Plymouth Argyle 2023/24
In: Julio Pleguezuelo (FC Twente), Lewis Gibson (Everton), Conor Hazard (Celtic), Morgan Whittaker (Swansea City), Bali Mumba (Norwich City), Mustapha Bundu (Anderlecht)
Loans: Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Aston Villa), Lewis Warrington (Everton), Finn Azaz (Aston Villa), Luke Cundle (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Along with Oxford United, I think this is the most comparable we’ll see. Plymouth went for the Eredivisie (Pleguezuelo) and Belgium (Bundu) and they went back to Belgium in January as well. None of their European imports started more than 20 matches.
Morgan Whittaker was obviously a big signing, joining after a successful loan spell, but I don’t think that means we’d be pulling Ryan Oné. However, it is the type of signing we’d like, Whittaker wasn’t wanted by Swansea, Oné is wanted by Sheffield United.
There is a reliance on those Premier League loans again, Finn Azaz scored seven from 21 starts, while the other two did hit double figures for appearances.
Plymouth stayed up by a single place, which is exactly what we’d take right now, I think.
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