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I will concede that specific point, but I see no way we end up not taking a big loss when he does go.

are you even familiar with the back-story? Why has Ruben Neves joined Wolves? It's down to Jorge Mendes http://www.espn.com/soccer/english-league-championship/0/blog/post/3152955/why-has-ruben-neves-joined-wolves--its-down-to-jorge-mendes also Agent 'pushing for Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Ruben Neves to join Juventus' https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/man-city/transfer-talk/news/agent-pushing-for-neves-to-join-juventus_343923.html The agent of Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Ruben Neves is reportedly trying to push his client towards joining Juventus. Neves has been instrumental in Wolves' rise from the Championship to the top half of the Premier League tablein the past season-and-a-half, establishing himself as a key player for Nuno Espirito Santo's side. However, the 21-year-old's performances are also understood to have attracted the attention of a number of clubs around Europe, including Manchester City and Juventus. Agent Jorge Mendes already has a positive relationship with the latter, having brokered the £100m deal which took Cristiano Ronaldo to the Italian champions during the summer, and Calciomercato claims that he has now also offered Neves to Juve. The Serie A champions are in the market for midfield reinforcements and could make a move as early as January. However, the price tag is likely to be a sticking point, with Wolves unlikely to accept anything below £100m for their star asset as they attempt to ward off interest. Wolves slap £110m price tag on Neves to ward off suitors https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wolves-slap-110m-price-tag-on-neves-to-ward-off-suitors-b58ff6rxg Wolverhampton Wanderers value Ruben Neves in excess of Paul Pogba’s Premier League record transfer fee. Amid persistent interest from leading Champions League sides including Manchester City, a price in the region of £110m is being quoted for the Portugal international. Wolves signed Neves from FC Porto for a then club-record €16m (currently £14.4m) in July 2017. His central midfield play proved pivotal to their Championship success with Neves scoring six league goals and being elected into the Professional Footballers’ Association team of the year. The Chinese-owned club resisted a series of close-season approaches for Neves ahead of their return to the Premier League. Two months ago, Wolves improved the midfielder’s financial terms by agreeing a new five-year contract. City were one of Neves’ summer suitors,… snip This is the whopping pricetag Wolves have placed on star man WWFC believe he is worth more than the transfer fees paid for Pogba, Coutinho, Bale and Ronaldo https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wolves-price-ruben-neves-transfer-15188792

Ruben Neves a fallen wonderkind?? erm go try and buy him for less than £80m plus exact opposite of fallen, he is on a rocket

Bristol City chief makes big claim over the futures of Chelsea loanees Tomas Kalas & Jay Dasilva Both players are on loan at the Robins this season https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/players/kalas-dasilva-chelsea-loans-transfer-15643337 Bristol City's chief executive Mark Ashton has claimed that they have a 'pre-agreed option' to sign Chelsea full-back Jay Dasilva this summer on a permanent deal. The 20-year-old is currently on loan with the Robins this season in the Championship, but has only made six starts in the league so far, with another four appearances off the bench. The left-back came through the ranks at the Chelsea academy and, like many others, has previously been on loan before, spending a season and a half with Charlton Athletic. Tomas Kalas is also on loan at Bristol City this season, but Ashton has revealed that Dasilva's loan deal could be turned into a permanent one should the board want. snip

Pulisic claims he is yet to speak to Chelsea boss Sarri https://www.football365.com/news/pulisic-claims-he-is-yet-to-speak-to-chelsea-boss-sarri New Chelsea signing Christian Pulisic admits he has yet to speak to Maurizio Sarri after securing his £57.7million deal from Borussia Dortmund. The Chelsea boss revealed last week he was not aware the move was going ahead until it was done and with the 20-year-old United States international returning to previous club Borussia Dortmund on loan for the remainder of the season there has been no talks between the pair. Asked whether he has spoken to Sarri, Pulisic told ESPN FC: “No, nothing like that. “Like I said, I’ve been here and playing with Dortmund the whole time and I’ve been focused here, but I’ll be really excited once the time comes.” Chelsea had to pay a premium to acquire the sought-after winger despite him only having a year left on his contract but the American knows that will count for nothing when he turns up for pre-season training in the summer. “You have to go in and earn your spot and prove you are worthy of being on the field,” he added. “I think they definitely see me in one of the wider areas, but I think they also know that I can play kind anywhere across the attack. So I’m ready for wherever I need to be filled in really.” snip

WOW 16yo CB coming in for the bindippers Ki-Jana Hoever Ki-Jana Hoever is in the Liverpool squad to face Wolves, but who is the highly-rated 16-year-old? https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11599089/ki-jana-hoever-is-in-the-liverpool-squad-to-face-wolves-but-who-is-the-highly-rated-16-year-old

Wolves v Victimpool HD Streams http://www.sportnews.to/events/2019/fa-cup-wolverhampton-wanderers-vs-liverpool/ https://www.vipleague.bz/wolverhampton-wanderers-vs-liverpool-streaming-link-1 https://tumarcador.xyz/ac2.php http://www.ursportslife.com/p/liv.html https://soccer-live.stream/wolverhampton-wanderers-vs-liverpool-live/stream-1

Inter is his biggest legit Italian suitor Same for Sandro Tonali although Juve is indeed sniffing around both

So you think we magically will get back what we spent on Zappacosta? I am under no such delusion we do. He is actually a fairly decent player, which makes it worse for me. There are far worse backup RB's in the EPL. In fact, many worse STARTING RB's.

I rate him, but........... in terms of who we should target (Alex Sandro is done permanently as an option, he just renewed with Juve and is on verge of being too old, especially after summer 2019) for once Transfermarkt has (amazingly) for most of the top ones in straight row (although not right order (for me) My order would be 1. (but probably going to Bayern Munich, although (and yes the fee will be a lot, but he is top 3 LB in the world LB, AND top 8 in world CB) His release clause is NOT insane £72m 2. by far my favourite (assuming Hernandez is Munich bound) 3. big advantage, he is HG 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

CIES Football Observatory n°245 - 07/01/2019 Values Brand new list of top transfer values for big-5 league players http://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2018/245/en/ The first Weekly Post of the year presents the 100 big-5 league players with the highest transfer value according to the exclusive CIES Football Observatory algorithm. The 20-year-old French prodigy Kylian Mbappé(€218.5 million) tops the list ahead of Harry Kane (€200.3m) and Neymar (€197.1m). Among the 27 footballers with an estimated value of more than €100m, sixteen play in the Premier League, five in the Liga, three in the Serie A, two in the Ligue 1 and one in the Bundesliga. Eleven nations have representatives with an estimated value of more than €100m: Brazil (6 players), England (5), France (5), Argentina (2), Portugal (2), Belgium (2), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Senegal (1), Uruguay (1) and Italy (1). The transfer values for all big-5 league players is available online. A research note explaining the methodology used by the CIES Football Observatory and the criteria included in the algorithm is accessible here. Please contact us for more information and consultancies. lol, some interesting valuations insane in fact

What are your thoughts on all this?

Eriksen is the better option for them they have 2 young, potentially superstar (especially in Vinícius Júnior's case) LWers already, and lack of depth AND performance (Isco's partial collapse) at AMF. I would take Eriksen over Isco in a flash (I know that is heresy in these thar parts, lolol).

we also have his former manager (Magic Box)

Nicolo Barella: The Cagliari midfielder lauded by Andrea Pirlo https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45589553 His ambitions are to own a nice house and one day meet NBA superstar LeBron James - but Cagliari midfielder Nicolo Barella may have to widen his horizons soon. Lebron owns a stake in Liverpool, but.............. lololol

especially with the Poison Dwarf trying to strong-arm a 15m euro Italian job 'discount'

I have posted a lot about him, some of it just in this thread He is pure class Also (and this is not directed to you at all) these links are NOT some pie-in-sky rumours on net Matt Law is the best Chels journo on the planet, with real, inside club sources Also, according to L’Uniuone Sarda (Cagliari's hometown Sardinian newspaper), both Sarri and Gianfranco Zola (who has coached Barella before) are convinced on Barella’s quality and have urged the board to grab him, as Cesc is outta here. Bonus trivia L’Uniuone Sarda was the first European newspaper with its own website, launched in 1994. (In Italian) https://www.unionesarda.it/articolo/sport/calcio/2019/01/06/e-asta-per-barella-l-inter-mette-sul-piatto-eder-e-soldi-4-818953.html https://www.unionesarda.it/articolo/sport/calcio/2019/01/05/cagliari-barella-ecco-l-offerta-del-chelsea-poi-birsa-e-thereau-4-818616.html https://www.unionesarda.it/articolo/sport/calcio/2019/01/03/barella-dai-45-milioni-in-su-tutto-puo-succedere-4-817844.html

Man City could still face Champions League ban over alleged FFP breaches http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/01/07/man-city-still-face-champions-league-ban-alleged-ffp-breaches/ January 7 – UEFA’s chief financial investigator has confirmed that reigning Premier League champions Manchester City could be kicked out Europe if alleged irregularities exposed in the Football Leaks scandal prove to be true. According to a number of media organisations, based on comments by Yves Leterme, City could be facing the “heaviest punishment” City were among a handful of teams targeted in media leaks towards the back end of last year, including other European heavyweights Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. It was claimed that City inflated sponsorship revenues to meet FFP requirements – described as “financial doping” by La Liga boss Javier Tebas. Investigators are still sifting through all the material published by Germany’s Der Spiegel and other publications but Leterme has already claimed that City could be banned if they’ve breached the regulations. “If it is true what has been written, there might be a serious problem,” Leterme was quoted as telling a Belgian media group. “This can lead to the heaviest punishment: exclusion from the UEFA competitions.” snip

Spurs fans told to keep quiet on the ‘Y-front’ ahead of Chelsea semi-final clash http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/01/07/spurs-fans-told-keep-quiet-y-front-ahead-chelsea-semi-final-clash/ January 7 – The World Jewish Congress and the Board of Deputies of British Jews have condemned the use of the word ‘Yid’ to describe Tottenham Hotspur supporters, a club whose own fans historically use the word but as a badge of honour. Chelsea fans have tarnished their club in recent weeks with persistent anti-Semitic chants against their London rivals who have a large Jewish fan base. But the two Jewish bodies said that even Tottenham fans should take “a long overdue” stand against the use of the word. In a strongly-worded statement ahead of tomorrow’s Tuesday’s League Cup semi-final between Tottenham and Chelsea, the two organisations said the word, which stands for Jew in its original Yiddish, now carries a “distinctly pejorative and anti-Semitic” message. “There is no grey area when it comes to slurs that target a particular religious, racial, or ethnic group,” said WJC chief executive Robert Singer. “Its use by fans in the stands, either as a self-designated nickname or as a slogan against rivals must not be tolerated in any way. The innocence this word once carried, as a simple translation for Jew, has long disappeared, and we must be extremely conscious of the anti-Semitic connotation it now bears.” snip

Magic Box and Matt Law have both confirmed our interest

Chelsea transfer news: Blues to cash in on fringe player CHELSEA are set to allow David Zappacosta to join Lazio on loan until the end of the season, when they could then receive £13.5million for their out-of-favour right-back. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1068273/Chelsea-transfer-news-Sarri-Granovskaia-Zappacosta-Lazio-Italian-reports Is there any doubt left that our board is every bit as shit as I have comprehensively laid out over the last year? We not only will take a 10m or so loss, but now have no backup RB. Are we going to recall Reece James? That is a foolish move!

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr HUDSON-ODOI REITERATES DESIRE TO LEAVE https://thisisfutbol.com/2019/01/blogs/premier-league/hudson-odoi-reiterates-desire-to-leave/ Chelsea attacker Callum Hudson-Odoi has reiterated his desire to leave for Bayern Munich to club director Marina Granovskaia, according to Sky Germany. ' The broadcaster report that the 18-year-old is keen on a move to the Bundesliga with the Champions League giants and has no intention of extending his contract at Stamford Bridge, which runs until 2020. Sky Germany claim that Hudson-Odoi has now reaffirmed his wishes for an exit to Granovskaia, with Chelsea’s efforts to get him to stay set to be in vain. It is said that Bayern have already tabled a £27million offer for the young forward. Good move for Chelsea? No. snip

wow

Other options Monchi Roma Ralf Rangnick RB Leipzig Luis Campos Lille Andrea Berta Atletico Madrid Giuseppe Marotta Juve Michael Zorc Dortmund

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