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Live stream (its now 2nd half) https://www.vipleague.bz/udinese-vs-ac-milan-streaming-link-1 Also he just renewed Argentine international Rodrigo DE PAUL renews with Udinese http://mundoalbiceleste.com/2018/11/02/argentine-international-rodrigo-de-paul-udinese/

I disagree (theres a shock!) In Sarriball Our best MF is Jorginho Kovacic Barkley Kante simply doesn't offer enough, his passing was poor yet again (loose, misguided, or simply a back pass when he should have driven forward) and he is simply not comfortable going forward, and doesn't integrate well into offensive thrusts. Kovavcic does, and is also more than adequate defensively. I can see now, if Kante doesn't adapt, that this issue is going to end up with me a truly hated poster here. I will not change my opinion until his on the pitch play warrants it. I hope it does, I really do. Until then (and even if Kante does come good in his position) we are utter fools to ship back Kovacic without a fight. He is simply a superb MF. I see people say he will be no big loss. Pure tosh! He has an unteachable innate feel for the game. If memory serves, some of his (Kovacic) critics (especially on social media) also are fatalists who accept that Drinkwater is stuck here for the duration of his contract. Neither are acceptable stances in my book.

Lucas Hernandez is a left back, and good luck prising him away from Atletico Madrid for less than £70-80m or so. José Giménez is the main target for CB from AM, but he will be at the same price level (or more). Same with Inter and Skriniar. They are a very ambitious club atm. If we truly have top 5 in world ambitions, then we need ro go to battle with the big boys for de Ligt. He is already absolutely superb in every aspect of the game. I do not think we will pay the price needed to win him though. Same for Marquinhos at PSG. Kalidou Koulibaly is obviously (for one more summer, then too old to sign to a 5 year plus deal) a perfect CB for us, but Napoli will never sell him to us unless we are talking him at 32yo or beyond. Sarri wants Romagnoli (I rate him) or Rugani (I cannot see him as WC at all atm, he can't even break through at Juve, who are really old at CB). Both will be very hard to prise away. Juve is a nightmare to deal with, they have fucked us so many times over the past 4 years. AC might be a little easier, but Romagnoli is their captain, and they will never sell him easily. Benjamin Pavard is probably the best bet, and can play RB as well, so we can sell Zappacosta back ro a Serie A team (Torino really wants badly). Another superb young CB is Dayot Upamecano from RB Leipzig, but again, he will be crazy expensive. Ruben Diaz from Benfica would be less, and has huge potential, but not sure if we would roll the dice on him. We also have a buy-back option on Aké, but he is a level below all mentioned above. All this said, I don't think the board has the ambition to make any of these moves. They will just renew Luiz and gamble that Ampadu comes good soon enough to be the third option. Hell, I wouldn't be shocked if we signed the turgid Cahill to another one year contract. We are a very poorly run club atm, I really mean this. Look at how we utterly crashed out the next season after our last two titles. Our current unbeaten streak is papering over some truly deep and long term issues, even if Eden renews. Luiz, Willian, Cahill, Moses, Drinkwater, Zouma, Bakayoko need to be sold ASAP, none are remotely good enough, all status quo-defenders' opinions aside. I am not even going to get into some of the others here. Luiz was horrific today. A decent team would have punched home two goals off his 2 most horrid mistakes and we would all be going batshit crazy over that offside call and Morata's miss at the death, as we would have drawn 3-3. The team exploded with energy when Kovavcic and Hazard came on. Willian off was huge part of that. Pedro is miles better but is so fragile due to small size.

I think 12 to15 is a more reasonable number. I do agree 40 is insane, but winding down to only 6 (or even 8) will be a nightmare for us. So much of our revenue is based off the loan army. I fear our board will just make an absolute mess of the wind-down too.

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Rudiger is good enough, Ampadu will be, the rest need to go go go go ASAP (I fear AC is going to need a change of team to move forward, his confidence is shot to fuck here).

Superb??? LOLOLOLOL You must be a relative or work for his agent. Some of the comments on here just gobsmack me. AC has regressed terribly ever since that fucking Barca game last year, Cahill is shit now (and now our confirmed captain, ffs) and Ampadu is injured. These are the main reasons why Luiz is starting. We surely must upgrade at CB soon. To not wish to is sheer folly IMHO.

Hopefully Sarri goes over the tape with him and shows other options

I think he panicked

4 in four, almost 5 in four, that pace guarantees us CL next year for sure via top 4, and maybe an EL trophy to boot

We could have this convo anytime over the past decade, lolol

We are simply a FAR better team with Eden and Kovacic on the pitch, and Willian off. Kepa, Jorginho, Eden, Kovacic (Pedro when healthy), Rudiger, Barkley (not today, lol) Amapdu, are the main great players on the team. Hopefully Morata continues his form. All the rest are very problematic.

well, poor execution, a chip could have worked

damn, wanted him to get a hat trick

Kante's passing is simply not good enough, all the slamming of us critics doesn't change that fact only Kante can change that

indeed and it will be over 100m if we want true WC Piatek is coming back down to earth Only real deal strikers who are not 30 somethings are Dybala, Icardi, Griezmann (will never happen), Harry Kane (obviously will never happen) Gabriel Jesus (will never happen), Ciro Immobile (on verge of being too old and Lazio will never let him go for less than £110m plus), maybe Aubameyang (will never happen and he is 30 in June) Martial of course would be an option, but I cant see it happening, and still no official conjecture we see him as a CF

Oh, for sure, I so agree

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and the muggings of Hazard commence

you know there is no way (unfortunately) that Sarri will pull Kante for Kovacic

Its always the same players SMDH shit defence Luiz Alonso shit offence Kante Azpi oft-times Willian

that offside call may really fuck us badly, grrrrr surely we can knock in 2 more or so

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I wish we would have went for Lewis Cook instead of Donkeywater, if we absolutely HAD to have a British CMF. 7 years younger, far cheaper, and a decent player.

City are arguably the best team in the world atm though.