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If we are pulling the trigger on both Sterling and Raphinha, that tells me that we are confident of off loading 2 of our attackers (Puli/Ziyech/Werner). Which also could be a sign that we are confident of getting De Ligt (hopefully) as 2 of those names are linked with that deal. We will see.

In my opinion £48M max + Werner for MDL is fair. Juve need to sell now or lose him for a lower fee or even free in the future. Also keep in mind that MDL wants Juve to lower his release clause first before they can start negotiating a new deal, the key is how low of a release clause is he asking for... If its lower than what we are offering then the smart thing to do is to sell him now.

All this Dembele will he or wont he is starting to put me off this deal a lot.. sometimes with players its not all about their skills and talent but also their mentality.. if he were to come here, he would possibly be the top earner here and i'm not really loving that idea.. Kante is an ideal image of a player that earns his status as top earner

Isnt Jorge Mendes also the agent for Joao Felix...

Ohh ok then, that makes sense.. thats even better.

Honestly if TT really wants Kounde, seeing all this Barca talk, we would make somekind of a move. Nothing so far...

Is it true De Ligts salary is at £200,000 p/w? If so then it shouldnt be that much of a problem, because I would think with the contract renewals for Reece and Mount that they would ask for a salary somewhere around Chilwell's?

Last i heard, Juve were interested in Jorgi?.. Honestly i find De Ligt the perfect mold of the type player we desperately need at CB. Can play in a 2 or 3, a leader at the back that can learn so much from Silva and take over from him when Silva moves on, also his mentality is something we want at the club. He would be big money for sure but I feel he is worth the risk.

It seems like Kounde is not top of TTs preferred choice as a CB, the way we are dealing with it atm gives me the vibe of us feeling the price tag is too high (we have not even started negotiating) and if he ends up else where then so be it.. seeing as we have an agreement in place with the player but not pulling the trigger just yet for the buy.. We could also be keeping an eye on the status of TTs preferred targets

For me, I'm leaning more towards Raphinha than Sterling, especially if they're both in the £40M-£50M range.. Raphinha would possibly be on lower wages and he has yet to win any major trophies in the PL which would add extra drive for him to succeed here whereas Sterling has won everything you can win in the PL.

Thank fuck. Priority number one was always going to be shipping Lukaku off, because the longer he stays, the more toxic the environment will become. Now we can focus on rebuilding the squad, also while dealing with the Alonso / Azpi situation along the way.

If we are really interested in De Ligt, we could test the waters with a Jorgi+cash for him..

The scouting team really needs to be re-evaluated.

If City are asking 60M for Sterling, I would rather we go for Rapinha. Possibly also would be on lower wages compared to Sterling if they were to come here.

Hopefully we can pull off the Skriniar, Lukaku deal.. the whole birds with one stone.

I havent really watched him before... How technically limited are we talking about here.. Lukaku, Werner, Bakayoko bad?

De Ligt would be a dream signing for me, just love his character.. and could potentially be the heart of our defence for many years.

Hopefully our loss on the Lukaku deal wont be too big.

We need to hurry on that Lukaku deal, Inter only willing to part with one big name player.

All I asked from Lukaku was professionalism, that was the bare minimum and he couldnt even do that sigh... Its a good thing he also wants out, take a pay cut and get out mate. Also does anyone if we paid his £100M in bulk or in installments?

Apparently this guy is hoping to force a move back to Inter.. what happened to his top 3 teams in the world.. Barca, Real and Bayern they didnt want you?... Maybe thats because you're not as good as you think! Comparing yourself to the likes of Benzema and CR7 cmon bro... I cannot stand this attitude of his.. coming back like he owned the place and is entitled to a starting spot.. honestly, i have never wanted a player out of the club as much as I want him out. And also we were stupid enough to pay the amount that we did to get him, best thing to do right now is take the loss and move on.. Thank you, rant over.

The positive thing about the Lukaku tranfer is that he himself is pushing for a move

Isco leaving on free... worth a shot?

Correct me if i'm wrong but did Eden just cover the cost for our FA and Carabao cup loss?

Has Lukaku been questioning too? Please be yes...