There's too many of those defensive midfielders anyhow

Lewis plays left-back or left-wing-back but we don't play with wing-backs under Hodgson.

He certainly has an excellent 'Engine', getting up and down the pitch - he was at Luton as a youngster but gave up football for a while to concentrate on athletics.He represented England in his age-group.

Wears his boots back to front ?

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Emi Buendia...pretty quick, young (23) and unlike Palace players often passes the ball to one of his own team. Have we had an Argie before?

Predictably Norwich have come out and started prices for their stars start at 20m.

As they didnt spend any money last summer they arent going to be in a situation where they need to sell.

It depends on whether players want to leave or whether clubs come in with high offers. Wont be us that's for sure.

Norwich has a really good U21 player who should be taken:Adam Idah.

Considering that it's pretty much closed by now for Bournemouth and Aston Villa as well, I will name my picks from each of the 3 sides, with many players wanting to leave or the clubs being financially forced to sell under the real value:

Norwich: I'm not necessarily a big fan of spending big on the 3 young defenders Max Aarons, Godfrey and Lewis, but they are interesting players.
Further up there are Mario Vrancic who is PL quality as central midfielder, Emiliano Buendia who very good, but can only play on the right and is not worth 15-20 million, like they'd demand, of course Pukki who is a decent PL striker, but he wouldn't come cheap and is already 30, so would be a no from me.

Same no for Cantwell (not PL quality yet) or for Onel Hernandez (looks amazing, but few accomplishments).

Adam Idah would be one I'd bid for. At 19 he is amazing.

Aston Villa: They paid a fortune for the central defenders Tyrone Mings and Ezri Konsa and tehy'd want to recoup,so no for them. But central defender Kortney Hause would cost up to 5 million and is pretty good.

Central midfielder John McGinn is very good and will probably stay in the PL,but he is well known and a lot of clubs will bid for him. He also has a contract until 2024, so a high price. Connor Hourihane on the other hand is not that well known and I think that he is a great central midfielder. Less than 3 million should land him, as he is 29 years old and has just 1 more year of contract.

As a winger they have El-Ghazi who can play on both sides and even up front, is very tall and fit and a player I actually like. Couldn't possibly cost more than 10 million.

Bournemouth: of course, everyone in the PL seems to want Ryan Fraser. He is a player I like and who on only 35000 a week at Bournemouth. He will probably settle for around 60-70.000 a week as an offer,which is not very much for what he offers.

I talked before about the left footed winger Harry Wilson and with Bournemouth going down,I doubt they could pay Liverpool their asking price which is above 20 million,even though the lad clearly showed that he a good PL player at just 23 and had a great season as far as I'm concerned. His value will definitely keep growing,so if a settlement with Liverpool could be done at around 15 million, it would be a great deal.

The defensive midfielder Lerma is good, but he cost them more than 20 million so they'd want to recoup and I wouldn't pay more than 5 for a defensive midfielder.

Danjuma Groenveld was also a good player in Belgium, but cost them 18 million and hardly played due to injury this season.

I like John Stacey, the right back, he is young and good for the PL. Wouldn't cost much.

David Brooks is definitely well known, but even though he was injured moat of the season,they wouldn't sell the lad cheap.

Callum Wilson had a lousy season now,but he is a decent forward. However...as far as I know Bournemouth want dozens of million for him and I'd only take hkm if he were free.

Joshua King is not PL quality imo. Sure,a hard working player, but without penalties he'd hardly have goals.

Sam Surridge is a very good young center forward who I'd buy from them for a moderate sum. He will develop further.

So...in conclusion: right back Stacey, maybe a center back but not necessarily (there are some even free at this hour), Vrancic or Hourihane as central midfielder, Ryan Fraser or El Ghazi as winger, Harry Wilson as left footed winger if a deal with Liverpool could be reached, the very ypung Idah or Sam Surridge as center forward, to be loaned out and develop.

Edited by mattteo (16 Jul 2020 9.01pm)