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I can't think of any examples where I've written players off before they've even joined or been against someone from the get go (this being the exception). To say he will come back and bang them in is wishful thinking to say the least. Nothing short sighted about my opinion on him. Age is on is side and blah blah. I'm sticking to my original thought; he's the worse CF we've been linked with so far out of the main targets. @Chelsea Legend 11

Highly unlikely, but that's a move I could get behind. Going to be a sad day when all these rumours die down and Lukaku is announced. [emoji26]

Traore really has no place here for me. We would be buying him in the hope he adds end product, which wasn't present at Barca or Middlesbrough. Don't want another "project".

The reported figure seems to be getting bigger by the day. €50-70m is going overboard IMO.

For me that's cheap going by the prices going around and his number since leaving us. Top scorer for Roma in 15/16, directly involved in 34 goals last season for Roma (putting aside his numbers for the NT too) and among the top 5 chance creators in Europe. I can't for the life of me believe he will only cost that much and there's talk of Lukaku for £60m+.

£2.7m from £39m+ is something, I guess.

Ofcourse not. Sold him for peanuts and Roma more than doubled their money in less than two years.

I'm sure he's had reassurances on targets he wants and more control in general. The board have seemingly been the deciding force in recent windows going by who's come in (Papy, Hector, Atsu, etc).

Possibly. I'm sure Conte hasn't been content with a few things in recent weeks, though. The fact there hasn't been any movement on the Costa front is surprising.

Seems like things have calmed down and the board are finally listening. Most important contract to start with and let's hope the influx of talent will follow.

Belotti & Nainggolan in place of the first two and I would be more than happy. AOC seems the most unlikely with Wenger staying put.

Or Juve won't budge and player stays. They don't always get their way

Same could be said about RWB. I hope neither deal is that far ahead, as I'm not thrilled by acquiring either of them. A WB, CM & CF are our main priorities right now with the former being at the bottom IMO. It's all talk about him handing in a TR right now. I personally can't see it happening for a number of reasons, despite him being a massive improvement over what we currently have.

Have we even been in for Monaco's FBs? Can't be held at ransom for a FB/WB when there are other priorities right now. Are we honestly going to go through a season with Kante & Matic/Baka as our midfield?

Think that's up for debate (Alaba,Luis,etc) but I don't see it happening anyway. Juve have supposedly rejected a €60m bid, so we need to just move on.

Hope the board aren't trying to be smart again.

They won the AFCON in January

Just hope we get a CF that isn't Lukaku at this rate. He's definitely a good option, but I still prefer Belotti. Age on his side and probably easier/cheaper to get regardless of this "clause".

Russia need to get their act together prior to the WC.

More difficult start than usual. Have to be winning our home games to start with and we all know about Tottenham's record at Wembley.

A buy-back clause is a must and sell him for a cheaper fee. Every deal should follow Thorgan's.

Not someone we should be after. Throwing a youngster in with the hope he might deliver.

So much for adding HG players

Some INS would be nice

Some INS would be nice