Pizy

Now THIS would be pure idiocy. Another tiny teenager when we’ve already got so many on our books in these attacking areas.

Yeah, Wharton is the kind of midfielder you replace Enzo with if he were ever sold. He’s a pure CM who controls the tempo of the game from deeper. For months now we’ve been told that we want a more advanced, attacking midfielder.

Yeah, I see the tweets on my feed. It’s just laughable to me. Not only does he not play the same position as Xavi or Fermín, but he’s someone who Palace would surely demand Baleba money for.

Lmao! Oh, come on. Amazing midfield talent but he’s a #8 who plays more centrally.

If it’s not Xavi and it’s not Fermín because he doesn’t want to leave Barca, I’m really scratching my head here. As I said last night, Rogers feels like he’d be out of the question this late in the window. So what other high quality #10 types are even available at this point? Who’s going to want to sell their key attacking player with no time to replace them?

The club briefing from MattLaw that “bridges have been mended” between Chelsea and Tottenham and that’s why we won’t hijack literally made me laugh out loud.

What’s bad is how long we’ve been after him. If we had jumped in this week and missed out on him then whatever. It’s the fact that this has been going on for weeks and weeks and led to nothing. We’ve been told by reporter after reporter that Nkunku leaving was THE key to “unlocking Xavi to Chelsea.” The very day Nkunku goes we see Xavi to Spuds. All I want to know is why we refused to bid after all this time. Someone needs to tell us.

Beaten by Spuds to a signing we’ve chased for nearly 2 months. 🤢

Rogers is a pretty different profile to Xavi & Fermín Lopez. Those two are super technical, tidy, Pep/Barca prototypes. Whereas Rogers is all about pace, power, and athleticism. I would’ve suggested we keep an eye on Paqueta as a more realistic fallback option but he’s far too old for our board.

Everyone in the replies to that tweet saying Rogers but the thought of Villa selling him with mere days left in the window seems far fetched. Unless Jackson goes the other way…

One last Hail Mary for Xavi tomorrow or nothing it’s looking like. Convincing Fermin to leave his beloved boyhood club was always going to be a massive uphill battle. Unless there’s some random, completely out of the blue Ornstein bomb in the final couple of days.

At least we should finally have complete clarity around Xavi tomorrow one way or another. He ain’t gonna wait around twiddling his thumbs in London all the way to the end of deadline day. If we don’t put in offer in within the next 24 hours he’s going to Spuds. At least we’ll have some finality.

Unless Villa or some big club completely out of the blue suddenly jump in it looks like Jackson’s options for a permanent move have dried up. We’ve priced him so high that everyone called our bluff. If it’s true that Jackson needs to go permanently in order for us to make any signing post Garnacho then I don’t see it at the moment. Him going out on loan may not be enough for us.

Ben Jacobs saying Barca want €60m whilst the Spanish sources saying Barca are adamant about keeping him and would only sell for €90m. Are Barca still in registration trouble? Can they really afford to turn down €60m?

Is he? Maresca seems to like highly technical players and we play against low blocks and buses quite often. Garnacho is not very effective in those matches. At his best for United he was a solid weapon as a counter attacking threat where he can use his pace and energy to run in behind teams. How often are we going to be pinned back and playing on the counter?

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ At least we didn’t pay £50m. If Garnacho flops whoever pushed for this signing should be sacked.

That’s surely Jackson to Bayern then.

Pretty murderous draw for us, ngl.

Working on a deal all summer, convincing the player to turn down lots of big clubs, agreeing personal terms and then losing out right at the end when your hated arch rival comes in and wraps up a deal within a day or two is absolutely a bottle job if this is what happens.

We’ve actually bottled it. To fucking SPUDS of all clubs. Had it been Arse or Bayern then fair play. Would’ve been annoying but those are 2 clubs which are on our level in terms of stature. But Tottenham?! Are you kidding me?

So it’s Xavi or nothing then. We ain’t paying close to that.

If Garnacho is our final signing I think we’re fighting with Newcastle and whoever else for 4th until the very last day again like last season. Without that last true difference maker in our attack which I think Xavi would be, we don’t have enough to push above 4th.

Understandable, but look at Liverpool currently. Their defense has looked comically poor so far this season but their attack can destroy anyone at any time. I’m mostly fine on going all in on the attack this window and addressing the GK and CB areas next window or next summer as needed.

Hard to understand. Especially with Palmer currently injured you’d think we’d want to aggressively push through Xavi who can slot in seamlessly into that position and hit the ground running. Instead, we’re prioritizing Garnacho who would surely be weeks away from being match ready even if he were signed today. He hasn’t played football in how long now? With no preseason?

Hasn’t been a peep about Fermín since the Ornstein tweet btw. If the Xavi deal was in jeopardy I’d expect to start seeing briefs that Fermín Lopez is the one we’ve wanted all along.