Player Suggestions

Sassuolo are trying to buy Tajon Buchanan for 8m euros.

Cracking player but hasn’t worked for him at at Inter and at that price he’d be worth it. Perhaps AJ could have a word.

 

See the funny thing with Nakamura is I agree he is a very good player but I bet those who don’t want Balikwisha would want Nakamura. When you actually watch them they are very similar players.

Good technical players who have decent pace but not super fast, more rely on their intelligence and technique than they do their physical attributes. Both take set plays for their team.

Obviously the big difference is Nakamura hasn’t got the injury baggage but he would cost twice the price.

I like Ito as well reminds me of a younger Forrest in that he is a right footer that likes to actually play on the right and get to the byline rather than come in. I haven’t seen him for a while but at the right price he would actually be a good winger option to cover Jota until he has recovered.

I think I said it before you could actually fill most of the positions we are looking to from the French relegated sides as they each have a few good players.

CB - Omeragic Montpellier, Okumu Reims
CM - Yaya Fofana Reims, Gbane Reims, Chotard Montpellier,
RW - Ito Reims, Davitashvili ASSE,
LW - Nakamura Reims

Not from a relegated side but there is also a left back whose contract is up at Toulouse called Gabriel Suazo who is a Chilean International and has good attacking output and physicality. On a free he would be good cover for KT.

 

Junya Ito has always been a standout player for JNT. Love him.

 

Had a watch of the Birmingham vs Sevilla game to see if Kyogo would get a run out and that Christoph Klarer for Brum had a great game. 25 yr old Austrian CB bought for 4 mill last season. Got proper stuck into the game....looks like he's had his beak broken about 20 times.

 

I know it’s probably nonsense but see the tentative links to Isak Jensen at Viborg not to be confused with Jansson that moved to Nice. I would definitely take him, he looks a talent and wouldn’t cost a massive amount. He has a very distinct upright dribbling style that kind of reminds me a bit of how McGeady used to dribble. He also has pace though and decent stats for only being 21 both attacking and defending from the front.

I would take Serginho their right winger too, more a traditional tricky dribbler that gets a good number of assists, that is available for €4m.



Other names that have been mentioned before like Oliver Antman are also tempting as he has pace and power in abundance and his assist record last year was excellent.

 

It was one of those Huddleboard type rumours I think so probably nonsense.

 

Dorgeles Nene 22 yr old Mali International MID for Salzburg. 30 app 13 gls. 5 assists last season. Can play RW or LW. Valued at 10 million Euros

 

Another boy we should be keeping an eye on at Salzburg is John Mellberg (Son of Olof Mellberg) just broke into the Salzburg 1st team and got his first call up to the Swedish national side. 18 yrs old plays CB. seemed to have some great games against the bigger sides in Austria like Sturm Graz, Austria Vienna and Rapid Vienna. And at 6ft 3 he's no dwarf.

 

For striker a bit of a Giakoumakis type in someone that’s done very little before this season but Ibrahim Diabate at GAIS in Sweden, he is a 25 year old Ivorian who is on fire just now.

He is pretty much a lead the line type striker like Giakoumakis was but with a bit of pace. A brute of a guy who is good at getting the ball out his feet and generates some amount of power on his shots from a standing start. Scores with headers as well and seems to time his movement in the box well.

15 league games, 12 of them starts, 12 goals and 3 assists so far.