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He is far pacier than a couple people were saying when they called him slow and lumbering he is tall with long legs, but does not have an very overly bulky body type like some of the big boys do The only CB 1.88cm (6-2) or taller and who is younger than Badiashile and is even valued (atm) at over €20m (ie £17.7m) is Nathan Collins at Wolves (€22m ie £19.5m) and he is not an option I would choose at all as of now. For CBs of any height, the only ones younger than Badi who are even valued at £20m or above atm are Gvardiol and Jurrien Timber (£39.8m) (the only 2 CBs valued above Badi who are younger than he is), plus Piero Hincapié (£22.1m), and Gonçalo Inácio (£20.4m). All but Timber are left-footed. In this list right below you see the same names I have been talking about over and over in the past (most of these are no longer available) Ronald Araújo (gutted we could not pull him) Milan Skriniar (so hope we at least make a huge effort) Alessandro Bastoni (will never leave if Skriniar does, and even if Sriniar renews, Bastoni will be insanely hard to prise away from Italy) Bremer Antonio Rüdiger (talking about him in terms of stupidly letting him go) Aymeric Laporte (too old now to pay what Citeh will demand, and seems to have lost pace after his last major injury, although he was never a speed merchant) Nico Schlotterbeck Evan Ndicka Here are the top 25 (in terms of valuations) 'tall' (6-2 and up, ie 188cm and up) centre backs (so a very large sample) of any age Badiashile is in the top 10, tied with Bremer, Rudiger, Varane, and Gabriel at 8th, and if you go 6-3 and up (1.91cm and above) he is 4th, he is trailing only Saliba, Pau Torres (no, pass, he IS far slower than Badi), and VVD

and if we can pull Youssoufa Moukoko Simakan (CB and RB) renewed so is off the table, fuck

He was first called up for the Argie senior national team 14 months ago, on 3 November 2021. Did not play though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Fernández On 24 July 2019, Fernández was selected by the Argentina U18s manager Esteban Solari to represent his nation at the 2019 COTIF Tournament in Spain. On 3 November 2021, he was called up by Argentina national team manager Lionel Scaloni for two 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Brazil and Uruguay. He made his senior team debut on 24 September 2022, by coming on as a 64th-minute substitute for Leandro Paredes in a 3–0 win against Honduras.

Report: Kouadio Kone Has Been Recommended To Chelsea Chelsea have been recommended Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Kouadio Kone. https://www.si.com/soccer/Chelsea/transfer-news/report-kouadio-kone-has-been-recommended-to-Chelsea Chelsea have a goal of signing two midfielders in the coming windows. One of those midfielders will be expected to be a massive investment, like Declan Rice. The other will likely cost a bit less. There are a number of midfielders on the list for Chelsea. Romeo Lavia is a name that keeps popping up with Chelsea certainly interested in his signature. Kouadio Kone is a player that has been recommended to the club in recent weeks. According to Simon Phillips, new technical director of Chelsea Christopher Vivell has been recommended the signing of Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Kouadio Kone. It is not the first time a Premier League club has been linked to Kone. Manchester United had small interest in the midfielder in the summer transfer window, but never made a move. Kone is 21-years old and is also referred to as Manu Kone. He can play central midfield and defensive midfield. The French midfielder signed for Monchengladbach from Toulouse in January 2021 for €9million, and has went from strength to strength for the German side since.

Barcelona tipped to miss out on N’Golo Kante after positive contract talks with Chelsea The midfielder has been linked with a move https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2022/12/30/23531371/barcelona-tipped-to-miss-out-on-ngolo-kante-after-positive-contract-talks-with-Chelsea N’Golo Kante has been linked with Barcelona recently but is now being tipped to sign a new contract at Chelsea. The Frenchman is out of contract at the end of the season which has prompted speculation he could be on the move. Barca’s financial situation means they are being linked with a host of free agents, including Kante, but it seems now that the midfielder could continue at Stamford Bridge after all. David Ornstein at The Athletic is reporting that Chelsea have made “positive progress” on talks over a new deal for Kante and there is “increasing confidence” he will stay. The deal is not quite done yet with an agreement over the length of Kante’s new contract still yet to be reached. Chelsea have suggested two years but Kante wants a longer deal. Barcelona signed Andreas Christensen and Marcos Alonso on free transfers from Chelsea last summer and had been tipped to return to west London in 2023 for Kante.

It is high time to put Marca in the 100% BULLSHIT source category I called bullshit then (their claim Enzo's release clause was €90m), and have been 100% proven correct

yes! I think Citeh may be trying to fuck up our deal NUFC and Wolves have wanted him too I came across him for the first time last year when we were (this was under Roman) saying we were going big for straight from South America players Benfica set to sign Enzo Fernandez replacement as he edges towards Chelsea move https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/29/Chelsea-transfer-news-benfica-set-to-sign-enzo-fernandez-replacement-18011811/ snip It has now emerged that Benfica are on the verge of signing a replacement for Fernandez, with the club engaged in talks over a move for Maximo Perrone. Perrone, another Argentine, who is thought to be a similar style of player to Fernandez, turns 20 in January and plays for Velez Sarsfield in Argentina. Manchester City and Newcastle United have been previously interested in signing Perrone and he has also been linked with Wolves. snip Newcastle and Wolves ‘have already approached’ club over player – ‘Have their sights on’ potential star https://sportwitness.co.uk/newcastle-wolves-already-approached-club-player-sights-potential-star/

speaking of Vélez Sarsfield Thiago Almada becomes the first active MLS player to win the FIFA World Cup https://www.atlutd.com/news/thiago-almada-becomes-the-first-active-mls-player-to-win-the-fifa-world-cup

he was on my list of best 19yo players Jude Bellingham Jamal Musiala Florian Wirtz Benjamin Sesko Giorgio Scalvini Elye Wahi Rayan Cherki Xavi Simons António Silva Arsen Zakharyan Alejandro Balde Malo Gusto Máximo Perrone Zeno Debast Rasmus Höjlund Maurits Kjaergaard Fabio Miretti Marcos Leonardo Lucas Gourna-Douath Joe Scally Marquinhos Kayky Wilfried Gnonto Arnau Martínez Ricardo Pepi Devyne Rensch Kacper Kozlowski Milos Kerkez Samuel Edozie Matheus Martins Ilaix Moriba Bjorn Meijer Martin Baturina Luca Netz Jhon Durán Felix Afena-Gyan Isaak Touré Hugo Novoa Ahmetcan Kaplan

wtf, just saw this

Brazil 4-1 Italy | Extended Highlights | 1970 FIFA World Cup Final

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmw0NoRJEUm/

these do not count add-ons, as the Eden transfer was FAR higher, we ended up getting around €150m or so (£137m) The only major add-on he missed was for winning the Ballon d'Or, which of course, he never came close to there Coutinho was higher too than listed the only 2 in the top 15 that panned out for the amount paid was Mbappe and then CR7 to Real Madrid

fair enough

Serie A is not a farmers league, EOS I have seen every league but the EPL called a farmers league, including Serie A, the Bundesliga, La Liga, and Ligue 1 pure arrogance and Anglo-chauvinism

I was not the one who said 'he has completely wasted his career'

tell that to Mbappe, Neymar, Messi, Marquinhos, Donnarumma, Hakimi, Nuno Mendes, etc

I simply disagree he has entirely wasted his career.

all he lacks is a CL (and the SC and FWCC that you get shots at if you win the CL), has decent shots at it for this and next season at least (they have to beat Bayern in the next round, so if they do that, that is one giant barrier down this season) and, of course the World Cup (but did win the Euros in 2020 with Italy) He lives in one of the greatest cities on the planet, gets paid €20m plus a year (was €17m under his old contract), dated supermodels (and married one, Jessica Aidi), was Knighted with the the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and has 30 topflight trophies, and gets to play with Messi, Mbappe, and Neymar all on the same team, all that before he turned 30yo last month If I was a footballer can I have a 'completely wasted career' like that? LOLOL

around £50m with add-ons

OFFICIAL | PSG ANNOUNCE MARCO VERRATTI CONTRACT EXTENSION https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2022/official-psg-announce-marco-verratti-contract-extension/

Atletico Madrid want him badly.