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Got Ashworth written all over it. Bloody Saudis

No guarantee certainly, but we spent most of last season with various players playing out of position at RB so he ought to feel confident he could nail down a place

Good shout. In a position we need to make a signing too.

If the buy back clause really is that high, then it doesn’t seem a reason not to do it. sadly, he may have just chosen them over us…

The buy back clause is absolutely a loan by another name (one that benefits the selling club even more). I can see why we wouldn’t agree to that (frustrating though it is to miss out). If we’re thinking Veltman is going to be CB this season, we do need a RB as Lamptey is unfortunately looking...

Thanks. You’re right about Potter to date, but he’s also someone who will take on new ideas. Guardiola has been using Cancelo as a kind of RB/Central Midfielder hybrid, and Mancini using Spinazolla on the left was certainly effective. It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s something he tries at some point.

This is going to sound like a BG tribute but is actually a genuine question - can he play Left Back? I ask as I read somewhere he can, but can’t see it referenced anywhere. I suspect after the success of the right footed left back in the Italy team - Spinazolla? - there may be a vogue for...

Or maybe some of the young players are just better than the other ones?

It makes sense to me that we’d sign a second RWB as we don’t have a second one, and Veltman, who’s been filling in there, is better suited to right side of a three (or RB at a push). The question is whether Livramento is prepared to take his chances competing with Tariq for that spot (and/or is...