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But is Iwobi much better than Lookman? Who didn’t (pardon the pun) get much of a look in before heading back to Leipzig.
Also is Iwobi an upgrade on Walcott? Feels like you’ve got a lot of players for too few slots. Are you guys in the Europa league this year? Or is it concentrate on the league time?
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Fair questions. I'd place Iwobi above Walcott who is (STILL) far too inconsistent and needs shipping out. I liked Lookman a lot but he also went missing in games though I put that down to his age and was hoping he'd improve. The feeling was he didn't want to play for us/Silva and really wanted the move away, so no point keeping an unhappy player.
Re: our Centre halves @TheLeek I think Gibson looks great but I'm not keen on dropping him in the premier league at 19. Holgate's a good player but has a mistake in him. I can't for the life of me work out why we didn't give Jagielka another year or two, he was great when called on last season. Maybe we thought we'd get someone else and wanted to get him off the payroll? Keane has really stepped up in the last few seasons, I like Mina a lot and hopefully some game time will help him settle (still get the bad kind of chills from his Newcastle substitute appearance last season).
I'm properly excited about Moise Kean, but also terrified that we'll ruin him.
Also, no Europa league this year, just bombing out the domestic cups after a round or two.
Tonts
The price for Iwobi is possibly a little inflated but not a crazy price for a young international player with Premier and Champions league experience with lots more potential to improve. His stats are excellent he ranked 8th for creating chances from open play and 7th in XA or expected assists per 90 minutes. He's got plenty of room for development can play anywhere across the front three or just behind and with Silva having a good record of improving and working with young players I think will only get better and will get game time.