Göztepe

As I said, it might be so that he has a Premier League club on his CV, even if only for a single day.

The fact that he was transferred to you first—perhaps just to attach a "Premier League" label to the player—isn't really the main issue. Expectations within the multi-club model are incredibly high and often one-sided; a player like Juan—suited for a two-striker system—would likely struggle as a lone striker in the Premier League, much like Armstrong did. There is a perception that Southampton is handing over ready-made star players to us for free, which is nonsense.

We could have signed Juan directly from São Paulo; €900,000 is a very small sum—São Paulo fans used to mock him, calling him a "catfish." We took a risk and worked on his development for two years, yet he never even set foot in the Southampton facilities.

Here is another rare example from the old days of football—he didn't play as a central midfielder, either. In the past, center-backs like Cannavaro and Córdoba—standing 1.75m tall—could play the position; nowadays, how many 1.75m center-backs are there in the world? One? Two?

Messi is a very rare case—a player from the old school of football. He is not a central midfielder. Short players represent a risk regarding both success and resale value. Messi played for teams with unlimited budgets; for clubs with limited budgets, signing short players is a luxury.

Signing a short central midfielder is a big risk, as it's against modern football principles. If playing with a two-man midfield, the average height of both midfielders should be 1.85 meters, with the short midfielder being at least 1.81 meters, or higher if the others start at 1.89 meters.

Juan isn't suitable to play as a lone striker; he's too short. He's going to Lille, a Champions League team, for 20 million euros. We bought him from Sao Paulo for 900,000 euros, and we suffered a lot for his development. You didn't provide any financial support. SR finished the season with a 25 million euro profit, a club whose budget was the same as some teams in the Turkish third division. Despite making a 25 million euro profit, they bought a 27-year-old striker from the Brazilian third division, and we narrowly missed out on European cups.

Juan isn't suitable to play as a lone striker; he's too short. He's going to Lille, a Champions League team, for 20 million euros. We bought him from Sao Paulo for 900,000 euros, and we suffered a lot for his development. Lille will play in the Champions League qualifiers; he transferred to Lech Poznan. We got him from Altay for free.

Juan isn't suitable for a lone striker role; he'll probably transfer to Champions League team Lille for 20 million euros. You need strikers who are 1.85m tall or taller. If you have a budget of 20-25 million euros, I would try to get Álvaro Rodriguez; he's very similar to Romulo.

Jelert, playing as a full-back in a five-man defense, is too short and like a pretzel stick, even for a five-man defense. A shameful transfer.

It's high time to get rid of him. We need a striker over 1.85m tall who can also play as a lone striker.

These footballers are rare examples and from a bygone era. How many teams today play a 1.75m tall center-back and a 1.75m lone striker? A three-man defense is a formation that compensates for the shortness of defenders, while formations like 3-1-4-2 or 3-5-2 with a central midfield compensate for the shortness of midfielders. Teams playing with a two-man central midfield should use two number 8s, with an average height of 1.85m, to cover the area effectively. In a 3-1-4-2 or 3-5-2, it could be one tall number 6 and two shorter number 8s, or one short number 6 and two tall number 8s.

Stephens and Edwards are too short for a 1.85m center back. Anyone under 1.88m is too short for a center back. Manning and Jelert are too short for a four-man full-back, especially since Jelert gets overwhelmed in a four-man defense. https://x.com/SoletLang/status/1962239171130466787?s=20

Playing with a four-man defense is a mistake when the center-backs and full-backs are short. Fellows can carry the ball from defense to attack all by himself, playing the role of two players on the right side.

Players who don't get any playing time.

Kubilay Kanatsızkuş = Kubilay Winglessbird

We paid Juan, Matsuki is back, it doesn't cost you anything.

We don't have players we can loan from the Premier League or Championship; these leagues aren't where young, lower-caliber players can get playing time. Should we loan the 19-year-old striker we signed from the Jordanian league or the 18-year-old we signed from the Finnish second division? We've given Matsuki some experience, and he's contributed a bit to our scoring, so that's roughly the potential benefit between the two clubs.

How could Göztepe, which closed the last four transfer windows with a combined €16 million surplus, be using Southampton for cash? We also have the lowest wage budget in the Turkish league by far, with total expenses of €9 million and combined income of just €5 million.

Your help is practically non-existent, and your expectation of a top-tier striker like Sesko in return is far too high. No one said there would be such a benefit. If you had signed Romulo first, he would have wanted to leave after relegation, and nothing would have changed. The Victor Hugo loan didn't affect the Alcaraz transfer fee.

If the team isn't going to play 3-5-2 all the time, Jelert would be a terrible signing.

Let him come to Göztepe on loan, Stoilov will fix him Romulo is playing well in Germany, as you know, and Emersonn scored 2 goals against Lyon. Not playing with two strikers could make him more comfortable.

He scored this goal after missing a penalty. https://x.com/CWise22620/status/1974894133555990576

https://x.com/SoletLang/status/1969810429884174796

Messi is a right winger, and wingers should be tall, but even being short isn't a problem. Messi is a rare example, and it's a thing of the past. Ryan Fraser, for example, and Archer are both short and lack the necessary skills to compensate. Being strong both in the air and on the ground is the only way to beat expensive teams.