BlueLyon

Lol Spinazzola is already juve player, why would they need to talk with his agent?

I dont like how almost all players we sell end up with rivals; Kdb in City, Mata in United, Salah in Pool. I dont think Salah ever was that great and didnt regret we sell him, but if he ends up as one of best pool players just like Kdb is in city, we screwed again big time.

Im surprised no one posted it here yet, but Moratta said Dani Alves is leaving. The contract will be terminated, so he will go on free. Didnt say where, but I guess its between us and City. I hope its us, but I think he will rejoin with Pep.

If we go by those comments from Marotta, Chelsea made good offer, juve doesnt want to sell, but Sandro wants to leave. I actualy think this deal is completed or will be soon, but it wont be official until we start Nike deal and juve gets replacement in mean time.

Not sure why so many have negative opinions on nike. Its not like adidas doesnt make atrocious kits. They often throw all kind of details, like those lions on current kit. I prefer having simple, clean shirt, one colour and badge. If those kits are real, we will have very nice shirt for next season. Very classy. Meanwhile take a look at home Bayern or Real kits for next season, very poor combinations. Some will say at least they are different from this season, but its still better to have similar simple kit every year than weird colours like neon blue on real kit or bayern home kit which looks very weird with those vertical stripes and sleeves. Problem with adidas is, they cant make clean shirt because they always throw those three stripes. I realy liked this season kits without stripes on sleeves, but seems they are going back to norm for next season. I loved our umbro kits, nike is the closest we can get in design.

70m for fullback is ridiculous amount of cash, but fuck it, he is brilliant player. If we can afford that money plus ~100m for Lukaku, 40m for Baka, not to mention there might be more, I think there are some exciting times for us. Even the likes of Verratti are not impossible, at least from financial perspective (not this summer obviously) .

No thank you. We have Baker who I think can be better.

Everytime I saw him, he played better. And I saw plenty of CL and europa league games of porto back then. Never understood what was all the fuss about Danilo tbh.

For me, dream summer would be Caballero, Morata (but it will be Lukaku), Bakayoko, Sandro and Veratti. Maybe get some cheap promising RB for backup. Verratti is unrealistic as it gets, but would love him here. -------------------Tibo-------------------- ----Azpi--Luiz--Cahill--Sandro---- ------Kante--Baka--Veratti-------- Pedro--Morata/Lukaku--Hazard I think Pedro is more than good for at least another season, and I think we can stick with Cahill, Luiz and Christensen until winter at least, see how Christensen does (and Ake, Zouma).

How did Baker and Nate play?

I remember alot of people saying we should get Sandro instead, at least those who saw him play. He was brilliant in porto, better than Danilo. Baba only had one good season for augsburg if i remember, there was alot of hype around him that Real wants him, I had zero clue who he is apart from reading rumours.

How reliable is guardian these days? They are saying we are stepping up for Sandro and Bakayoko.

I suggested him quite a while ago that he and Bertrand would be only two english players we could buy and would offer something good. Not as wingback, but as option for midfield or wings, covering two areas. And now he has proven as good wingback too, would be a very wise buy. But I dont think there is any chance of him coming.

I realy wonder what will happen to our defense this season. Cahill on paper is weak link, but still put in some very good performances in crucial games, he is our captain now and only english starter.

Water is wet

Clubs dont want to pay because of his character. He is a loose cannon. Quality wise, worse players have been sold for more. In today market, he is definately worth at least 40m. Pickford was sold for 30m ffs. But we will be forced to sell for less, because not many offers will come up due to his character and since Conte said he doesnt want him and Costa then said he played last game for chelsea, we must sell him for whatever someone offers.

Who reported first that chelsea was interested in Sandro; republica or Marotta in that interview? If Rebublica was first and it turned to be true, then they might be right about agreement too.

Yes but our board pre 2012 was much much better. Current barca board is piss, their fans absolutely hate it. Only reason they are still doing well is because of MSN and even that is slowly declining. Real board was also clueless for a long time. Ancelotti connected few dots, but Zidane made the full difference because he is one of rare people Perez listens to. Pep Barca was also influenced by Guardiola. What is key to success is board and manager working together. Manager cant just have free hands and order to buy whoever he wants, but the board cant give manager just about any player they decide either. Conclussion must come from both sides. At current rate, we will be winning here and there, but what we need is consistency. Stability. I think Conte can give it to us if he stays next 3 years I think. I would not oppose to board making decisions, but this board is far from perfect. Signing Eden, Azpi, Kante,...doesnt give the excuse for several "flops" we had with Falcao, Pato, Baba, Salah, Cuadrado, Djilobodji, Hector,...list goes on, not to mention number of players that we wanted and missed.

Yup. He can play on both sides, it will be interesting to see how he does in Monaco. They also have Traore on right and Jorge on left, so they are pretty much packed if Sidibe or Mendy leave. Question is if they can up their level.

Because in the middle, he has some backup, on sides he doesnt. He has been brilliant this season, but he is still not the most reliable CB per se. He is good technical, his attacking side was never a question. Its the defending. And for a ball playing CB, middle of back three is best spot. Obviously Terry is not best anymore, but when Luiz was moved to left side to give Terry spot in middle, he was much less comfortable than usualy.

If we have 30m for backup keeper, then our whole budget would have to be 500m lol. Board wont pay Tibo the wages he demands, we will sell him and buy Rico instead

haha yes my bad.

Shame...would be realy nice addition if he came here.

City wants him too...

Indeed. But Im sure they will still play alot if we go with wingbacks.