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Luiz is a joke.

GK too, although i guess we just roll with Courtois for one last year. Hope he is motivated.

I am going to just get behind him and hope he comes good. Its about all I have left in me. He seems like a nice guy, and I know it must be tough to be facing so much potential hate. He is apparently our number one striker, so I support him. I fucking hate our board, I do not hate our players with one exception. I dislike that many are on the team, but we have to roll with what we have. and , btw FUCK COURTOIS!!

Agree to a point on most all, but I would not describe Zouma or Koulibaly as lanky. If they trained like US footballers, they would easily weigh in at 100kgs ofrso. Thats is easily a safety size, and if they really bulked up, a small linebacker. It is crazy how much muscle the NFL packs on those players from what they were in uni football. Rudiger, yes, he is lanky. I probably should have said van Dijk instead of him, but alas, VVD is not on our team.

Holy fuck would I love to have a circa 2004 or 2005 Samuel Eto'o. He would go for 30-40 goals in all comps via Sarriball, especially if we sorted RW and AMF.

John Terry responds to reports he's advised Chelsea to move for Spurs target Jack Grealish https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/grealish-spurs-chelsea-transfer-latest-14986717 John Terry has stated that he has not advised former club Chelsea to make a move for Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish. Following talk of a summer switch to Spurs, reports over the past few days have suggested that the Blues will make a late move in the final week of the transfer window to sign the midfielder. Having only signed Jorginho and Rob Green so far this summer, the FA Cup holders are expected to bring in some new additions ahead of Thursday's transfer deadline. Although Ruben Loftus-Cheek has returned from his loan spell at Crystal Palace, as well as Ross Barkley's return to full fitness, midfield could be an area that Maurizio Sarri looks to strengthen. snip

Normally I would scream KOULIBALY or even Faouzi Ghoulam or Elseid Hysaj but at this point, with no Marital coming in Dries Mertens would be nice (and yes I know it will never happen and he is 31 so no multiyear contract) the fuckers also have THE keeper I wanted to get to replace Courtois (now it is Thomas Strakosha, who is hard to pull) Alex Meret, I think he is going to be a great one, and is only 21

The wages are crazy, but if he turns his head straight he could justify. I know it is apples and oranges but I see absolute shit US basketball and American footballers making double that. Palace is a smaller club though. Time will tell.

Man U want 75 to 85m, yes, he is after all a natural striker and only still 22 with crazy talent who has been misused by shit schemes

My 6 days to go last major list of all remotely available CMF/AMF's who would be upgrades/good adds, and especially if RLC is loaned out. Remember that all the other big leagues can still add players after our window shuts, and it will be less cost as no EPL teams to blow up prices. Matias Vecino is not on here, nor are others who have already moved AMF Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Lazio Isco Real Madrid (pipe dream without a Hazard sale) Julian Draxler PSG no clue why no approach made for him, he has stated he wants to play in the EPL Thiago Bayern (pipe dream) Real and Barca are fighting over him, I only see him leaving for one of thsoe (maybemaybe PSG) He has said he doesnt want to play in EPL Miralem Pjanic Juventus (pipe dream, only way he leaves is if Juve somehow pull off Pogba transfer, which means also that Man U would have to get SMS or they would never left Pogba go. I actually thought that MIGHT have happened, it would have been in all 3 clubs interest,as we would have a true shot Pjanic, and SMS is better suited for the Mancs (than Pogba, NOT us, SMS would be a MONSTER here), and Pogba for Juve, absolutely for sure) Nabil Fekir LPool still may go in late, as I think they are now convinced his knee is oki, I have no true feel on this Lucas Paquetá Flamengo super flash 20yo brasilian potential star Kai Havertz Bayer Leverkusen superb young 19yo, I so rate him Rafinha Barca Carlos Soler Valencia another young potential star,21,hasall the tools Pablo Fornals Villarreal Bruno Fernandes Sporting Lison (he may rejoin them after renouncing contract) Talisca (January buy as that is when Chinese loan is up, Benfica had FFP issues, and took huge cash from Guangzhou Evergrande the best Chinese club over last 5 years, (winning league 7 years in row from 2010 to 2017) to fix it CMF Tanguy Ndombélé Lyon (no clue why we have not went HARD after him, he is perfect addition and can play all over the MF, from pure DMF all the way up to AMF) Amadou Haidara RB Salzburg, another great young (turned 20 earlier thsi year), hugely talented all rounder who would a great addition (and at a good price) he was the Driver of RB Salzburg's big Europa League run along with his teammate, RB's Diadie Samassékou (DMF who would also be amazing signg) he is by far best player in Austria Mateo Kovacic Real Madrid (I so so wish Real would give him up, I would put him right up there with Haidara and Ndombélé if they would) Corentin Tolisso Bayern (pipe-dream, the board is not ambitious enough to pay what Bayern would want) Youri Tielemans Monaco Houssem Aouar Lyon superb young 20yo Roberto Gagliardini Inter Milan (far better than Vecino) Manu Trigueros Villarreal (poor man's Fabregas, great passer) Lorenzo Pellegrini Roma Nicolò Barella Cagliari Dennis Praet Sampdoria Leandro Paredes Zenit (can play DMF too, great passer) Bonus List (only even remotely available ones, and I am shocked Shitty has not made a move on some of these) DMF Diadie Samassékou RB Salzburg (I mentioned him above) He is arguably the best player in Austrian Bundesliga (along with his teammate above Amadou Haidara) I rate him so so so high, he will explode in value, we are crazy to not snap him up as backup for Kante (and eventually replacement maybe, as he is only 22) Denis Zakaria Borussia Mönchengladbach superb 21yo Swiss, beast, insane that Shitty haven't made a move Thomas Partey Atletico Madrid (pipe dream, would take a MONSTER bid to pull him, probably £65 to £75 to turn AM's head) André Zambo Anguissa Marseille big fast strong 22yo, huge upside Rúben Neves 20yo, Wolves key player, would take massive bid Jean-Philippe Gbamin Mainz 22yo, big, strong, fast, Mainz turned down a £30m bid from Arsenal Leander Dendoncker Anderlecht shocked he is still there , he can also play CB, 23yo Julian Weigl Borrusia Dortmund still only 22yo, had a bit of a regression, was on track to be next German superstar DMF Steven Nzonzi Sevilla Danilo Pereira Porto (is currently recovering from achilles injury or would surely have been bought by Shitty or PSG) Wilfred Ndidi Leicester (poor man's younger Kante) Lucas Tousart Lyon Mikel Merino Real Sociedad Marcos Llorente Real Madrid 23yo, we made apporach last year, RM said no Ellyes Skhiri Montpelier 23yo Tunisian who went to WC for them (he turned down France) Wilmar Barrios Boca Juniors many big teams chasing him Sander Berge KRC Genk 20yo tall 1.93cm potential Matic type Manuel Locatelli AC Milan 20yp with a tonne of potential

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Willian plus £10 to 20M gives you Martial, not Martial plus cash for Willian, Martial is valued higher and is 22yo versus Willian 30yo (on August 9)

Its basically over Inter got gazumped Arturo Vidal passes Barcelona medical ahead of £27m transfer from Bayern Munich https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arturo-vidal-passes-barcelona-medical-ahead-of-27m-transfer-from-bayern-munich-a3902991.html

He's out on loan for another 12 months He is still not fully recovered from that bad knee injury he suffered 18 months ago in the African Cup of Nations playing for Ghana. Even now he says he is only 70%. "Aktuell bin ich bei 70 Prozent" https://www.ligainsider.de/abdul-rahman-baba_2185/aktuell-bin-ich-bei-70-prozent-250174/ Same type of injury that fucked up Zouma. If not for that injury I think he would be fighting for a starting position with cement boits Alonso and the also still recovering Emerson (I would say he is at 90 to 95%). Baba's was really bad, maybe worse than Zouma's even, and look how that fucked him up. No Zouma injury I really think we woukd never be talking about Rugani or Caldara. Maybe still would have chased Koulibaly. Can you imagine a back three last year of a healthy Zouma, KK, and Rudiger! The opposing teams forward players would be so intimidated, lolol. Thats 3 US football safety or even outside linebacker size men. Zouma was a beast before he got injured. Still mayyyyybe might be. Knees on footballers are so hard to predict outcome if injured. Look at Falcao. Took him 2 and a half years to finally get right. He missed out on peak of his career. When he was here he was still fucked up. True shame as he is a total badass when healthy and a super nice guy in real life (we ran into him at Coya in Mayfair in late summer of 2015). Right after he left us he scored 30 goals and helped to take Monaco to CL semis. He is only 10 goals away from 300 for club and country and that is with a big chunk of games missed due to injury. No doubt he would have hit 400 if he hadn't gotten hurt. That's a pretty insane number. Takes 20 seasons of 20 goals to hit it, to put it into perspective.

All is correct except almost zero chance Bailey goes for under £65m. He is exactly 9 years younger than Willian (both born on day window shuts) and is Bayer Leverkusen's best player already, unless you are a Julian Brandt fan. He is also their only real player who can play RW well.

If Meyer gets his head right, they have a potential real star on their hands. He has staggering talent, but had a bad mob around him in Germany who filled his head with pure tosh. Roy speaks 5 languages fluently, with German being one, so that will help a lot. Meyer is a lightyear beyond Drinkwater, skill-wise. I really doubt they drop £30m for a semi-donkey when they just got a potential thoroughbred for free. One more example of how shit our board is atm. I doubt we even get the Brasilian dwarf on that other free either. He really wants to live in Milan, so that also looks like it is time to say a gente se vê e boa noite to Bernard.

Fucking scouser scum, from that cuntish mayor on down. I hope Colin Mafham buries that rag with his tribunal hearing. Sanctimonious twats the lot of 'em. Outrageous Mafham was sacked over that column.

Crystal Palace’s acquisition of Max Meyer on a free could be the steal of the summer https://tbrfootball.com/crystal-palace-max-meyer/ On Thursday, Crystal Palace announced the signing of highly-rated Schalke midfielder Max Meyer on a free transfer. The acquisition of the 22-year-old on a three-year deal could be the steal of the summer, as Palace are acquiring the services of one of the brightest young midfielders in the world in a superb bargain. The fact that Meyer chose the Eagles over reported interest from Arsenal, Liverpool, and Marseille reveals the tremendous piece of business done by the club. Snip

Is Male PMS A Real Thing? Because Holy Fuck, I Think My Husband Has It https://www.scarymommy.com/do-men-get-pms/ LOLOLOLOL Not that I have to deal with that! LOLOL BUT, me and my wifey do synch up a shit tonne in cycles, soooooo not a good time when we are both under the monthly cosh at same time

probably rot but if not, here we maybe go Man Utd transfer news: Anthony Martial to Chelsea backed but Willian question remains MANCHESTER UNITED would let Anthony Martial leave in a swap deal for Chelsea ace Willian this summer. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/720772/Man-Utd-transfer-news-Anthony-Martial-Chelsea-update-Willian-Jose-Mourinho-Gossip That’s the opinion of ESPN pundit Shaka Hislop. <<<< he has a so so record, ESPN is pretty shaky overall, but he is usually the most right after Marcotti But the former West Ham goalkeeper is not convinced Willian wants to make the move to Old Trafford. That’s because Antonio Conte has been replaced by Maurizio Sarri at Stamford Bridge. Martial is looking for an exit from Manchester United after falling behind Alexis Sanchez and Marcus Rashford in the pecking order. “It makes a whole lot of sense,” Hislop said of a potential swap. “Martial wants out quite clearly. “No question if Antonio Conte had stayed, I’m not sure how Willian stays on. “Have things changed with Willian with Sarri coming in? “Has that dynamic changed? You’d have to assume yes, right now. So Martial out yes, I’m not sure whether the other piece of the puzzle fits.” Willian has seemed to indicate he is happy at Chelsea for now though. “No, I’m back to England. I’m very happy at Chelsea,” he told Globo Esporte when questioned on his future. snip Anthony Martial and Jose Mourinho relationship reaches breaking point as wantaway Frenchman tweets after criticism https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/2158001/anthony-martial-and-jose-mourinho-relationship-reaches-breaking-point Martial hits back at Mourinho after failing to return to pre-season training https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2001290388/martial-hits-back-at-mourinho-after-failing-to-return-to-pre-season-training Spat with Anthony Martial shows José Mourinho needs to buy a waistcoat https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/aug/02/jose-mourinho-spat-anthony-martial-gareth-southgate-england Tottenham Fans React on Twitter to Anthony Martial's Social Media Message Amid Growing Speculation https://www.90min.com/posts/6133588-tottenham-fans-react-on-twitter-to-anthony-martial-s-social-media-message-amid-growing-speculation

I break this down Dortmund want £80m for Pulisic, they might take £75m he is a yank and is huge for marketing to the states We will not get £60m for Morata £55m max I do think that Willian and only £10 million should be enough, $20m certainly,but Mancs will never do it you have them PAYING US! Marial is rated by them at $80-5m Willian at £65m Martial is 22 Willian is 30 (on the 9th) I think we can do it for Willian plus £10m finally we already had 115m euros (£102m) PLUS Musonda turned down instantly by Lazio that is 22m quid more than you just suggested we offer they want 150m euros (£134m) for SMS they MIGHT take 140m euros (£125m) but Musonda is worth shit, £8-10m max, as he positively flopped at Celtic and they (Lazio) were offended (saw it live on Italian telly with my wife translating) lets tally that all up in quid I split difference £15m net cost on Morata Pulasic £10m net cost on Martial swap and lets say Lazio DO accept Musonda, we still need to cough up £115m CASH (and that is with them dropping price 10m euros) thats £140 MILLION net spend (and I was generous all round, giving us max value and assuming £10m price DROPS on each of all 3 targets

THIS is deffo Dutch!! even though sung in English

He is Dutch like you, I know where did I type it on ? I am dyslexic, btw so make many typos if he was Swedish it would probably end in on not en although Cillesson is not a real name, I looks strange even Danish often ends in en, so does Norwegian Larsson usually Swedish Larssen or Larsen usually Danish or Norwegian Ericsson usually Swedish Eriksen Danish or Norse Andreas Christensen well, you get the point

Yes, it was (of course) LB that fucked us, Azpi had to play wrong side because Baba sucked. Ivanovic had to take his place. That was a cocked up team