Pizy

He hasn't even kicked a ball yet for us and you guys are moaning. Just remember who we currently have at RB. Moving Azpi over there alone would be a huge upgrade and if Alonso can become a consistently good (doesn't even need to be great) LB that can link up with Hazard and put in dangerous crosses our team is much better. Wait until he makes a handful of appearances before we start shitting on him.

Remember that he'll be surrounded by players about 5 levels above anyone he played with at Fiorentina. Will he look better with much better players around him? My guess is yes and that's why Conte wanted him. There's no way we would have gone for him unless Conte personally asked the club to sign him.

Wonder what excuses José will come up with if they still lose to City

Or one of our PL rivals more likely.

Both Kante & Pogba are the type of midfielders that Mourinho would design in a lab if he could create his ideal players. Holy shit, am I glad we got him and they didn't. They'd be utterly unstoppable.

What's he going to do, open up his personal YouTube account and share his thoughts on our signings? It's an international break. He's probably not even in England currently.

Other than Azpi, name a single other fullback in the PL who can deal with the likes of Hazard, Sanchez, Sterling, or Mane. These are world class wingers who will have their way with any fullback in today's game. Last season's best fullbacks were who, Rose, Bellarin, Walker, Fuchs? All bang average defensively and get shit on by the top players. Also, Lamela? Really? He's fucking trash. To mention him with those players? lol!

Same with every "top" CB. They all make errors but because David is so colorful, outgoing, and such a huge personality he's scrutinized and criticized more than anyone else. How many times did we see Kompany make stupid errors the last time he was fit for an extended period? So many. Ramos is hugely mistake prone. Thiago Silva is considered one of the two best CB's in the world but makes mistakes. Gab Marcotti wrote a piece for ESPN this morning about Luiz and summed him up perfectly - When he does well no one remembers. When he does poorly no one forgets. Hes a very good player the vast majority of the time and no one says anything. He has a single howler and its front page news.

I think any free kicks we earn around the Man United box will have David asking to take. He'd love to score against Mourinho in a Chelsea shirt. Imagine him scoring a late winner against them.

He'll be eager to prove to the English media that he's not as shit as so many of them think. The howlers he sometimes had will never be completely eliminated, but Conte can hopefully get through to him about cutting down on the risks.

Imagine if you had told us just 48 hours ago that we'd be re-signing David Luiz. Everyone would have laughed their heads off and said impossible. I'm still laughing.

He's gonna be such a huge pain in the ass to deal with.

Nope. We're done.

I really hope Sissko doesn't join Spuds. He'd be an annoyingly good signing for them and I think Poch could turn him into a beast consistently.

Thank you! We have Kante, Matic, Mikel, Cesc, Oscar, and Ruben that all play in the middle. No chance is David going to play in midfield.

He looks a little like a tall version a tall Juan Mata. Sounds just like him too.

I doubt it. We were probably only interested in him because he was relatively cheap.

Opposition fans on every forum I look at are basically saying "LOL, PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN. HES FUCKING SHIT!" As if we're signing some trash player from League One.

Don't think Conte is dumb enough to spend a huge amount on Luiz only to play him in midfield.

Would be pretty hilarious if our 2nd most expensive signing ever is a player we sold a couple of years ago.

So it looks like all the English media think it's on and all the French media say no chance. Doesnt look like it's happening.

Alonso, Luiz, and Sissoko would be an insane deadline day.

So then I guess that does make this even less likely, huh? Unless they've been eyeing another CB for a while and can push everything through in a single day there's no way they'll have a replacement in time.

People also have to remember that the high fee you keep seeing is in € not £. Makes it look like we're paying a shit load when you see 27m, but it's about £23m. In the age of mega fees that's really not so much if he quickly establishes himself in the team.

Do all of the European transfer windows shut at the same time? I could've sworn each league had their own individual periods since they all start at different times?