30 Mar 2026 11:26:08
Xa apparently wants Arda Guler as his main signing.
30 Mar 2026 11:47:16
Get him in.
30 Mar 2026 11:50:41
Needs to up his work rate imo.
30 Mar 2026 11:57:28
He reminds me of a better version of Suso! I really rated Suso back in the day, if only he worked under Klopp & not Bodgers, things might have been very different for his career.
30 Mar 2026 12:05:59
Don't need him, do we? Doesn't he play in Wirtz's position, and I'd doubt he'd come in as a back up.
30 Mar 2026 12:32:23
Wirtz played much more on the left at Leverkusen, so Guler on the right as part of a 3-4-2-1 behind Etikite/Isak might work.
30 Mar 2026 12:32:56
Think Xa favours two CAMs behind a striker. With Wirtz, Dom and Guler we'd be well covered.
30 Mar 2026 12:33:06
Xabi must want to play two AMs and Scrabble in the double pivot with Grav?
30 Mar 2026 12:46:00
I imagine Szobo will be delighted, considering their bickering. :P
30 Mar 2026 12:57:20
Guler is a sensational passer. His ceiling is very high, but he will need to adapt to PL's physicality. However, he is an RM fan, and I don't see him leaving when he is getting decent minutes already.
30 Mar 2026 14:15:08
I thought Guler doesn't get along well with the primadonnas in the RM team. I recall a rumour I read that he is ostracised by the other players there, bar a few. So he may be willing to leave if it is a toxic place for him.
30 Mar 2026 14:16:00
We need tough strong fast midfielders, we can only have so many silky players in our team, unfortunately the prem looks like it's heading like the way Arsenal play, all set pieces, throw ins, corners, we need a combative midfield to cope.
30 Mar 2026 14:58:08
In all honesty, I wouldn't read too much into formation with Xabi. His emphasis seems to be a team's ability to transition to new formations mid-match, and starting each match with a formation based on the opposition. Personally, I think Guler can be quite wasteful.
He's not high up my list. I would love a proper DM, a ball winner, that can sit in a back 3 or play part of a pivot, and not get dragged forward, but know when to sit and protect the back 2.
30 Mar 2026 15:20:38
Anderson should be the top target for us.
30 Mar 2026 16:45:00
We need a "Dunga" in our team, if you can remember him in Brazil's team. Going around the pitch quietly assaulting people and winning battles.
30 Mar 2026 16:48:27
Anderson would be great but he comes with an English tax and we can get better value elsewhere.
30 Mar 2026 16:50:05
Seems a strange move with Dom and Wirtz already at the club. So, we not bothering with Diomande, Olise now?
30 Mar 2026 18:31:09
BeKind agreed he'd be expensive but we are going to have to keep an eye on our non homegrown quota.
30 Mar 2026 19:52:01
Has Alonso signed?
30 Mar 2026 20:46:14
@1jj, In some dimensions he has, in this one the nearest we are is Bild 'reporting XA is done', which is good enough for me.
30 Mar 2026 20:58:14
Old rumour has been doing the rounds since at least 2024. The idea that he wanted to bring him in at Liverpool was reported back in late Jan or early February. I'd imagine this is just a recycling of that same story.