Nil, Barcola is one of the very best ball carriers in Europe or the world, there are some players that rate higher than him but they are few and most often playing in lesser games. He is proven at every level, I don´t care if his price tag goes up before we sign him, we just have to go after him.
These big signings are signals of intent and how much faith we have in these players and project, should we have said no to Van Dijk or Alison because we had to pay top price for them at the time?
Wirtz, Isak and Barcola can all make their own legacy at this club, I got no worries about these price tags.
We will have a few accountants raging about their prices because they have never seen a number so big but that is about all.
You should just get excited about the extreme pace our attack will have, you should get excited about how far we can push up the field and press the opposition. We had no players out wide last season that could carry the ball forward, I hate to say it about Salah but it might have been time.
We can all point at tactics and Slot and everything else from last season but we have to remember nobody showed up going forward, the only goals we scored were set pieces from Szobo.
We got pace on both flanks for the first time in ages, we have not had pace down both the wings since both Salah and Mane were in their prime, Salah slowed down and Mane got replaced twice now.
Our biggest problem last season was how slow we were, especially in transition, we were slow and boring. Now we will be fast and hopefully exciting going forward.
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