Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 238. (Read 71715 times)

Ugarte seems not to move anywhere because he is an important player in PSG. That's why PSG only wants to sell him at €70m. PSG is a rich club, they probably don't want to decrease the price because they are not in urgent of money. Ugarte is a young player, if they keep him a longer time, his market value can be higher. I think Zubimendi is a realistic target, Man United is better to focus on him if Man United really needs a new defensive midfielder.

Anyway, I don't understand why Man United must spend a lot of money to buy new defensive midfielders. Man United has Casemiro, I think his ability is not so badly. If Man United needs another player in a defensive midfielder position, Man United has McTominay and Kobbie Mainoo who can be a defensive midfielder. 

Sacking pochettino was not due to the performance of the season but had to do with the transfer arrangement, pochettino want to be in charge of the players to be signed but Todd borely does not agree with that because he is a business man and he wants to maximize profit, so Todd borely tactics in the transfer market is to sign young talented players and give them a very long term contract, and send out some on loan and sell them for a higher price than he purchased them, why pochettino want some experienced players in his team so they can challenge for titles.

So this is what trigger the sack of maricio pochettino, if not the management where convinced with his performance and wanted to give his project time, but due to the reasons above both of parties have to path ways.

So far, I will say Enzo maresca will do a good job in Chelsea if he is given time. They have a lot of quality players already  and they are also signing more quality players, with the right philosophy I think Enzo maresca project is one to watch out for in the premier league next season.

I agree about Ugarte. He is a talented defensive midfielder. He is earning only €6m a year at PSG now. I assume that there wouldn't be a huge change in his demands. He is already keen on joining Manchester United.

There are many useless players in their squad who earn much more money than him. Mount, Antony, Maguire, Luke Shaw... Some of them might have an excuse like injury but it is also a serious problem.    They really need to make some changes there. All these names should be sent to tell the truth.

Mount and Shaw are getting serious injuries. Maguire is terrible. Antony is nothing like he was at Ajax.

It definitely going to be a big plus in the Manchester United midfield, I think the DMF position have been a huge problem in Manchester United for quite some time now, it’s definitely going to be a big plus if his signature is secured. He have a lot of qualities on and off the ball, he is aggressive and that exactly what is required in that midfield right now. But the big problem in the negotiation in the asking fee from PSG, I don’t think that amount can be afford by Manchester United due to financial fair play reason, it also the reason they are willing to let Anthony go out on loan if the club interested is willing to pay for the wages.

I know for a must Manchester will definitely get a new DMF this season but the question is who will it be, because there are other names in their radar but for me personally I will prefer Manuel Ugarte because I think with is style of play and the aggressiveness it will be easy for him to adapt to the premier league.

The league commence in a month time and i know for sure a lot of transfer saga is going to happen in Manchester United, players will come and some will leave but I hope for a better season.

Manchester United are currently monitoring some few names in the defensive midfield position. They’ve been trying to negotiate with PSG for Ugarte but the asking price is way more than what Manchester United wants to offer. They have Zubimendi of Real Sociedad on their radar because he’s cheaper than Ugarte. €70M is a lot of money and I don’t think Manchester United new owners will want to put that much on a singe player considering that they’ve other positions to strengthen in the team.
I have a feeling that PSG will lower their asking price because they’re interested in Joao Neves as a replacement for Ugarte if he leaves.

Oh, Ugarte? It would really be a great signing for the Red Devils. He is only 23 and has a bright future I believe. I like him as a DM. They need players to fix the weaknesses in defense and he is one good candidate for it. However it is likely to be difficult to convince PSG for a cheaper price. They wouldn't like to make a loss considering Mbappe has just left for free. They don't have money issues but they need to balance finances not to have issues with financial fair play.

Could it be the sign of Casemiro to leave soon?    He also doesn't play as good as before in my opinion. He makes 18.2 million pounds per year (23.4 million with bonuses).

Yes, the match was held behind closed doors and I personally don't know what they meant by doing it behind closed doors. Because usually, matches like this can still be watched because they are still in the friendly match section, but this match does not seem to be just a friendly match, because this match is also held behind closed doors. Thus, it will probably make not many people know the results and also statistics like what happened in this match. But with Liverpool's defeat I think it would also be quite disappointing if in fact Liverpool also still played some of its main players.

Or maybe, Arne Slot is very careful about playing matches like this, so that it might avoid doubt and disappointment. Because even though this is only a closed match, but if Arne Slot is not confident, then of course such a factor of lack of self-confidence will have a bad impact on difficult matches later.

Manchester United is pushing their chances for Manuel Ugarte. It would be a superb transfer for them truthfully. 



https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1814036386552451367

He is a great talent. You know how much this team needs to strengthen its defense area also. Ugarte is just the player they are looking for defensive midfield.  The source says they have already agreed with the player himself. But the thing is I don't know how much PSG would be eager to sell him after only 1 season. They signed him for 60m euros last summer. I have heard PSG wants 70m euros for him.

If Manchester United can spend around 73m euros for Leny Yoro, it would be possible for Ugarte also. Depending on FFP rules too though.

In my opinion, defeat in pre-season is very valuable for a club, because from there they can learn a lot about what exactly is their problem so they have to accept defeat. Than they can win every pre-season match, which will make their confidence uncontrollable, even though at the same time the club they are facing is also in a series of pre-season events where they also certainly haven't shown their best game.

Liverpool still have quite a long time to learn where their weaknesses lie, so they can start improving them from now on. This is actually what they expect from pre-season matches and in fact the purpose of pre-season matches is as a form of preparation, including seeing what they still lack. There are also many clubs that fail in pre-season but in the competition they can show the truth.

Every post about Enzo Maresca in training session is usually showing how actively he is during training and giving pointers when needed though I won`t speak much of him until this coming season kick off but there is something I`m more curious about which is how well he does in unlocking the potentials in this youngsters at Chelsea and from the fact all his signing are still young lacking experience when it is an obvious thing that most of the Chelsea stars especially Midfield lacks experience/creativity but I can`t judge until we become to see the team performance after Pre-Season not really putting much consideration to the Pre-Season performance since Poch did pretty well but shockingly disappointing in almost throughout the season.

@uchegod-21, looking at your response, you made three different points in your point and I think you're absolutely correct with with two but for the other one, I think you were missing something. Firstly, Chelsea is one of the traditional clubs in the English Premier League and as such they need more than just one striker but last season, we saw that Nicholas Jackson was visibly the club's most consistent captain. Like you rightly said, Cole Palmer isn't a striker but an attacking midfielder that can play either from the flank or behind the main striker.
Now talking about why he didn't many playing minutes while he was in Manchester City, it wasn't because he wasn't good but the club manager who saw his potentials also had another young lad with great potentials in Phil Foden. Guardiola in an interview after Palmer started his impressive form at Chelsea said he wasn't surprised with his incredible performance because he knew he possessed the potentials but had other players in that position Palmer plays. So Cole Palmer right from his days as a Manchester City player had already shown his genius.

I support the idea that Anthony should be loaned out. He needs to witness another environment and if he improves by returning to what he used to be at Ajax it will be great for Manchester United. Currently it seems that both Garnacho and Amed will do better than him in the top left flag.

If anyone watched Manchester United pre-season match with Rangers few hours ago, you will understand how good Amed is. The young guy is playing just like Saka and he got a wonderful R2 goal against Rangers. I believe that if Erik10 had given him chances with other academy boys, Manchester United would have seen top 4 last season.

Manchester United is willing to send Antony on loan. However they want £70k of his weekly wage (which is £200k) to be paid as well.

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/40588272/man-united-transfer-policy-leny-yoro-joshua-zirkzee

I think it would be great call for the Red Devils. He has been no use for the team so far and he has been getting even worse every year.    He was the opposite at Ajax. Maybe he isn't ready to play for a much bigger team in one of biggest European leagues. It would be better to lighten his wage load on themselves at least by a loan agreement.

But the question is: Will there be a team willing to pay that sum?     Maybe Ajax would like to bring back their old player for one season who knows...

Previously, Manchester United suffered a defeat against a team from Norway, but the same bad result we saw in the friendly match between Liverpool and Preston yesterday, now it seems that the first match of the pre-season is not on the side of big teams such as Manchester United and Liverpool, the loss from Preston I don't think it was a good start for Arne Slot because in the first half Liverpool fielded many key their players, however faced Preston who are only a champhionship team in the england but Liverpool got a very embarrassing result, perhaps we can say that the defeat was only due to Arne Slot desire to experiment with their current squad, but by fielding many main players in the match it is clear that Arne Slot has a greater ambition to win than just to experiment in the friendly match.

Righ now the friendly match between Manchester United vs Rangers is being played, but Manchester United is still difficult to score in the match even though they currently dominate the match, in today's friendly match, Manchester United fielded most of its key players including Leny Yoro who was recently recruited by Manchester United from Lille.

Edit: Manchester United managed to score 1 goal through diallo in the 39th minute.
Rangers 0 Vs 1 Manchester United

Maresca is consistent with his team. I like how Enzo Maresca is directly involving himself more with his club in training session. It brings lots of energy. Pochettino rarely joins his squad's training.
Maresca is a typical of coach that will push you to perform better, and give you freedom to play. This is why i do like him, and im also seeing how maresca is coaching his current club with full of optimism. I think boehly will be more patiently waiting for Maresca to deliver.

We can only hope Todd Boehly, Chelsea's owner, learned from Pochettino's case. Building a club from the scratch is not that easy like when you fired your coach.
Todd needs to understand it better. Also, he doesn't let his coach trade players without his approval. So, he must be giving Maresca more time to deliver.

In the end, if Maresca can deliver and Todd won't sack him, people will be happy. But, the expectations are high. Chelsea was once a big club in the EPL, and it's a usual thing.

Since when did Cole palmer starts playing as a striker?. Am really confused here.

Currently, I think Palmer happens to be the best player in Chelsea, but that doesn't put him among the top players when he was with City. City are just built different, so let me focus more on Chelsea here. What I think Chelsea needs now is not quantity of players, but rather quality. Buying a 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20 years old players from Brazilian league doesn't guarantee Chelsea a better season ahead. If you observe the type of players Chelsea is currently going for(young players), then you should understand that this project is supposed to be a process. Chelsea needs to consider this new players as projects that needs to be worked on properly. This boys needs to understand themselves and how the premier league work. If any new signing turns out to be good as palmer, them fine, but that doesn't make the team good. Remember that it's still Chelsea FC and not palmer fc.


He is a good player, but we should understand that City is filled with players who fight for their place. He couldn't wait, and we all know that pep can't beg any player to play for him, except you are ..... (You know the name).



I think for Chelsea now, there shouldn't be too many focus with players fighting for shirts, but more attention should be channel to how players can understand themselves and play as a team. Palmer has proven to be a top player ahead of others in that team as he knows how to play a team type of football, which makes his spot secured. Gusto and James are also good players as well from what I have seen sofar. More work needs to be done in other areas. All I can say is that it's all about team work, with a contribution from individual performance.

I am sorry to say this, the mentality you portrayed is that of an average team. Have you ever seen where clubs like Manchester City and Real Madrid would say that they are okay with two finishers. Come to think of it, is Cole Palmer a striker. Cole Palmer is a midfielder, but Chelsea use team as a false most times last season.

Also, I am not undermining Cole Palmer but if he was the best, would Manchester City allow him to go? If he was the best, would he sit on the bench during the just concluded euro competition. For every club to succeed to a great extent there must be competition. Players should fight for shirts and they should fight for positions, Chelsea need more players as many as they could get and not to trust there striking role on Jackson and Palmer only.

It won't be easy for the coach who manages Chelsea if he is still under the tutelage of Todd Boehly, as Pochettino felt, indeed at the start of the season they were very sad but at the end of the season they had found their performance but Toodd was not satisfied with this and he ended it mercilessly, this something new. I saw that he didn't want to continue but he wanted to be quick without taking steps, even though what Pochettino did was extraordinary from a player's point of view, he didn't do that didn't get everything but he was determined and he tried and almost succeeded but Todd wasn't happy.

Now Enzo Maresca is Pochettino's replacement and of course this will not be easy for him this job will certainly guarantee him victory and championships, but seeing them in training seems like they have found the right coach, talking about Enzo Maresca is also a great thing the coach returned Leicester back to the Premier League and his game scheme was also very good so it looks like Enzo Maresca will be successful if there are no more demands from Todd Boehly, because all coaches also need a process to find a good strategy for the team, especially Chelsea with all the talented players they have. Buying Enzo Maresca will be very difficult if you are not given time to determine the right 11 players.

The results of such a match will certainly not be able to be used as an assessment of Liverpool's performance and quality, no matter whether Liverpool won or lost in such a match. Because ofcourse, such results can never or will never be worthy of being used as a benchmark for the team's ability next season. So yes, it is just about a warm-up and true, such a match is a closed practice which in reality is not an official match so often top teams will lose in such a match.

But indeed, that Arne Slot needs to continue to make a good approach so that the team can work well when the league starts later. After all, the transfer window is also still open and thus, there will still be a chance for them to bring in and also players to leave. Thus, of course, they will still adapt of course to build good chemistry.

When he received an offer from Chelsea to replace Tuchel, Pochettino already predicted that his task would not be easy at Chelsea. And it turned out that he was unable to carry out this task and could not complete it in a short time. Todd Boehly really wants results in a short time to improve Chelsea performance, this demand is clearly not something the coach can fulfill in just one season.
Now that Enzo Maresca is responsible for Chelsea's future, Todd Boehly has no hesitation in providing large amounts of funds to recruit quality players. Maybe Todd Boehly will return to treating Enzo Maresca like Pochettino if he fails to bring Chelsea to a top-four finish.