[Albion] Older ‘experienced pro’ signing?

[macbeth]

mentioned by naylor several times that we will look to recruit another older player to add experience to an otherwise very young squad, as we have before with lallana, welbeck and milner.

any ideas on who it could be/who you’d like it to be? or what position? can’t be some decrepit pensioner who won’t be able to keep pace with FH’s high-octane wünderball

would imagine they’d be a free agent as i can’t see us paying a fee for a 30+ year old, and also have premier league experience/fit the ‘home grown’ criteria, ideally. there’s a non-exhaustive list below, and to be honest looking through that, there’s not many i can see that fit the bill:

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guido rodriguez would’ve been nice, but he looks off to barca, barkley has been mentioned before too but seems as though he’s villa-bound. then there’s thiago, but he’s injured all the time and probably on massive wages. elneny? decordova-reid? andre gomes? there doesn’t seem to be many decent options at all, so will be interesting to see what the club do here.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Jordan Henderson as it must be ex Liverpool

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Perhaps an ex-German international?

 

[AmexRuislip]

Chris Wood would be a bargain if kept fit.
Scores for fun.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

We gave Milner a deal and we're still looking for another? Jeez

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Based on his performance at Soccer Aid tonight, Edin Hazard! SING him up.

 

[Justice]

Naylor

 

[The Wookiee]

Ross Barkley If he doesn’t sign for Villa

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

Jordan Henderson as it must be ex Liverpool

Thiago Alcântara please

 

[The Wookiee]

Christian Eriksen

 

[Lurchy]

Donny Van De Beek.

I genuinely think he needs to come to a club like ours to rebuild his career.

 

[Whitechapel]

Joel Matip…

 

[Brian Fantana]

Christian Eriksen

That's not a bad shout at all.

 

[BevBHA]

Zaha

 

[macbeth]

Christian Eriksen

good shout. still has a deal until 2025 at united, wonder what they’d want fee-wise to let him go?

 

[Soton Seagull]

Something or other random your Mum comment?

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Ross Barkley If he doesn’t sign for Villa

Our style will have him puffing and wear him out.

 

[Triggaaar]

I thought this was going to be a thread for @El Presidente

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Kevin De Bruyne.

 

[Sussexscots]

Casemiro?

Do we need another older experienced pro? We already have Welbeck, Dunk, Groß, Steele and Veltman over 30. We gave a new deal to Milner, who'd missed the last half of the season following a seemingly innocuous injury that never improved to the point RDZ stopped mentioning him until he got the new contract.

Verbruggen, Gilmour, Moder and Mitoma all have international experience. Igor is hardly an oily young shaver.

If we're going to be playing high tempo football, is another injury prone old timer really what we need? If we're getting someone I'd like them able to play 90 minutes once a week and add value on the pitch.