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4 LBSs on paper but widely suspected that at least 2 of Tierney, Kiwior & Tavares will all be available and leave. If not all 3. Particularly given Tierney and Tavares both spent time out on loan last season. Also huge links with Italian teams for Kiwior who was repeatedly in and out the Arsenal team too.

Not expecting a lot. £30m not the worst price in the world these days though for a HG player but don’t see him as an upgrade. Lets see how he does but I can’t see him radically transforming our team. Which is what any midfield signing should of been. Also assuming he starts, I am guessing that means we will see Enzo as a 6 (similarly to how Winks played for Leicester) with Caicedo and KDH on the right and left hand sides of a 3. If thats the case, Fernandez needs to improve his positional play off the ball A LOT.

I’m not so sure. Look at how the squad is geared up and how they absolutely believe in a huge % of the signings they’ve made are champions league players/a champions league squad. Going by that logic regarding players looking mediocre and struggling, you’d hope that other players like Mudryk also be under the same spotlight. No doubt, Robert Sanchez will fall into that category also. Putting trust in this hierarchy is a dangerous game. And ok Sanchez wasn’t quite as comfortable or confident playing out under de Zebri whose teams typically entice other teams to press them but he played a lot under Potter who also had him playing out. That would of been part of the criteria when the club identified him.

I don’t see the Anthony Gordon move as a particularly good one for us or Liverpool. Actually very surprised. Don’t get me wrong he isn’t a bad player per say, done well last season for Newcastle but he is just not the calibre I’d expect either us or Liverpool to want. Particularly the level he is as a technical player. But I suppose we did sign Mudryk who may as well be Stevie Wonder trying to navigate around an ice rink by himself, so who knows?

And Colwill did the same at Brighton and people were losing their mind also. Its an endless cycle. And the exact same situation barring the player in question isn’t on our books. Calafiori does look a potentially brilliant CB in the making, seen enough Bologna games whilst keeping an eye on how Lewis Ferguson was getting on there. If we could shift Badiashile, I think it would be a very clever move. Very mobile, comfortable on the ball, reads the game well. Juventus have appointed Thiago Motta who managed him at Bologna and apparently, he has already said yes to personal terms over a move there so I would say his future will be decided quickly either way, particularly with Italy out of the Euros now. I know there is questions over how Juventus approached Motta and the relationships a bit patchy but if they have the money and the player wants to make that move specifically, then it’ll happen.

De Ligt available for £42.5m apparently. Should be all over that.

Good business to get £37.5m, honestly didn’t expect us to get that.

De Ligt and Ugarte are hardly flops though. De Ligt was excellent at Ajax and Juventus but has mainly struggled with fitness at Bayern. Ugarte was popular here when we were linked also but just hasn’t worked out at Paris. This happens though, just like with Enzo and Moises here so far, hasn’t particularly worked out but doesn’t mean we’ve given up on them. Does that make them bad players? No. Would take both in a heartbeat if the deals were favourable. Ugarte was a big opportunity last summer and was disappointed we didn’t get him particularly. Way your making them out as if they are second rate players, they are far far from it.

He’d be better than KDH thats for sure. This is a sign that the ownership and football crowd are just here to turn a profit without being competitive. He isn’t an upgrade on anyone we have in midfield though so it really is a pointless move. Even Gallagher, who splits fan opinions. I mean can someone explain why we are signing him? Or at least give a footballing reason bar the fact he worked with the manager last season? I mean for a supposed elite level club this cannot be the only criteria or reason. If him and Tosin are the standard of players we are going after now for improvements to the first 11 then Maresca is doomed from the beginning. And thats without considering that his appointment still leaves a lot more questions than answers. We need 4 top established players in key positions to strengthen this team, GK, CB, LW, CF. Not squad players. These sporting directors have literally got no idea. At all. Plus after the wank fest around signing the likes of Casadei, Santos, Lavia, Ugochuwku as well… plus Carney who looks like he can contribute. KDH seems an absolute waste of money based on numbers in midfield positions alone. Not dame players but still lot of bodies on the books. Clear some of these guys out first be it loans/sales and prioritise the other positions 👍

Tend to remember him looking very ordinary in the PL with Leicester though. Being decisive in the final third in the championship isn’t much of a barometer. Last season was his careers highest goal return with 12 after scoring 2 & 3 goals in the 2 previous seasons whilst a PL player. Doesn’t bode well. There is no huge upward trend in his returns before that or even a pattern to indicate that last season, in a lower standard. Would take Gallagher all day long. Probably a PSR/FFP move - a stupid one at that - but nothing surprises me anymore.

Only signing we’ve made/will make this window that actually is exciting. Hopefully he is ready to go when he joins up.

Another signing that is the complete opposite of what we need. These co-sporting clowns love a young player. May turn good, may not. Definitely not a number 1 CF though. Probably Jacksons understudy. And he is somebody who should be an understudy.

No but all it was talked about, particularly with Nkunku. Before he arrived everyone had him shoehorned into their first 11s playing him as a CF…. Suppose doesn’t mean much but if this Guiu isn’t an actual CF and is another flexible attacking player who doesn’t particularly excel in one set position, who cares if he could play CF? Be another needless signing in that case. And KDH? Are people really seeing this as a good move? Fuck sake. He is much much much lower level than Gallagher. In all honesty, similar sort of signing to Steve Sidwell back in the day to me, pointless. But again people will get excited because he had a good season in the Championship, aged 26. We are in for an absolute horrendous season if this is the calibre of players we are going after. Cannot wait.

Who we getting in return? Milner? 🤣

Same was said of Havertz and then also Nkunku. Why don’t we just sign an actual CF who is proven at a respectable level? Just kill 2 birds with 1 stones. We already have Jackson as a younger player who needs to learn, no point having 2. These idiots running football recruitment will never learn. Now we are also after Dewsbury-Hall and likely to get it done. This window is fucked already. Another average player who wouldn’t start at a top top team to go along with Tosin Adarabioyo. Why are we signing squad players when we need quality for the first 11? Fucking joke.

Not a pure centre forward? Wtf is he then 🤣? If he is another multifunctional attacker who isn’t an actual striker or have a proper position, whats the point? Might as well go back to Sterling upfront like under Tuchel or go with Nkunku etc. Swear people are creaming themselves over every potential signing we make but have seem to forgotten most of the signings these 2 idiot sporting directors have made have flattered to deceive. Or because some ex Barca coach, who is 90% going to be bias towards a Barca academy player, says he presses like an animal. Things like fighting for every ball and presses aren’t rare skills, its basics of modern day football. Just another signing that is the complete opposite of what we actually need: a ready made striker who will elevate our side from day 1. We will never learn.

This window is already a bust. Isak, David, Murillo from Forrest now 🤣

Great all skills which are absolutely useless in the real game but enough to get Chelsea twitter pages thinking he will be the man we desperately need haha. My concern is, if he was an absolute gem he’d definitely have been involved more with Xavi at Barcelona in the same way Balde, Fermin Lopez, Yamal & Cubarsi had been over his tenure. Thats one thing he got right, his trust in young players and I think this lad got 7 appearances. I know they have Lewandowski & the lad from Brazil but I think Xavi showed if your good enough your old enough on several occasions with those players.

Cheaper yes, lower wage yes but at least a quarter of the player if not worse.

Don’t get why they wasted 2 summers trying to convince him. Just shows how arrogant and stupid the sporting directors are. If a player says no and signs a new deal at Palace ahead of coming here, why even go back? Would take the figures around his salary with a pinch of salt. 90% of the time these are vastly inflated. Next it will be our board didn’t want to pay him an obscene salary so thats why he turned us down.

Solanke? Really? Has scored double figures once in his career as a premier league player no thanks. Fucking embarrassing selection of targets by these co sporting arseholes. Just sack them already.

He has surprised me how often he has played but I don’t think his performances were quite as good as the treble winning season. Stones injuries probably played a bit in him playing as often the season just passed but he has definitely done better than I’d expect. Probably would of had a nightmare here regardless though just the rule of thumb. Will get another good look at him today in the Euro game v Scotland where we will probably make him look like prime Maldini too 😂

No not me. I am tattoo free 🤣

Think he’s going straight into their squad, like Vini and Rodrygo did when they moved and joined Madrid at 18. Different league, more technical and less physical. Maybe thats the plan with Paez too. Oscar signing was similar back in the day straight from Brazil to England but again, different types of players and different ages also. I think Strasbourg could be a useful loan for him if he is needing a season or two to adjust to the difference in South American and European football, given what I’ve seen he look’s very lightweight. Unless he is that good he has to be included from the off.

Are you saying La Liga is as physical as the Prem? It is not. Also Endrick’s physique is different compared to Paez. Completely. Just look at images of two of them. Endrick will be able to handle himself very well in Europe, Paez looks very lightweight still hence why perhaps a spell in France may help him adapt better when he does eventually get here.