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Doesn't seem to be circulating around much by anyone reliable so I think we can call BS here.

Yep. Would likely be an inexpensive, single season rental basically. He'd be a great signing for City.

Damn.

That is indeed a fantastic looking team. None of those players would be that difficult to obtain either, with the exception of Sandro. Just a matter of paying the money since the likes of James, Alves, Lukaku, and Bakayoko have all more or less said they want to leave.

Probably talking about Pogba money for PSG to even consider selling him. Even then I'm not sure they would.

Like a drug fiend, people are desperate for signings. Shit, some guys from Chelsea Twitter would jizz themselves if we spent £50m on Ross Barkley they're so desperate.

Would be pretty ice cold of Conte to replace Alonso after his very solid season, admittedly. Can't have enough quality, though. Also feel that Moses was the fullback we more needed an upgrade on.

Don't get excited. Don't get excited. Don't get excited.

He's a moaning cunt. He'll throw his tantrum, they'll kiss his ass, and he'll stay right where he is.

Why would a massive club like Juve be willing to sell one of their best players? It makes no sense? We're a big club as well, but why would Sandro want to move clubs? Sounds way too implausible and too good to be true.

The James rumors sure died down quickly. Haven't heard anything since that single day the rumors started last week.

RLC is lazy as fuck. That's why he doesn't play regularly. He's not near Bakayoko's level yet. He needs to go on loan to a small PL club like Bournemouth or one of the newly promoted sides where he can play at a decent level every week.

Tbf, the club are hardly going to come out and say it's all true. You know what would calm things down? Announcing a player within the next week and extensions to the contracts of Hazard, Tibo, and Conte himself.

Think he wants both.

It's is kinda funny seeing other clubs doing a bunch of business already. A club like Everton spent over £50m today alone and are apparently close to another signing or two. City have made two first XI signings, Arsenal have made one, United have made one and are closing in on Morata. Only reason I'm not worried is that neither ourselves nor our closest rival last season in Spuds have signed anyone. That shows you that it's not panic time yet. If in a month from now we haven't I'll be shitting it.

If it's true, I wonder which scenario it is that's pissing him off. 1) That we aren't signing players in general 2) That we aren't signing them fast enough for his liking 3) That we won't give him his targets 4) He's seeing players he wanted go to other clubs Think I'm gonna go with a bit of #'s 2 and 3. Those are the most believable for our board.

Duncan Castles aka José Mourinho's official mouthpiece.

Nothing will come of this. Doubt we're after him at all. They're probably just trying to drum up a rich club to spend crazy money on him.

In my ideal scenario we need 2 Cesc type CM's whilst signing Bakayoko, keeping Matic, and obviously Kante. Signing a midfielder who can offer what Fabregas does should be priority number 1. If he were unavailable or out of form we have zero creativity in midfield and we'd be right back to getting dominated in midfield by the top sides like we did last season. I can't imagine, for instance, lining up against Bayern/Madird/Barca/Juve etc with a midfield 2 of Kante/Baka or Kante/Matic again. They'd all run rings around us and they'd have zero vision or ideas. Nevermind the likes of Spuds/City/United in the PL. I think we absolutely must play with 3 in the middle this season. No more 3-4-3 as the primary formation.

Should be kept as a squad option unless we sign two new central midfielders. We have tons of matches next season and he'll get plenty of game time even if he's not first choice. Seling him and replacing his spot with Bakayoko leaves us in the same spot we're in now. We need more options in the middle of the pitch.

Just the sort of profile we need in addition to Bakayoko. Really wanted him last summer when we were linked. Fabregas-like deep lying playmaking ability but much more athletic.

Only chance I would even consider sending him to a domestic rival is if we signed Bakayoko and another class midfielder like Verratti or Tolisso. That looks impossible now. Selling a player who started most of our games en route to a title to a direct rival would be madness unless we get the better of the deal. Giving Mourinho and United a player that would greatly improve them would be extremely foolish.

New Nike sponsorship that's one of the biggest ever in world football, loads and loads of cash received from recent player sales, £200m received from wining the league. And that's before you even add whatever Roman will pay out of pocket. We sort of do have a bottomless pit of cash on hand. We just appear (so far, and over the past couple of windows) unwilling to break the bank. Do we call that smart or intelligent or are we being left behind by other big clubs? We have to wait until this window is over to find out. The way we've been somewhat restrained and calculating in recent windows by not spending excessively, the funds should now be there to splash out in a huge way.

I thought Begovic was poor here and we looked pretty awful at the back most times he played. He was a great keeper before coming here but clearly needs to be playing every week to maintain that level. Dont think Caballero is much of a downgrade at all. About the same, I'd say.

Agree with those above saying good business. When City actually got their act together defensively he was easily better than Bravo. Would be a very decent backup.