I like Titraoui. Good box-to-box midfielder with an engine. He’s also good at dropping deep and receiving the ball under pressure.
Transfer Rumours Summer 2026 Transfer Thread…
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It would be a payment to the player, not their parent club, so it couldn't be considered a loan fee and wouldn't be an issue.
Reminds me a little of Puerta on the clips, hopefully with slightly more legs. I think we need to invest in athleticism, pace and power, but I’m interested to see if we do try and command a little more possession now we have more opportunity to get the profile of players Serg wants.
Not necessarily calling any of their respective playing abilities into question however I did sense a slight change in the dressing room dynamic post January transfer window, which Sergey was obviously able to sort out.
When you've got a lad coming in from Man United and another one from Liverpool on loan then it's easy to see how dressing-room expectations would need to be managed.
Speaking of which, Puerta has just won the Spanish second division. I absolutely wouldn't be averse to Puerta coming back for the right price. I liked his energy in midifield.
He had ability on the ball but he couldn’t run! Not sure his talent on the ball is good enough to justify his lack of legs, but I did like him
Agreed. Puerta and Titraoui are quite similar. Both stocky with a low centre of gravity, energetic and tidy on the ball. Puerta’s probably more aggressive and Titraoui is more press-resistant.
Wouldn’t mind toasty doing a round up of all the players we’ve had since acun took over
Alzate? Done any good
I’d even forgotten about puerta
Must be loads more
Alzate? Done any good
I’d even forgotten about puerta
Must be loads more
Puerta had good work-rate and attitude but his conditioning wasn’t great, I agree. He’d gas himself out quickly. I think that’s improved after a full season in Spain though. He should be much fitter now.
Puerta scored 3 goals in 25 games for Racing de Santander (played 38 across all competitions), it looks he's a significant player for them, almost all those appearances were starts.
Alzate seems to have had less impact, 11 starts, 6 sub appearances and no goals.
I would have thought if we could offer players 200k on top of their normal wage if, say, they play 15 games that would constitute a loan fee but who knows.
Puerta is a good player but I don't think winning the Spanish Second Division is on the same level of intensity as getting promoted through the Championship playoffs, there's no guarantee he would meet the pace of the PL
agree - but, I can’t see us going down that technical route too much, so you’d think one or two signings in that mould max. You’d imagine there’s better options
Sounds like Madrid have a 50% sell on.
7 goals 5 assists in la liga, 21 an all. Seems like a very good signing to me and can easily see a player like that having one of them seasons like Igor Thiago etc
Looking on social media. The fans of Elche don’t value him at that price either.