Marlon to sign for €12m

[the saint in winchester]

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[Charlie Wayman]

Wouldn't expect us to sign another centre back unless we sell one / loan one out. Assuming Vestergaard starts then at least one of Yoshida, Hoedt and Bednarek is likely on the bench. Plus we have Stephens. I can't see us spending money on fees and wages for another one to join the list. Obviously if Yoshida wants to go to China or Qatar or whatever then the position changes slightly.

 

Likely we will start with 3 at the back and just as likely to be Yoshida, Vestergaard & Hoedt in that order. Bednarek is very promising indeed but lacks experience and we'll keep developing him to gradually replace Yoshida who is ageing and only has one maybe two seasons left in his legs. If Cedric and Bertie stay and it looks increasingly likely that they will, this gives us a tremendous back five on paper and with Romeu doing his usual protective graft in front of them our defence could be very strong as long as they don't doze off periodically and lose concentration. We might be hard to score against but isn't that a hallmark of Hughes' teams?

[VectisSaint]

Whole thing was odd, does this mean we're back in for Gibson?

Doubt it, we've got Jannik Vestagaard, can't see the need for more than 5 CBs, even playing 3 at the back we still have Bertie in case of a crisis. We were just in the market for a CB and we have got what we wanted, there were clearly some options, although Gibson and Marlon were very different animals to the great Dane.

[SuperSAINT]

I might be wrong but this deal looks like the archetypal 'agent peddling' transfer deal.

[Saint Garrett]

I'd look to bring in another starting CB and lose Stephens.

 

Vestergaard, New, Hoedt, Yoshida, Bednarek as the 5.

[Dark Munster]

Whole thing was odd, does this mean we're back in for Gibson?

 

Slightly strange it was reported that Gibson and Marlon were all but signed, and both have now gone silent

No, I reckon we're going after that tall Danish CB instead.

[hypochondriac]

I'd look to bring in another starting CB and lose Stephens.

 

Vestergaard, New, Hoedt, Yoshida, Bednarek as the 5.

We'd all like to bring in new players given the opportunity but it's jot going to happen

[Toon Saint]

Whole thing was odd, does this mean we're back in for Gibson?

 

Slightly strange it was reported that Gibson and Marlon were all but signed, and both have now gone silent

 

It’s not that strange, just the club having contingency plans in place if a move for their preferred target falls through.

 

 

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[qwertyell]

Newcastle predictably couldn't get a work permit for him.

 

Suggests our alleged interest wasn't ever realistic.

 

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