Strike

Solanke for 65m? If we'd done that deal, this place would be rioting

Lot of reports now that this is not done yet. Alvarez yet to agree personal terms with Atleti

I have read this same thing here since April

We will have to care about numbers. We can't motivate and keep 30 + players in the squad. City usually keep under 25 players and play the same core over and over. Same with the successful teams elsewhere - like Madrid.

Going by Ornstein tweet, it looks like a straight swap between Connor and Samu. €40m

Julian Alvarez to Atleti is getting closer. Samu Omorodion to Chelsea. Lukaku/Osimhen swap still in play.

That would be sensible.

True - Looks like a lot of work Frustrating that we spent all those years with Havertz who was a technically good forward and threw it away to sign a youngster in Jackson and now signing someone even younger in Samu.

Mbappe, Rudiger and Alaba to Madrid recently. Ran down their contracts, left for free. Don't think any of them had serious bad blood with the club.

He would get more money in signing-on fees by running down the contract. I don't blame him one bit if he wanted to do that. The board has not treated him right and he has played on for a year with great professionalism after being told to leave last summer. Was the best + most consistent midfielder last season too.

I think he's a really good CB who's not had a consistent run in his best position - LCB. His development is affected by playing LB so often

Except KDH added in central midfield, the owners have not addressed any of our issues in this window. Same conversation as April/May. Need CB, striker

Wage structure + PSR calculations. Can't spend high up-front

Because we can't afford a permanent deal. Osimhen becomes an option if he agrees to a loan late in the window -via Fabrizio

Palmer is not a mid. But reading Maresca views him as a central player.

Midfield options 2023 - Caicedo Enzo Gallagher Ugochukwu Casadei Midfield options 2024 - Caicedo Enzo Lavia KDH Carney (Palmer)

Would be happy to see this go through and get Lukaku out the door

Maresca telling this squad to specifically play a certain way, do a drilled attacking move will be 10x better than Poch just telling the attackers to make it up themselves. Some of the quotes from players about Poch’s coaching (heavy focus on running and very little on passing patterns) was worrying

We tried to sell him for a decent price but he didn’t move. Now we sell him this month or risk getting nothing. How are people believing we will get any more money for Connor? There is no market

How good is he? Hearing good things that he's tall, commanding and a good passer. But you hear good things about everyone these days - remembering all the good things said about Gabriel Slonina

Smith Rowe had 2 years left on his deal. Gallagher has 1. I can see Villa or Spurs matching Atletico's offer this week though. 35m pounds

Last year of contract and fees have dropped this summer - The market is not what it was in 2022 or 2023. Everyone is being mindful of PSR

I doubt Ornstein got the facts wrong. But it sure looks like they're back-pedalling from the loan news