Pizy

That hashtag is SO corny! 😂 Hopefully he strikes up an immediete, telepathic relationship with Hazard like Costa did.

Christ. It'll be 2020 by the time the club announce this.

No midfielder for us, then. Let's hope Jorginho doesn't keel over and expire due to fatigue.

He was never gonna play against Spuds unless he arrived a few days ago and had a couple of training sessions. Just get him up to speed for the next PL match.

What if after all this fanfare and waiting.........he fails his medical and kills all three deals.

My God, I can't even imagine the hell fire that would decend upon Sarri if we lose at home to Spuds missing 3 of their 4 best attacking players.

Man, what is the hold up here? This feels like the longest I've ever seen between every reputable reporter saying "done deal" and it actually being announced.

Higuain up top, flanked by Hazard and either Pedro or CHO, Emerson for Alonso, and use Zappacosta more against teams that we know are going to sit deep. Do these things and I think we'll finish top 4.

True. But at least it's not like the summer where he'll have just been sitting on his ass for ages and need lots of time to settle. With luck he'll be able to slot straight in and hit the ground running. Knows the coach, knows the system, knows what is expected of his role.

We've been hearing tomorrow and "soon" for weeks now it seems like.

Think he's young enough and talented enough for someone to want him even if it doesn't work out at Atleti. Hell, maybe we'll get super lucky and a Chinese club will offer 80m for him.

Could've worked out here in a different system. One that uses two forwards. That's why I think he'll probably work out for Atleti since he won't have the pressure of being the lone striker who needs to score 25+. Lets hope he does so we can essentially get our money back in full.

Surely no chance they'll take up the option at that price? Have they ever payed so much for a player? I can't remember.

This is Spuds 3-0 all over again. A massive match where they start with huge intensity and we can't handle it at all. Fucking embarrassing.

Kickoff 5 and a half hours away and I'm already anxious and excited. What a huge match and turning point for our whole season! Imagine the feel good factor if we win this. Get one over on a most hated rival, effectively end their season while really solidifying our top 4 fight, and we'll have a new striker coming in shortly afterwards which should help us even more going forward. I hope our big players really step up today and lead us to victory.

We were never going to bring in a long term #9 in the winter window. Also, this is the first season that Piatek has burst on to the scene and has done so for a small club in a weak league. He could turn t to be a flash in the pan, one season wonder like so many have before. I doubt our club want to make another big mistake on a striker. Higuain has proven himself over the years and has worked with our manager before to great success. The club wanted what is hopefully a "sure thing" now as a stop gap. Then, once Morata and probably Giroud are moved out by summer we'll go after the long term solution which is hopefully Icardi.

Do they have any important players out for this? I really hope Sarri starts Giroud here. Not only because I think he'd be effective against their shite defense, but back at the Emirates he'll be hella up for it. Make their CB's who are always shaky have to work very hard physically.

After Sarri once again reiterated his point that we need a Fabregas replacement at his presser this morning. Looks like no midfielder this month. Step up Danny Drinkwater I guess.

Not completely. Both play deeper in midfield. Rabiot likes to get forward a bit more which we could do with actually.

That would align with what Matt Law said a few days ago then. That the club aren't even sure we need to sign a new midfielder despite Sarri saying we do numerous times. I mean, if Jorginho gets injured or gets worn down even more we're fucked. A new midfielder is nearly as important as a striker. If PSG are indeed after Paredes we should make a move for Rabiot who reportedly wants out there. I'd rather have him than Paredes anyways.

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Expect Mr Bug Eyes to come in from the wilderness and put in a 9/10 performance against us. Something dumb like that seems to always happen to us. A player who hasn't scored in months does so against us. A keeper who never keeps clean sheets turns into De Gea. A player out of form or out of the team comes in and is man of the match.

I'm not so sure. Been seeing reports from various places that we're demanding £40m for Batshuayi and he's failed here, at Dortmund, and Valencia. If he's valued that highly by the club I'd assume Morata is likewise.

Curious to see if this is a sale or loan. As shite as he's been here you know Marina is great at bleeding buying clubs for big prices even for unwanted players. Thing is, would Atelti really pay big money for someone they don't really even need? This will surely be a loan that will be treated like an audition for a permanent move.

He didn't want to spread his transferitis?