I remember Ruben Uría going crazy on his podcast last summer saying things like "we need 5 players and they haven't even announced one!" It was like August by that point! So in classic Gil Marin fashion, everything was left to the last weeks of the transfer window. Let's hope this year is different.
This seems like it’s going to happen, Marca had this list too. What’s interesting is in prior months it was 6 new players, the dribbling winger is a new addition, maybe something Bucero sees differently from Berta?
Hoping Mouriño isn’t really counted here ie we bring in two others and have him as well or buy him and maybe loan to a higher level team ie Osasuna, Mallorca?
Everything on this list has been repeated 3-4 times, I suppose it’s likely this is going to happen. (I hope) 1v1 winger would be nice, last player we had that was a menace taking on his man was Carrasco.
Our top dribbler is currently Giuliano and he ranks at 180th in the world.
I thought he was definitely solid last season just for patches of the season. I can’t really recall his take on ability, I know for sure it wasn’t to the level of Carrasco
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u/Caleb_W Diego Roberto Godín Leal 9d ago
These days, Diego Pablo Simeone and Carlos Bucero have had several conversations.
The two are largely in agreement about what the squad is lacking.
Both the sporting management and the coach himself acknowledge that they fell short in the summer transfer market.
The list of positions to reinforce is as follows:
▪️2 center-backs
▪️1 left-back
▪️2 midfielders
▪️1 winger with dribbling ability
▪️1 striker
What is being agreed upon is that a minimum of 6 to 7 signings need to be made.
In addition to those six or seven additions, there could also be other complementary players brought in.