Wouldn't be surprised if they are just waiting until after the Man City game. No benefit to them strengthening us before that
Is it perm or loan though? If loan it makes no difference, he wouldn't be able to play for us and he doesn't get in their team atm.
It would just be a loan, so he couldn't play against them anyway, but I guess they could still be holding out. Sounds like Juventus dropped out because of the financial demands from City, so perhaps we are wavering too if it eats up our FFP leeway.
So the team will be Barnes/Gordon-----Isak/Wilson-------------Almiron -----Joelinton----------Phillips---------Bruno-------------- Burn------------Botman--------Schar-----------Trippier -----------------------------Dubz-----------------------------
What if we went more conventional wingers in a 4-1-4-1? I think it would give us a better shape. ----------------------------Isak--------------------------------- Barnes------Joelinton---------Bruno----------Gordon --------------------------Philips-------------------------------- Burn------------Botman--------Schar---------Trippier ---------------------------Dubz--------------------------------- Subs: Almiron, Willock, Anderson, Miley, Lascelles, Krafth, Livramento, Wilson, Karius.
Pope/Dubravka Trippier/Livarmento Schar/Lascelles* Botman/Burn LB*/Target* Longstaff/Miley/Anderson Bruno/Tonali Joelinton/Willock Miggy*/Murphy* Gordon/Barnes Isak/Wilson* Think 6 signings needed + one to cover Tonali for 6 months. If we can get Phillips on loan to cover Bruno and then a LB and a CF this window that'd leave a CB, 2x LB and a RW for the summer and I'd be pretty confident about that team pushing for a pot of some kind.
