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Chiesa from Fiorentina FTW. Those cunts owe us one after the Salah nightmare. A front 3 of CF Piątek, LW Chiesa and RW Bailey is vastly superior to what we have now, even with no Eden and Piątek being a newcomer to monster status. Lets show the world our Blue Ambition is Domination again!

I <3 Kepa

I am too!! It is fucking dross. Makes us look like a feeder club for RM. Fuck those cunts. I hope Barca (far from my favourites either) fucking smashes them in every El Clásico.

Scotland vs Portugal HD Streams https://www.vipleague.cc/scotland-vs-portugal-streaming-link-1 https://soccer-live.stream/scotland-vs-portugal-live/stream-1 https://premierleague-lives.com/live/man-city-live-stream-20/channel-1/ Portugal 22 Beto 6 Rúben Dias 4 Luís Neto 5 Kévin Rodrigues 21 Cédric Soares 13 Danilo Pereira 16 Bruno Fernandes 15 Sérgio Oliveira 9 Éder 10 Hélder Costa 7 Bruma SUBSTITUTES 11 André Silva 12 Cláudio 20 Pizzi 14 William Carvalho 19 Mário Rui 3 Pedro Mendes 2 João Cancelo 17 Rafa 18 Rúben Neves 8 Renato Sanches 23 Gedson Fernandes Scotland 1 Craig Gordon 5 Scott McKenna 4 Jack Hendry 3 Andrew Robertson 2 Stephen O'Donnell 6 John McGinn 8 Stuart Armstrong 7 James Forrest 11 Callum McGregor 9 Oliver McBurnie 10 Steven Naismith SUBSTITUTES 16 Michael Devlin 18 Ryan Christie 14 Johnny Russell 12 Allan McGregor 13 Graeme Shinnie 17 Gary Mackay-Steven 15 Kevin McDonald 21 Jon McLaughlin

If we made that offer, we would probably have to agree to pay part of Drinkwater's insane £120K PW wages. Both players value together is around £60m, then add in £10m is wage support for Drinkwater. That puts our total payout at around £90m for Zaha. He is not worth that much. Not even close IMHO. That's far more than Bailey would even cost. The only wingers in the world worth £90m (or much more as well) would be (no order) Hazard, and then (if you you count them as wingers, Messi and CR7) and then Mbappe, Neymar, Dembele, Sané, Salah, Asensio, Bale (soon not due to age) and Insigne (maybe, as he is 28 in June so only 2 seasons under 30 if signed next summer). Might, might, be able to make a case for Sterling, Bernardo Silva (I super rate him, he is an unreal talent) and Thomas Lemar. Thats it. Bailey, Vinícius Júnior, Bernardeschi, and Chiesa maybe be someday soon there, not quite yet (years away for Vinícius Júnior, as he is only a couple months onward from being 17yo).

Best under 21yo Italian MF, looks to be a regista type. Great buy if we can pull it off. Only under 25yo Italian MF's I rate above him atm are (and Tonali has potential to be better than all of them, and any of these below are already Chelsea level players, or close in Pellegrini and Mondragora's cases) Bryan Cristante of Atalanta (on loan at Roma, for a fee of €5 million with a compulsory purchase option for an additional €15 million and a further €10 million in performance-related bonuses, an absolute STEAL) (love him, perfect Kovacic replacement, if we lose him back to Real, although I would prefer a move for Frenkie de Jong) Roberto Gagliardini of Inter Nicolò Barella of Cagliari Lorenzo Pellegrini of Roma and another one I really wish we would take a look at...... Rolando Mandragora (yet another Genoa find), a 21yo whom Juve just sold for €20 million to Udinese, PLUS he is already a favorite of mine AFTER THIS LOLOLOL >>> Italy midfielder Ronaldo Mandragora banned for insulting Virgin Mary https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/football/article/italy-midfielder-ronaldo-mandragora-banned-for-insulting-virgin-mary/276937 Rome: Italian international Rolando Mandragora has been banned for one Serie A game after making "blasphemous remarks" during his team Udinese's 1-0 win over Sampdoria at the weekend. The 21-year-old midfielder was caught on television shouting an insult to the Virgin Mary, while also referring to God as a dog. The 21-year-old's "blasphemous expressions" went unnoticed by officials during the match, leading to a review by the Lega Serie A. The Italian FA said Mandragora was "clearly seen ... to make blasphemous remarks, visibly identifiable from reading his lips without any margin for reasonable doubt." They acknowledged the Italian international was "cursing without addressing any of those present". In Italy, blasphemy is considered among the worst forms of swearing and the former Juventus midfielder will miss next Sunday's Serie A game against Fiorentina, the Lega Serie A confirmed.

Superb football talk, just brilliant at every level, he is, without a doubt, a genius. We SOOOOOOOOO need to fucking back this man with players who fit his system.

3 nil Netherlands, Germany looked an absolute shambles, could have easily been 6 nil. If they get get thrashed by France in 3 days, I think Joachim Löw will get the iron boot (the sack), the press and tens of millions are braying for his head after the WC, and they (Die Mannschaft) are actually worse now. The Netherlands look to be headed back to glory so far, long way to Euro 2020 and WC 2022 though. They certainly have a great crop of young players though.

Denzel Dumfries, the PSV RB, has been a monster on his international debut. Insane crosses and athleticism. Big lad too, 1.89cm. De Ligt and de Jong have been great too. Dumfries is really one to watch. If he continues to progress, If he does, add him to Junior Firpo for us and we would have probably the most athletic fullback combo in Europe (both are only 22 too). They both are terrors on the attack at times, and I have seen little to criticise on either's defence.

Netherlands vs Germany HD Stream DATE: October 13, 2018 TIME: 18:45 UTC VENUE: Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam , Netherlands http://ripple.is/football/3525-netherlands-vs-germany Lots of what SHOULD be targets or prospects for us Matthijs de Ligt Denzel Dumfries Frenkie De Jong Steven Bergwijn Donny van de Beek Timo Werner Jonas Hector Julian Draxler Niklas Süle Jonathan Tah Julian Brandt Thilo Kehrer NO. NAME 1 Jasper Cillessen 4 Virgil van Dijk 3 Matthijs de Ligt 5 Daley Blind 2 Denzel Dumfries 7 Frenkie De Jong 8 Georginio Wijnaldum 6 Marten de Roon 10 Memphis Depay 11 Ryan Babel 9 Steven Bergwijn SUBSTITUTES 16 Kevin Strootman 19 Luuk de Jong 13 Jeroen Zoet 23 Marco Bizot 14 Stefan de Vrij 20 Quincy Promes 15 Nathan Aké 21 Tonny Vilhena 12 Hans Hateboer 17 Donny van de Beek 22 Arnaut Groeneveld GER 4-3-3 1 Neuer 3 Hector 5 Hummels 17 Boateng 4 Ginter 8 Kroos 18 Kimmich 11 Can 9 Werner 23 Uth 13 Müller NO. NAME 1 Manuel Neuer 5 Mats Hummels 17 Jérôme Boateng 3 Jonas Hector 4 Matthias Ginter 18 Joshua Kimmich 8 Toni Kroos 11 Emre Can 23 Mark Uth 9 Timo Werner 13 Thomas Müller SUBSTITUTES 21 Sebastian Rudy 22 Marc-André ter Stegen 14 Nico Schulz 12 Bernd Leno 7 Julian Draxler 6 Serge Gnabry 15 Niklas Süle 20 Jonathan Tah 10 Julian Brandt 19 Leroy Sané 2 Thilo Kehrer

FFS, if Manure flop LUKE SHAW is now our level of ambition,we are so fucked.

He should be forced to sit directly next to Marina, with Drinkwater in the seat on her other side. £140m or so (far more than we will end up getting for Hazard if he doesn't renew and we sell him this coming summer) TOTALLY wasted on those 2 donkeys, counting fees, salaries and insurance.

LOL, they literally will be saying, 'We paid £4.5m to loan him, and it's worth whats left to get him the fuck away from the rest of our team!' Another Marina special!!!

Croatia v England HD streams http://www.vipleague.bz/croatia-vs-england-streaming-link-1 https://neosportek8.blogspot.com/p/football.html https://neosportek8.blogspot.com/p/football-3.html NO.NAME 1Dominik Livakovic 21Domagoj Vida 6Dejan Lovren 22Josip Pivaric 16Tin Jedvaj 10Luka Modric 7Ivan Rakitic 8Mateo Kovacic 18Ante Rebic 4Ivan Perisic 9Andrej Kramaric SUBSTITUTES 19Milan Badelj 17Ivan Santini 13Marko Livaja 3Antonio Milic 12Simon Sluga 5Matej Mitrovic 20Marko Pjaca 15Mario Pasalic 14Filip Bradaric 11Marko Rog 2Karlo Bartolec 4-3-3 1Pickford 3Chilwell 6Maguire 5Stones 2Walker 7Barkley 4Dier 8Henderson 11Rashford 9Kane 10Sterling NO.NAME 1Jordan Pickford 6Harry Maguire 5John Stones 3Ben Chilwell 2Kyle Walker 4Eric Dier 7Ross Barkley 8Jordan Henderson 6' 9Harry Kane 11Marcus Rashford 10Raheem Sterling SUBSTITUTES 16Joe Gomez 12Kieran Trippier 15Lewis Dunk 18Nathaniel Chalobah 13Jack Butland 21Marcus Bettinelli 20James Maddison 17Harry Winks 14Trent Alexander-Arnold 19Mason Mount 22Jadon Sancho

Yes, and supposedly Napoli, Juve and Bayern are now the favourites to buy him in January and loan him back to Genoa until the summer. At this point I have have almost no faith in our board to get a decent striker (or much else). Jorginho was a real bit of luck, as he is a pure DH DMF, and very few clubs play a system where he can fit in. Shitty (but Pep offered no guarantees to playing time, whereas Sarri did) Barca (who have Busquets) Dortmund (who have Shitty target Julian Weigl) and Loserpool (who had already signed Fabinho) being the obvious. Plus, Sarri said, no Jorginho, no Sarri, and Ancelotti doesnt use a DH DMF, so it worked. Kepa was (although I super rated him) a forced buy after they fucked up the handling of Courtois. They had £90m offer for Oblak turned down as well. I dont trust them for shit atm to go out and grab a great striker, they either will not pay or will somehow get outbid/out-talked. Piątek is surely worth taking a £35m punt on. Thats HALF what the POS Drinkwater costs us between fees, wages, insurance.

Further confirmation of Kepa's great talent. Also another stat display showing more of the ludicrously overrated Pickford's shortcomings. We dodged a massive bullet not signing him.

Football aside, who the fuck would chose to live in scouserland or mancville over Madrid?? Lololol Bit prejudiced here, but if no London in England, no Vesper in England. Same for Stockholm with Sweden. Spain, France, Italy, Germany have multiple cities we would live in. Tell Loserpool to give us Mané, Firmino, Robertson, and Joe Gomez and they can have Hazard. They can have Alonso if they toss in Alexander-Arnold. Tell Shitty to cough up Sané, Bernardo Silva and Gabriel Jesus and Eden is theirs. They can even have Willian if they toss in Mendy, lolol.

PSG's Kylian Mbappe further eclipses Neymar with Time magazine cover http://kwese.espn.com/football/blog/the-toe-poke/65/post/3666618/zamora-novelty-anatomical-kit-maintains-spanish-lower-league-tradition

Courtois move to Real Madrid has been anything but a 'dream' so far http://www.goal.com/en-in/news/courtois-move-to-real-madrid-has-been-anything-but-a-dream/myah9wam5aax10uk066anqq0i The Belgian was expected to be an instant star at the Bernabeu but he has struggled for regular game time and top form since his move from Chelsea It seemed like the usual banality, but Thibaut Courtois was on the money when he said he wouldn’t instantly become No.1 as he was presented as a new Real Madrid player. Yet from the outside there didn’t look to be much doubt about the Belgian’s status after he arrived from Chelsea for £35 million (€40m) in August as Madrid’s main summer investment. Arriving after an impressive World Cup campaign with Belgium that saw him keep three clean sheets as his country finished third, Courtois was supposed to succeed Keylor Navas. Real Madrid had tried unsuccessfully for three years to replace the Costa Rican goalkeeper, coming closest with a swap move for Manchester United’s David de Gea which broke down on transfer deadline day in September 2015. Courtois did not join Madrid to sit on the bench, but his start to life at the Santiago Bernabeu has seen more downs than ups. After a mistake against Alaves that cost Madrid a point last Saturday, he has faced criticism. snip

Man City & Barcelona battle for Ajax pair De Jong & De Ligt https://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/man-city-barcelona-battle-for-ajax-pair-de-jong-de-ligt/1fqf0tae7ai8o1hsp2anp2xper Both clubs have been working to sign the Netherlands internationals and in recent weeks each has believed that the other has the upper hand Barcelona and Manchester City have gone head-to-head in the race to sign Ajax prospect Frenkie De Jong, Goal understands. The two clubs each believe that the other has an advantage when it comes to landing the 21-year-old, who is being chased by Europe's biggest sides. And the situation is further complicated by a mutual interest in Ajax centre-back Matthijs De Ligt. Barca spent the summer trying to open negotiations with Ajax for De Jong, withGoal having revealed that former technical secretary Robert Fernandez spoke with Ajax director of football Marc Overmars on numerous occasions , but the €30 million (£26.2m/$34.8m) fee on offer was well below the Dutch club's valuation. De Jong has spoken of his desire to play with Lionel Messi at Camp Nou on several occasions, and sources at Manchester City had been of the belief that the Primera Division champions were in pole position. But senior Barca sources now believe that it is City who have the upper hand thanks to a recent push by sporting director Txiki Begiristain, who has travelled to Amsterdam for talks on several occasions. Barca are resigned to the fact that they would not be able to match City's financial muscle, although Manchester United's Paul Pogba does feature as an alternative midfield option. Paris Saint-Germain's Adrien Rabiot, whose contract is up next summer, is also under consideration. There is a feeling within the Catalan club that City could even try to buy De Jong in January and loan him back to Ajax until the end of the season. De Jong, for his part, insists he has no plans to leave the Amsterdam club : "For the moment I'm staying at Ajax, at least another year and maybe two or three more, I'm really enjoying it here," he told Elf Voetbal on Thursday. Yet that public stance is not enough to put off his suitors. City are chasing midfield reinforcements after missing out on top target Jorginho to Chelsea in the summer, and the Premier League champions are also drawing up their plans for next summer's window. A January move has not been ruled out; last season they moved to bring in a centre-back and a forward to aid their push for honours. The versatile De Jong, who can play in several positions in defence and in midfield, is regarded as a special talent by virtually every leading European club and City do not want to miss their opportunity to sign him. Ajax are hoping to take advantage of the situation to recoup as large a transfer fee as possible. City have also been working on a deal for Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves , although the Midlands club have indicated that they will fight hard to keep the 21-year-old Portugal international, or at least hold out for as close to £100 million as possible. It remains to be seen whether City are ready to buy just one midfielder - an effective replacement for Jorginho - or two. Lyon's Tanguy Ndombele is another player that City have been watching closely for several months. snip further confirmation of my previous Shitty post Meanwhile we just sit on our hands and watch Eden's long goodbye (and will lose over £100m in valuation when he does leave in the summer, or even more if he leaves on a free in a little over a year and a half), offer contract extensions to ageing 30-somethings Luiz and Willian that will take them to 34/35 years of age, will probably lose Kovacic back to RM, are now supposedly once again chasing yet another Italian CB (Romagnoli) that will more than likely end in a giant stall/price gouge and partial window-wrecking, time-wasting failure as has almost every Serie A negotiation over the last 4 years, are also apparently going to offer an extension to an already too slow LB, Alonso, that will also take him well into his 30's, are failing to unload almost ANY of our large pile of deadwood, and, finally, are playing our young players so sparingly all but Ampadu may end up bailing out, CHO possibly on a free.

he certainly can score at youth level, 47 games, 33 goals the last 2 and a quarter years

Chelsea star Ethan Ampadu hobbles off for Wales against Spain in frustrating injury blow for teenager https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7474765/ethan-ampadu-injury-wales-spain-chelsea/ CHELSEA and Wales starlet Ethan Ampadu hobbled off in his country's friendly with Spain. The 18-year-old came off after falling awkwardly in a challenge and was replaced by Andy King after 50 minutes. Ampadu has been in fine form for the Welsh this season, especially in their 4-1 win over Ireland. But he has found game-time hard to come by at Chelsea as Maurizio Sarri continues to overhaul their midfield with new boys Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic breathing fresh energy into the middle of the park. Ryan Giggs has one eye on Tuesday's clash with Ireland in Dublin, where Wales can keep alive their hopes of Nations League promotion and put the Irish in danger of relegation to League C. Ampadu was class against the Irish in Cardiff and bossed the middle of the park before being substituted. Snip

Alcácer has 2 more goals tonight for the Spanish national team, he really is on fire. I am not, btw, saying at all we should target him, just admiring his play this year.

Michu knocked us out of the 2013 league cup at the Bridge. Yes, he quickly tailed off, and was a bust overall, but he was 4 or 5 years older than Piątek when he came to the league, and his one good season was basically a fluke. He also played at AMF quite a bit and was never a classic striker. Other than pipe dreams like Dybala and Icardi, the options for a truly class under 30yo striker who is actually available really fall off quickly. Piątek at the moment (emphasis on atm) seems the best option. Belotti seems to be a one season wonder atm, and Werner will be insanely expensive for a player who is still not truly an established WC striker (that may change this year, but if he further explodes, his price soars well above £100m). Maybe we (so risky we get stuck with another Morata) roll the dice on Maximiliano Gómez of Celta de Vigo or Giovanni Simeone of (eeek) Fiorentina. If we don't get Icardi, Dybala, or Piątek, perhaps the best route is to go stop-gap with the 31yo (32yo in February) Cavani from PSG. I think he has 2, maybe, maybe 3 good seasons left in his tank after this one, as he takes super care of his body, like CR7.

We have to be looking into him HARD. Barca and Bayern now want him badly too. Along with probably all other big teams. 14 goals in 8 and a half games so far for club and country.