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Not sure how he is Ake all of a sudden. I wouldn't get into an argument here, but how Conte and Chelsea did business last year, I am much more confident about our signings this year.

On the contrary, I just went to an AS Roma Forum and asked how they rate Rudiger. They are of the opinion that he is yet to peak and there's not much between Manolas and Rudiger, Rudiger has a better personality and Manolas might edge Rudiger at this moment, but Rudiger has the ability to be better than Manolas in the future

That was my initial thought too. A Conte signing, the fact that we are bringing him from Italy and the player is versatile, easily understandable why it's a Conte signing

I only see a bandwagon of people hating this guy. I am yet to see why exactly people think he is a terrible signing.

I'd actually go on to say Sandro had better seasons at Juve than Alaba did at Bayern, but it's close and I might be a bit biased.

Would imagine Bakayoko would take 14, Sandro 12.

Duncan Castles knows jackshit about anything. Is only reliable for anything related to Mourinho.

Okay..

DiMarzio hasn't been too accurate himself. Said Tolisso to Chelsea was really close.

Seen a lot of him now. He really is good. City got him quick and cheap.

I wouldn't. Baba Rehtman was a very hot prospect at that time. Didn't see anyone complaining about that signing back then.

It was just a bad call in judgement, which in hindsight proved to be a shocker. But again, Hindsight is the key word.

That's what he said

The new signings better get going asap

Well he is.. And that's not how valuation works brother.

Are folk being too optmistic with Lukaku's pricing? The Stones saga needs to be brought up, they were holding him even at 40 million pounds, there is no way they let Lukaku leave for 50-60 million pounds. I am actually thinking it might be around 75 million pounds. Everton don't sell easily.

The term Bargain gets thrown around a bit too much now..

Cheers. I definitely will be watching the Spurs game, I have followed their games a lot this season, as much as I hate them, their game play was absolutely lovely to the eyes. I have also picked out the away game against Marseille. Just curious to see how he performs in the away games, where I think the midfielders can win you the game if they have a great day.

Lovely analysis, thanks mate. I want to catch a few games of his, maybe 3. Which games would you recommend to watch to know exactly what type of a player he is, if there are any games you think where his real talent came out. Have already seen the 2nd leg of the Dortmund game and he didn't have a lot to do in that one.

I have only seen him play when he was being used as a Holding Midfielder, especially against Dortmund. How does he play when he plays beside Fabinho, who's more of a central defensive mid? I wanted Tolisso more to be honest, more attacking and can score goals. But not too sad about missing him out if we're getting Bakayoko instead.

Is the mood always so gloomy around these parts? We're actually making moves and early. Imagine this place, if we had lost the race for both Lukaku and Bakayoko. And then there are people blaming the Board, not sure if it's ArsenalFanTV's Forum or something..

Not really. I remember they were the first ones too to break us the Kante news.

I do, we're getting a proper striker that has experience in the PL and has scored loads of goals already.

In that sense, you're right. But there hae been many reports that Lacazette wouldn't move in this window to Atletico and not paly for 6 months. Think he will look at other options or play for half a season or full season more and then seek a move there. I think Costa will definitely be the main man at Ateltico, just like he was when we signed him from them.

You are very much misinformed about a lot of things. The ban on Atletico Madrid being one of many.