Summer Transfer Window 2023
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So, if we only keep Ogbonna we'll need:
Keeper to replace Fabianski
LB to replace Cresswell
CF to replace Antonio
CF to replace Scamacca
CM to replace Rice
CM to upgrade Soucek
CB to replace Dawson
FW/AM (maybe Barnes to switch Fornals or Benrahma more centrally) to replace Lanzini.
That's 8 players right there as bare necessity purchases if we only keep (say) Ogbonna. I think the can will be kicked down the road and I can see at least 3 of Fabianski, Ogbonna, Cresswell and Antonio still being here next season. I think Moyes will be reluctant to bring quite so many new faces in again this window.
I think Antonio is perhaps the most likely to be let go; we'd get a small fee for him and apparently he was angling for a move in January. I don't think his media activities are particularly well received by the club either (I read somewhere, although obviously that doesn't mean it's true, that the club has fined him for some of the stuff he's done).
Felipe Anderson had one year left on his four year contract so his value wouldn't have been anything near what we paid for him
We didn't sell Yarmo, he left on a free after his contract expired
Is Scarles really ready to play in the PL? He's only in the u18s isn't he, he's not even playing for the PL2 team. No way Moyes has him straight into the PL squad as a second choice LB. Let's not forget we could easily have another 60 match season, it's asking a lot for Emerson to play that with only an inexperienced 17yo as cover (he's not 18 till December).
Maybe Scarles is an exceptional talent, but there's no way Moyes let's Cresswell go solely relying on Scarles as back up LB this season imo; maybe a season in PL2 will help see if he's ready (unlikely though it will be) to be a PL LB at 18yo in the season after next. I know we've still got Johnson at the club atm, but apparently he's refused to sign the contract he was offered as he wants more money, so, with only a season left on his current deal I strongly suspect he'll be gone this summer as well.
Mubama is the closest, and it would kinda depend on which other CF is brought in as to whether we could get away with new CF, Ings and Mubama. So we might get away with only 7 incomers to cover the departures I listed originally; at most 1 replacement from within the club (this summer) imo.
Having seen how Moyes operates for the last few seasons, I just don't see him relying on youngsters; it is his job on the line after all. Unfortunately that leads to short term, experienced only (in the main) signings, which does little to reduce the age of the squad.
I can't see any possible way that's a reasonable expectation.
I've expressed a concern numerous times about how our squad is ageing, and that's one of the reasons I finally (but only very late on in the season) came down as "Moyes out". Unfortunately I feel we'll have another summer recruitment of players that do little to bring the squad age down much; how could we bring in 9 players last summer and in January and yet still have one of the oldest squads in the PL?
I'm not saying we should only recruit 20-22yo players, but the majority have to be no older than say 24 or maybe 25. However, if Moyes feels he needs 28 or 29yo players to survive the season, and he has final say in the recruitment, then we're going to keep Cresswell, Fabianski and Ogbonna and bring in players in their late 20's who have the experience that Moyes appears to value.
Unfortunately the can is well and truly being kicked down the road I fear; there's a big rebuilding job in our near future even to stay where we are.
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Of course he will be interested in the long-term success of the team - that will maximise his chances of staying and reaping the benefits.He has previously said he has his own views on how a club should be run (from his first stint with us) and wanting to make changes for (*what he sees as) the better. And he very much strikes me as the sort of person who will back himself to prove the doubters wrong, and win an extension/new contract.
My comment was more directed to the premise (it seemed to me was trying to be established) that any future manager's failings could also be blamed on Moyes! I mean, are you holding Pellegrini to the same standard?
There has been so much talk about Declan Rice and Arsenal that it feels a deal has virtually been done.
Yet I have been told direct talks between Arsenal and West Ham have not even started yet.
It could well be the Gunners are putting everything together before they go to the Hammers with a fee they believe will secure the England midfielder.
But club to club contact has not happened yet.
Expect Dortmund to complete Alvarez deal now.
Also from various Lazio ‘news’ outlets, Emerson is the backup plan if they do not make Pellegrini’s move from Juve permant
Now I don’t know how reliable these reports are.
Could just be Paolo and Gianluca Down the pub for all I know 🤷♂️
Meanwhile, we're being linked to half of the professional footballers on the planet with seemingly no identifiable approach and even the supposedly better ITKs are talking in 'ifs' and 'maybes'.
I get the impression nothing will happen until Rice goes, which is either imminent or not close at all depending on which hack you believe, and there's even suggestions that our activity is 'paused' until the new Director of Football is in place, who is also either close to or a million miles away from being appointed.
Meanwhile, the kits still haven't been released - probably waiting for Rice too - and it's been a week since we last won a trophy.
As I've said before, I just want it done. My concern is that our whole strategy and possibly budget is entirely dependent on what happens with Rice, and if this drags on then we may struggle to get our primary targets if they're hoovered up by others whilst we wait for someone to meet Rice's valuation.
Theyve been linked with the guy at Brighton and Havertz for big money too but if the comments bout us and them not even having direct talks yet are to be believed, I think Rice going is far from done currently
(obv in the top 3 goal scorers in Prem next season now I've said that)