The Skipper

£29m? Wow.

Why is PSV a joke for him? He's getting CL football and plays for the best team in the league.

£8m and Moses is quite a bit but definitely worth it for an outstanding second choice in Begovic. I'd be very happy with this.

Jose on Petr.

He's had a poor tournament so far. After a poor season, It's not over analysing at all. I have the same opinion of Falcao as I did this time last year.

You and I both know De Gea was expensive because he was young. I do agree though that we should've asked more from Arsenal. The only thing I'm hoping for is that we get some sort of deal sorted with AoC. I know it's slim but it'd definitely make more sense.

RVP is a striker, Cech is a GK. GKs are never expensive.

John Terry?

What I meant is linked with.

Out of all midfield reinforcements (to replace Mikel) we seem to be targeting, my preference would definitely be Song > Witsel > Dembele. I wouldn't mind either 3 though.

Even better. That's usually when Willian is truly at his best.

Did he play on the left wing? If so, not a coincidence that his performance was much better.

He proved the spark for England, really bossed the midfield with energy and tidiness when he came on. More like this please Rubén.

You have to be very naive if you don't think Jose has any sort of input in transfers at all. Mourinho isn't really known for making absolutely amazing signings either...

Thought he was overpriced and I knew he wouldn't be as effective in the PL. Falcao is quite limited as a striker IMO. My main prerogative however was that Cavani was available at the same time as well and I thought he'd be a much better fit here. Still think this is the case tbh.

Very excited by this. Keep us updated WHS.

Are people just criticising him for his performances for Colombia? This isn't similar to the Costa criticism at all IMO. Me, for example, I never wanted Falcao at CFC even when he was at his peak.

A motivated Dembele would be very good next to Matic IMO.

/closethread

Can't agree with this either Tomo. Remy should've been our clear number 2 choice from the get go but instead Mourinho gave Didier a lot more minutes. Mourinho has his favourites/preferences even if the better thing to do is to play another player.

They are not our biggest title rivals. City and United will pose a bigger threat.

I don't like this argument because Remy and Costa was not tried thoroughly enough at all. How many minutes did they actually have playing together?

You bring up a lot of very valid points that I agree with entirely but honestly, like DYC said, I wouldn't be surprised if Mou is doing this as a favour for Jorge Mendes - and maybe in return Jorge will sort us out with one of his top clients in the near future. One can only hope that's the case.

It's not that much of a bargain when you consider his age and the amount of time he's got left on his contract.

We're not going to find someone on the level of Remy as our 3rd choice striker. Even as a 2nd choice striker, it'll be hard to find someone who truly gives you as much value for your money as Remy does. To me it's increasingly looking like he's doing his old buddy Jorge Mendes a favour.