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The Summer 2024 Transfer Thread.

Is he quick enough to get away with poor positioning or does his quickness allow him to take up unconventional positions without being punished?

He ain’t slowing down for a few years yet.
 
Wilf Wolf said:
Toti is quick so often gets away with poor positioning. I think both he and Mosquera would benefit greatly from playing alongside a more experienced CH. Selling Kilman for £40m gives us the means to bring in such a player and have a stronger defence plus money to spare but to date we haven’t. If we rely on what we’ve got we’re going to be in a relegation battle.
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I think this is where we'll end up for most of the season
 
We couldn’t possibly handle another duplicate name surely
 
Sammy Szmodics looks to be on his way to Ipswich . Would have had no problem taking a punt on him . The fee is quite low at 9m as well . Probably wouldn't fit our play of playing though .
 
He's from Colchester originally, apparently he wants to move closer to home as well.

I think Ipswich have been smart in this window, at the very least they've secured themselves as a top half Championship team for the next 3/4 years after this season.
 
On the law of averages I'd say that 40% of the players that most clubs buy don't work out as planned , for a whole variety of reasons , but if you didn't pay much for them in the first place , and they're on relatively low wages , then it might be deemed a risk that was worth taking if they had a decent reputation when they were signed .
At 9 million I would say that Szmodics is worth the risk . If he scores no more than 10 goals for Ipswich they could look back and say it was a winner if they stay up .
He got 33 goals last season in 48 matches , has played twice for Blackburn this season thus far and scored 3 times .

I'd classify it as a risk worth taking for most clubs in the lower half of the Premier League .
 
Szmodics is 5 foot 6, you couldn't really get a more different striker to Strand Larsen, there were a lot of times last season where the lack of a proper number 9 meant the ball kept coming back at us, I don't think with Szmodics' frame and style of play, he'd really help in that regard.
 
I don't watch much Championship football but isn't Szmodics more of an inside forward/winger anyway?
 
Yep, bit of a Hwang type player. I’ve seen him a few times as i have a Blackburn supporting friend. He’s good.
 
Hang has proven that if you can find good positions in the box and can finish you can score goals in the PL. Nobody is going to score loads for Ipswich but I think he could prove to be a decent signing for them.
 
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