Selling Cucurella for approx. £40m & replacing him with Hall for approx. £60m would be the smartest thing we could do all summer.
Around £20m book profit on Cucu while his value is still high + yearly costs for Hall (amortization + wages) wouldn’t really differ from Cucu.
@TheBluesFeed Top talent, wanted him badly last summer. Left footed though so not ideal given he’d be pretty expensive too. Top Palmer back up for now tho and someone that can be world class
[🟢👀] NEW: Wingers are a priority. Yan Diomande, who is valued by RB Leipzig at £112million, and Bradley Barcola, are among the names on a lengthy list - but there are issues in every position.
Midfield is certainly an area that needs attention with Liverpool willing to cash in on Curtis Jones. So far Inter Milan have lowballed their £30million valuation of the Englishman. Alexis Mac Allister is another player who could be moved on.
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@TheBlueDodger@MatteMoretto@atletiuniverse Very nice. Has to be replaced accordingly tho, with a more attacking FB. Hall, Brown, Balde all top options. Palestra an outside shout too. Anything else disappointing
There are many top LB option when we inevitably sell Cucurella. Let’s hope the club don’t fumble his replacement but chances are big they will.
Lewis Hall
Nathaniel Brown
Alejandro Balde
Marco Palestra
All are presumably available this summer. Just have to reinvest the money.
@TheBluesFeed People assume this is good but they just do that to save face after embarrassment & disappointment last summer after not signing Maignan/Simons after long negotiations.
They just don’t want to be embarrassed publicly again so that the fans have nothing to attack them
@VdykCFC Not really. Not like that other guy is reliable or knows stuff others don’t. A report like that doesn’t mean anything, could easily still be true that we’re not looking at him
Barcola is literally perfect for the profile we need at LW with Joao Pedro upfront. We desperately need a high volume runner.
It’s so annoying how Clearlake had to destroy our club so we’ve got no chance for the best players when they’re available.
@TheBluesFeed Yeah it’s probably us but they’re so afraid that they don’t even put our name out there cause they know they stand zero chance to get him and don’t wanna get embarrassed again. Awful institution
Spurs nearly went down they signed sensi and robbo and in talks with savinho and van hecke.. regardless of what you think of them players at least they getting busy..
Meanwhile at the bridge ..
We lost Rio cause we signed dozens of young players & not one of them was worth it. Wasted hundreds of millions on them, made the whole team worse & killed our reputation with another 10th placed finish when the perfect LW option is finally available.
They failed at every level.
This all seems like Diomande to PSG & Barcola available now. Could go to Liverpool but assume Arsenal will have strong interest too.
Also shoutouts to Ngumoha’s parents if Barcola goes there cause it’d completely block Rio’s path lmao. Fuck Clearlake man, they ruined everything
I hate Clearlake man. This summer the market is stacked with elite talent but they ruined our reputation so much that we have zero chance for any big player.
It’s all their fault too for the horrible last two summer windows they’ve had + appointing Rosenior & McFarlane
🚨 Movements are expected around Bradley Barcola this summer as reported in May with Arsenal, Liverpool and one more club keen on PSG winger.
Despite fake reports around, the agent of Barcola is Moussa Sissoko already since 2025.