forward and are good at crossing.
Midfield diamond makes total sense as it allows us to use all 4 strongest midfielders (Grav, Macca, Szobo and Wirtz) without anyone dropping anyone to the bench.
Jones provides rotation with Macca and Szobo. Macca rotates with Grav in the 6 when he needs a rest. Szobo rotates with Wirtz in the 10 when he needs a rest etc.
New striker + Salah up top BUT very fluid as Wirtz will likely push forward through the middle or on the left at times (he favours the LW) making the formation look like a more conventional 4-3-3 at times.