Un tweet de 3 min de lecture pour tenter de justifier, banaliser, les 139.000.000โฌ pour Elliot Anderson ! ๐คฃ
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Pep wanted Declan Rice. Missed him by ยฃ5m.
Pep wanted Jude Bellingham. Matched the fee, but he chose Real Madrid.
Pep wanted Bruno Guimarรฃes. Txiki played the penny-pinching game and we missed out.
Pep wanted Paqueta. Then the FA did what they did and basically destroyed his career. Another one gone.
Four marquee midfielders. Each would've cost us ยฃ100m (bar Paqueta, who was coming for around ยฃ80m). Any one of them could've transformed our midfield and helped us dominate not just England but Europe too. Instead, we ended up with:
Kovaฤiฤ from Chelsea.
Matheus Nunes from Wolves (decent at right-back now, but never really used as a midfielder by Pep).
Had to bring Gundogan back from Barcelona (finished, unfortunately).
Nico Gonzรกlez from Porto.
Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan.
None of them are (or were) at the level of those elite midfielders we wanted after the Treble. So we downgraded. Ended up with an average midfield that had real issues with physicality and athleticism. Nothing fixes that except proper signings that come at a premium.
So pay the ยฃ125m they're asking for Elliott Anderson. Don't miss out on him. Then go and find me another top midfielder. Don't fall into the same cycle of repeat mistakes, or we're not getting back to where we were three years ago. This is the time.