Tonali for 100m wrap it up

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Seen some people say he's like a slightly better Fred

Yeah that’s what I thought as well, but haven’t seen him play enough to judge tbh

Same don't know anything about him lol

£34m for the Ugarte replacement, we can live with it

Now let’s cop the key midfield targets

this was one of his last games for atalanta

think he’ll be a solid squad option

from my research now:

jack of all trades
Has legs & good physicality

Good work rate (in v high percentile of distance covered in champions league games)

good (more conservative) passing. (also better long passing accuracy than any of our current midfield)

Can play 6 or 8

good at carrying up the field

v good at reading passing lanes from opponents

not as good tackling / duels as case but still not bad

has touches of flare & moments of brilliance (not sure how often since I’ve barely watched him & could be coached not to take risks often)

Only missed 10 games in his career to injury

weakness:
Seems to lose concentration sometimes akin to dalot - can affect passing, touch etc. again not sure how often this happens from my small sample size

First touch seems to be lackadaisical sometimes which can land him in trouble

remains to be seen how he will adapt to PL football. big change in pace

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Smart signing, 34m for an experienced CL midfielder, there’s no rush in getting the other 2 midfielders, I expect more transfers to happen in July

I like Tonali, but I’m not sure myself whether he’s the right fit

not too bad, worst case he'll still be better than Ugarte anyway

We really need fullbacks, no way Shaw is playing every single match with UCL footy next season

Lewis Hall pending

Decent signing for the price

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This is such a W it feels like a new signing

Would be such a great signing, great player great age, could be our left back for the next 10 years

Hopefully Newcastle is willing to let him go for an ok price

Dalot and Maz both just not good enough to start, but neither is bad enough to shift quickly. Don’t think we’re getting a new right back this summer, but probably a priority the one after that.

Idk why but just from his face I can tell Ederson is a sloppy passer under zero pressure à la Fred and Case. Maybe it’s a Brazilian thing