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Surprise, surprise. Do people still think this is the exact same situation as Raphinha?

I'm really not a fan of James at RCB unless we were signing someone of Hakimi's calibre. It will nullify a large part of his game.

He'd be a smart buy & is someone I've talked about for a few seasons now. In all honesty, there are a number of Atalanta players that would fit perfectly.

His numbers were worse than Salah's, he was coming off an awful spell at Arsenal and was a number of years older. There isn't much of a comparison. Also, the last bit is wrong - he scored 43 (32 in EPL) in all comps for Liverpool and 43 (35 in Serie A) during his time in Italy.

Haven't we been doing that? Kepa was meant to be superb with the ball. How's that working out? How exactly have United "improved significantly"? They bought a relatively unknown Dutch youngster, their two best players have left/want to leave & they've bought Blind 2.0 Salah was involved in 13 goals in 26 games whilst on loan at Fiorentina and 56 goals in 81 games at Roma. If that's "nothing special" in your book, I'm not sure what to say.

He's had niggling injuries throughout his career that have kept him out for a number of months at a time, so I'm sure they will eventually get the better of him & he won't have the longevity of some players, as you alluded to.

A pipe dream that's never going to happen. The only club I can see him joining now, with City covered in that position, is Utd. They'll happily pay stupid money next season.

Muriel. He is tailor-made for how we play and would happily play the role of impact sub, if Havertz can find his shooting boots.

He's doing the negotiations & he's the reason behind the club being unable to make moves until after the window had opened? There's nothing equal about it. Sometimes I'm lost for words when reading posts.

I'd take a look at Mæhle tbh. He is a decent option that could play on either side & reasonably priced. We have to start doing astute business going forward instead of buying unknowns or going big for subpar players.

If his recent comments are anything to go by, you never know.

"Free transfers" that are meant to make us money in the long run are doing the exact opposite. Boehly has a big job on his hands to sort this mess.

I know this might be a year out, but I find it hard to believe he got an £86k wage increase after his loan spell at Porto (?). What is Malang Sarr's Salary Per Week? | Salary Sport

There's supposedly friction between him and some other players for a few reasons, including wage differences. Danjuma certainly would. The lack of consist goalscorers in this team in frightening.

He just joined PSG

Our little spell didn't last long. It's crazy to see the number of players that are out of their depth during this preseason.

Both goals have come from the area - right CB/RB. Our midfield should have done better, but they have players behind them to try and bail them out.

Is this the magical back four people wanted? Sterling is Tuchel's first attacking signing (we know who signed Lukaku). Is it his fault he has to deal with so much deadwood that was put on him?

Yes, unless there's another weather delay.

That's just one of the most recent. If there's doubt, why go after him?

That might be the case, but we have supposedly had a deal in place for a number of days, only for us to "stall", allowing Barcelona to sell another percentage of their training ground or car park to finance a move.

The manner in which we're seemingly losing players is the issue. However, the man doing all of the legwork is someone who knows nothing or very little about football. Once this window shuts, someone qualified and with a respectable past needs to be appointed.

Were the rumours about us not being willing to give the go-ahead until he had a medical true?

Danjuma is the only interesting option left this summer that ticks a number of boxes. If Milan were willing to part with him for a reasonable fee, Leao would be in that bracket. Talk of Neymar/Ronaldo had better not reappear in the next few weeks either. The one wildcard is Saint-Maximin; he offers something we don't have with his unpredictability, but do we really need another player with little end product, or could he magically come good in that depart?

That's good news for us. If we aren't signing a WC CF, give Broja a proper chance.