marcos alonso

[redders]

been linked with him 3.5m from fiorentina, 

 

[KeiranShikari]

Good player but I hope it's as well as Brady not instead of.

 

[Din]

Good player but I hope it's as well as Brady not instead of.

I agree. Although if we sign Brady is there any point in signing him? 

 

[KeiranShikari]

We're thin on the ground down our left side so I can't see much harm in it, would mean we could use Brady for his more natural attacking ability. 

They're both at a good age and would instantly be able to offer Olsson and Johnson competition.

 

[Din]

The EDP are saying we'll only go in for Alonso if we miss out on Brady.

 

[KeiranShikari]

Almost feels as if the club have planted this in the press.

Still, I do feel that we need 2 left sided players. Of course if Neil thinks Toffolo will play a part then we'd be fine with just Brady.

 

[Yellow Fever]

Alonso is a LB who can also play LM or CB as well (he's 6'2"). He played 35 time for Fiorentina last season in Serie A.

 

[dj161]

I never really rated him when he was at Bolton, but I saw a bit of him playing for Fiorentina last season (good ole BTSport) and he seemed a much better player there, whether it was playing with a higher calibre of player I dont really know, but he seemed to of stepped his game up

 

[Canaryboy]

I agree. Although if we sign Brady is there any point in signing him? 

Marcos Alonso is a left back who can do a job at left mid, whilst Robbie Brady is a left winger who can do a job at left back.

I'd be happy if we signed both a left back and a left winger personally. We've only got one left back if we assume that Toffolo isn't the required standard yet, and no left wingers. 

Edit; Just realised I've pretty much just repeated what KieranShikiri said! 

 

[KeiranShikari]

Great minds.

 

[KeiranShikari]

Might have made a bid by the looks of twatter.

 

[KeiranShikari]

Sky Sports' Keith Downie with the first tweet. Don't know if he has any sort of real credibility but he is based in the north east so could have a connection from his time in Sunderland. 

 

[The Great Mass Debater]

Someone on Twitter suggests a £2m bid. And also that we're looking at Barry Bannan

 

[Indy_Bones]

At 2mil he'd be a good addition to the overall squad, although I'm still not convinced that he's really good enough to start regularly (assuming someone was out long term),but at a quarter of what Hull are asking for Brady he appears MUCH better value for money as a pure cover option.

 

[KeiranShikari]

http://www.espnfc.com/player/146127/marcos-alonso

His stats from last season. Very much a rotation player but they trusted him enough to play in some big games.

 

[Din]

I'd be happy if we got him for £2m. Although as I said in the other thread I don't really know why we're not targeting a proper left winger, as it's more of a priority in my mind than a back-up left back.

 

[Indy_Bones]

I think that's my major concern Keiran, he's very much a decent cover option rather than being a genuine improvement on what we have, and in truth I'd rather we gave someone like Toffolo a chance if we can't afford to get someone better than Olsson, instead of spending millions on a backup player to simply provide a cover option.

 

[KeiranShikari]

He's not a huge improvement but it makes sense for a Premier League team to have 2 good players in each position, does it not.

We're not going to find many players better than Olsson in his position.

 

[CanaryNath]

Is he any better than Garrido?

 

[KeiranShikari]

He played 20 odd times for a team that finished 4th in Spain last season. Probably.