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Sam tighe
Everyone has “type”. This concept of preference extends far -wide to all areas of life, and can be particularly true in football, where managers and clubs cannot hide what they really want.
Sometimes, the desire is simple: the best player in the world, whatever. But sometimes it is strangely specific, like real Madrid To target free transfer, or Arsenal The taste of the manager of the manager Mikel Arteta in the defenders.
This transfer window once again bare the infusions – and many times, border passion – which have developed within the game. Therefore, the tongue was firmly recorded in the cheek, let’s take a look at what the tricks of this heat told about the passion of elite clubs.
Mikel Artetta and Hybrid Center Back/Fullback
In Bukeyo saka, Martin Ødegaard And Company, Artetta has some of the world’s most spectacular attackers to work. He also has a new striker Victor Gyecres To call and call an incredible midfield pool. But you know what really excite him? Players who can play both the center back and fullback.
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Spaniard has filled its squad for years. It started Ben white And continued with Jakub career, Jurrin timber And Ricardo CelfaoriThen late in this summer window, Arsenal said Pierro Hinki From Bayer leverkusen,
If the players can cover both fullback positions (such as wood), or if they can cover the left-leg (eg Cailafaori and Hincapi), the artetta probably offers bonus points for a deal as it makes them even more versatile or distinguished. Even the more “regular” fullbacks of Artetta look barely traditional: Olexandra zinchenko And Mials Lewis-Skeli Love to overturn the midfield and definitely look more at home to central positions.
Chelsey And whenever they are signing teenagers
In 2022, his first summer transfer window in charge of Chelsea, Todd Bohli and Clearlake Capital divided on a series of experienced talents. Pierre-Arch Obmeyang (33), Kalidau Kulibali (31) and Mercy sterling (27) The most notable names in a group were, which were quite clearly failed.
Was it a scary experience, or was the adjacent axis always in the card? Perhaps this was a bit of the two, as the ownership group suddenly focused on signing the exciting possibilities, many of which were still teenagers, for long -term deals.
Since January 2023, he has signed a stunning 22 teenagers – a figure that includes pending transfer Geovani Quenda And Denner, due to being in 2026. At its top, many 20- and 21-year-old children have come, with highly-affected players flooding the squad.
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There are times when Chelsea has done so heavy on possibilities and ignored gapping holes in her squad makeup, if plugged, they may be allowed to compete more closely. Liverpool And Arsenal In the last few season. The main example of this is on the goalkeeper, which has been brushed on one side for a long time.
An interesting bizarre of the tireless acquisition of the top possibilities of the blues is how many players they have signed from the academy of Man City. This season can be easily a game where you will see the five players developed by the city – Romeo Lavia, Cole Palmer, Tosin adarabioyo, Jamie Gitense, Liam delap – Play for Chelsea’s first team. The price of that Panchak is a total cost of at least £ 171 million. Perhaps this is the real passion here.
Buying a specific player for Manchester United and specific managers
Manchester United Work overall in contrast to the transfer market.
From Chelsea’s scattering perspective, so many players are born that they appoint any manager, it is impossible not to prepare a practical team with the available talent. United Sign incredibly specific players who conform to their chosen manager. Nothing is wrong with it in principle – why wouldn’t you sign the players that your managers can use effectively? – But to what extent the red devils bow into it, if things can be very harmful, then in the part, because they flutter among managers whose styles are so wildly.
This is a strong example of this disconnect Cristiano RonaldoIn summer, in 2022, in 2022, Signed for the upliftment style of Ole Gunnar Solskazar, yet coaching was being done by Gegnaping Magnet Ralph Colornik by November. This is a ridiculous position to find yourself.
Eric Ten Haag was appointed in 2022 and until he was dismissed, in 2024, the club equipped him with six former Ajax players (Lisandro Martinez, Antony, Christian ericasenAndre Onana, Mathies de ligate, Nusare Mazraui), Perhaps wrongly thinking that it will re -create the Dutch total football in Old Trafford.
Current manager Ruben Amorim has done Antony and Onana Jeetnce, while Ericsen has moved. He voluntarily said goodbye Jayden Sancho, Marcus rashford And Alejandro Garnacho In this summer, to signed the Winger Department effectively overthrow Mathew kunha And Brian MabumoWhich correspond to the “Wide Number 10” roles in its 3-4–2–1 system.
If Amorim leaves the club and the next manager asks where all the wings are there? This seems very silly, in addition to a situation, except that it is essentially in other guise.
Real Madrid and Fantastic Free Transfer
After winning UEFA Champions League An incredible 15th time in 2023-24, it appears that real Madrid feels that things had become very easy and decided to increase the level of difficulty.
They seem to have been selected to spend as low as possible on transfer fees despite remaining a major force. In the last five years, he has signed four elite players on the pre-affiliation, coming close to the fifth adding. Antonio Ridear (Chelsea), David lba ,Bayern Munich), Kylian mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) And Trent Alexander-Aneold (Liverpool) Everyone was hunted to be free from close rivals in the top table of Europe. (Well, he paid a fee for Alexander-Aneold, but only to register it early so that he could facilitate this summer FIFA Club World Cup.)
For most of the 2024-25 season, it seemed as if they would add Alphonso davis In this fashion also from Bayern, but finally, Canadian International renewed with German veterans.
Los blancose‘Reputation and bridge means that they are actually able to reassure the elite players to see their contracts and wait for a step for patient burnbules. Famous for a club for a long time Galacticose Darshan, it is a complicated and surprisingly responsible wrinkle.
Barcelona and players sign when they probably not
The following two statements are unevenly true:
1. Barcelona There are more than € 1 billion in debt
2. One of Barcelona is – if not – the best and most vast academies in the world
You feel that a combination of these points will have a complete reduction in spending and a complete dependence on La Masia, which has been excluded in the last five years alone, Alejandro Balde, Pau Cubersi, Nico Gonzalez,, GawiFermin Lopez and, of course, Lameine yamal – And this is also not a complete list. But this is not. Barka is a competitive animal, so instead of withdrawing a couple of the season, they have pulled all possible liver (literal) to allow constant expenses, which has seen Blaugrana Sell the leading revenue currents of the future and make a continuous war wage against the spending limitations of Laliga.
The signature of this heat of Joan Garcia captured this internal struggle. Crossstown rivals the opportunity to sign an incredible goalkeeper directly from rivals Aspenayol The bus was very good to pass, but to register it, he forced club captain Mark-Andre Terre Stegane to sign a injury report, which would allow him to take advantage of a long-term injury rule in Laliga.
In the last summer, he signed Dani Olmo For € 55 million behind an impressive euro 2024 campaign, a player is not really needed in his position and despite the fact that they would struggle to register him – so much that they had to go to court to keep them registered for the second half of the season.
For millions of spectators, the solution in Barcelona seems relatively simple: stop spending big, rely on the current crop and promote the academy, and let the Camp Nu repay Coffeers to repay those loans to reopen. But it is not how President Zone Laporta rolls.
