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Honeslty I dont see how it would be a stupid decision he would likely be a squad player here. Ziyech (think he should play centrally but FL likes Mason a lot so wouldnt be surprised if he plays RW) and Pulisic when fit will likely start ahead of him in the wings. Callum is in and around the team and well okay if Willian goes and Pedro who looks to be off already, we will need another winger but I think we will go for a better player than Boga if thats the case. Plus I am pretty sure we lost the chance to use the buyback? Or they were trying to negotiate with us to have it replaced for a sell on clause or whatever?

Partly but I do think that the financial side of it cannot be easily ignored either, as I would reckon its more the issue than playing time or another CF coming in. He wants to match Callums wages and for someone who has 13 PL goals in basically his debut season of playing regularly for the club, he has every right considering how the club bowed to a player who played maybe 10 or 15 games and got the 120k that goes to 180k with add ons and almost gave him the number 10 shirt after that was apparently askes for included in negotiations. I mean this wont be the first time we see player X wants to earn closer/same as CHO in the next few years I reckon. We panicked because of Bayern Munichs interest and caved and for me the jury is still out as to whether this season he has done anything of note bar a few wee spells in a couple of games and the Newcastle one. Personally think he did more under Sarri.

Curious to see how he does here. Hopefully plays through the middle and not shunted wide.... Werner and Ziyech though, two very good signings if you ask me.

Tbf he wasnt just 'good' under Conte. I felt before his drop in form he was probably playing better than a lot of CBs in the PL at the time and definitely better than a lot of the CBs of a similar age in Europe bar de Ligt and a few others. He has potential still but I am not sure if he will ever reach those levels of performances again. I have a feeling that the system helped him as well as it did Luiz the previous year but thats a different matter you still have to perform.

Bayern want him and Sane. So I reckon hes probably gonna be a Bayern player. Even with covid Bayern are a massive club and will probably be able to do the deal plus Leverkusen and City wont keep players who dont want to be there.

Dont get why we keep loaning with these fees. I severely doubt any reasonable top level club would pay 10.5m for Moses but we put it in the deal. Just fucking stupid he cost like 13m 7 years ago, just sell him at a loss for fuck sake. I mean if he keeps coming back alongside many others who arent at the level required and we keep this cycle of changing managers as we have done histroically under Roman, who review the players every time, whos the real losers here? Whos to say someone wont take a shining to him again. Just unload. Good god.

If he is done for rape, he should 100% be sacked. Really cant see how it would be a debate. Might ruffle a few feathers here but really do think if anyone disagrees they should take their head out of their arse. He will be lucky to avoid jail time yet alone not get sacked if this is true and he has done what they are reporting. If it turns out this is a money grab plot by the lassie though she should be ashamed of herself. These things do happen too it is scary what folk will do for attention. Regardless he will face some sort of disciplinary to say the least for even having a meet up during lockdown. Also people saying about Ronaldo and rape, jesus christ cmon, he was accused twice and cleared twice. I think the first one came out and said she lied and the second one he had basically given them access to everything they needed to determine if he did it or not and the allegations were dropped. Until all the details are out there and the case is build or ripped apart depending on whether its true or not they cannot be compared.

Surely not true? Why would Barca sign De Sciglio? He is so bang average. I would say hes much worse than Nelson Semedo too although he hasnt done well at Barca either. Madness. Plus they own Emerson who is at Betis and also another young guy who theyve loaned to Nice on top of Sergi Roberto. Seems ridiculous theyd take a RB.

Seen a stat poking fun at him. Arrests 1, PL goals 1. Fuck knows what happened or what he was thinking tbf inviting someone over to his home in this lockdown period in the first place. Or is England different to Scotland? I know there were rumors about them lifting certain restrictions for things but surely going over someones house to get a shag wasnt one 😂 There is a reason why people think footballers are thick, maybe its because they are? I mean thats Callum, Mason, Grealish and Kyle Walker that have all been in the paper since lockdown for breaching it or some sort of stupid thing (although Masons is hardly in the same ballpark as those 3 but was daft anyway). Be interesting to see what the clubs stance is and what other details emerge next few days.

Agree completely. Also Filipe Luis was never given a chance, which is a shame because he was the best all round LB in Europe the season before for Atletico. Looked such a typical Mourinho signing for me, even more so coming from Atletico, okay not the biggest physically but again not exactly a soft player and had real quality in both ends of the pitch. Ivanovic being played every week didnt help.

Must admit I am still surprised Sarri didnt use him as a CB. He looked very good in pre season, comfortable in playing out but Luiz and Rudiger were always gonna be his preferred pairing I felt. Again keeping Zouma was a surprise for me, I felt that Frank would of sold him and used Ethan but maybe he will next season. Or will find him another loan.

If the season ends he is undoubtedly our player of the year for me. Not even a debate. Everyone was so sceptical of signing him but he has been the standout player for us this season and his consistency is something else. Even more so compared to the flashes we would see last year followed by weeks of poor performances, which is even more frightening when you look at his performances this season.

We need to lower our asking price. Whos gonna be daft enough to pay 42m euros for him? PSG linked with Partley and Ndidi, both superior players to Baka, who okay they may cost slightly more but would be well worth it in terms of value for money. Specially Partley who has a 50m euros clause and really is a top midfielder.

Would agree with everything bar the dressing room poison. Bar that childish incident with Conte he has never had any incidents of it here or throughout his whole career and even when Barca came in for him he didnt kick up a fuss or miss training etc, he continued to train and play. These dressing room rumors are almost as daft as when fans were showing up to the bridge with signs saying Cesc, Costa and Hazard were rats that season Jose got sacked. If he was really a volatile character in the dressing room do you really think he would of lasted this long? I doubt theres any in that mould that has been in our squad in the last 10 seasons yet alone recently.

It is frightening but at the same time I think the way he can recieve the ball under pressure, carry it and his ability to create a yard or two of space is severely underappreicated. His end product and decisiveness in the final third isnt consistent enough though, which for an attacking player of his age where we have seen glimpses of what he can do, kind of highlights everything that is wrong with him going to a Real or Barca, I really cannot see it.

Vertonghen would I think. Especially playing out as well. His age does go against him though. Have the feeling Kurwaza will get picked up by a smaller club as bigger clubs will not be sure of him due to his recent seasons with PSG but he will suprise a lot of people, still a half decent player in there I feel, maybe not top top level though. Ben Foster is a good back up GK to have as well and Mertens adds experience to the frontline but isnt going to be a long term number 1 I dont feel. While they might bring experience I agree they wont necessarily improve us or if they do, they wont help attempt to close the gap.

We have very little chance of getting him if any at all as theres some sort of gentlemans agreement place with Inter that if they are open to selling/the player is open to going that they get first refusal, as well as the fact multiple sources have said that he has already agreed personal terms more or less. Barca want him and have a collection of players Inter like that they could offer such as Rakitic, Semedo and Umtiti to sweeten the deal. They also wanted Arthur but that was a no go apparently. I am 90% sure he will be a Barcelona player just like I am 90% sure Werner will be a Liverpool player. We need to wait and see but Martinez, Werner, even Sancho I imagine we will not be their first choices not by a longshot.

No manager of that style will last at Real Madrid. Guys who will be demanding or not be yes men, Zidane just strokes the players egos and he isnt very confrontational with their board amd president either I would imagine. Just look at Capello, he lasted 1 season each of his spells at Madrid. Its not just the players, its the board as well.

Its not as if Werner will be on the bench, would be daft to assume Werner would want to go there and sit on the bench. Firmino will drop in off the frontman and play as a 10 which is where he played in Germany and also has with the NT. It just means Klopp will have to sacrifice one of Wjinaldum, Henderson or Fabinho from his line up, most likely Wjinaldum whos had rumors around his future anyway.

They will lose money because of empty stadiums. The amount of merchandise etc too that will be sold on match days too theyll lose that because nobody will be going to games. Lets not forget for weeks they havent been playing, the tv havent been showing games so the clubs will have suffered. Also they've been paying players in full, as well as on reduced pay as well as maintaining the jobs of their other staff and it is quite plain and simple as not every PL club is owned by a Sheikh or a Russian multi billionaire so their will still be a lot who will stand to lose still without match day revenue, merchandise, even things such as stadium tours and whatever else they do etc to boost their incomes. Why do you think there is talk of only 3 PL clubs being able to go and spend in the transfer market this summer if it opens?

Great talent but one we would need to maybe give a season to get to grips with top end PL games. Technically he is excellent, has good mobility, likes to link the play and having seen him grow over his time at Celtic. He is starting to become more and more confident and ruthless as well that evolution is clear to see, he is Celtic's big game man. He would very much need to grow into the PL which is why I have said he would maybe have a season of inconsistencies but I do rate him as a more complete player and someone with much more potential than Tammy Abraham for sure. Moussa Dembele is 12 or 18 months ahead of Edoaurd in his developement but natural goalscorers are natural goalscorers.

Still think in the 2 seasons hes been at the club hes been good. He has had a bad period where he made mistakes/looked poor but Cech had that, Courtois had that.. Kepa wont be the last Chelsea GK to make mistakes. Also at other clubs Lloris had it, De Gea has had it, Ederson has had it.... Alisson if he hasnt will have a spell eventually. GKs make mistakes too.

The only 'key' to our Sancho pursuit is depositing the fucking money in Dortmunds bank. I really really doubt Callum or Tammy being his mate will be a deciding factor, hes played with England at various age groups and the seniors so he will be mates with half of the countrys English PL players ffs around his age and the ones in the NT. Who writes this stuff and believes it?

Nowhere near it. Even more so when you consider Liverpool will 90% sign Werner meaning they have him and Firmino then City have Aguero and Jesus. We need at least one CF of that ilk or standard if we are to try close the gap. Id only have Mertens if Giroud left as an option.

Think for the last year its been obvious he would only go to one of two places: Liverpool or Bayern. Sky Sports late as usual. Mertens primary position isnt right wing. Since Sarri was at Napoli he played as a forward and even Carlo played him upfront. Not sure about Gattuso but looking on whoscored most of his apperances this season have been as a forward as well. If Mertens is coming here it is as a forward because in terms of being creative, he is hardly an improvement on Willian or Pedro. He is a goalscorer.