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Wouldn't read much into that. Many international managers often go for experience over youth. Portugal had Antonia Silva as 3rd/4th choice CB behind 41 year old Pepe. Maguire if fit would have started ahead of Guehi and gets in ahead of likes of Tomori. Weghorst is in front of the pecking order for Holland over Zirzkee who has been courted by big teams and recently signed by United, as well and Brobbey who has been linked with Arsenal. Cucu had a brilliant tournament, however Grimaldo who was sensational was behind him despite being the best LB/LWB in Europe last season. Duran has not starte dloads of games at club level, so not a surprise right now.

He wants to play in the UCL and stay in Europe ideally, however if PSG pull out as reported, and no other current teams in the UCL do not go for him, then I can see it. Napoli aren't fighting for him to stay as Conte wants Lukaku so they basically want to sell him and would love to sell him to the Saudis. So if he is being forced out and his choice is to stay at Napoli who aren't in Europe next season, he may well be tempted by the move. I think PSG will still go for him. This is a tactic to get him for cheaper, but if it falls through, my money would be on Saudis. Milinkovic-Savic is older than Osimhen, but bare in mind he left Lazio at 28 and when they qualified for the UCL which I am not sure if he has played in before to play football in Saudi.

The Saudis will jump in for Osimhen if true. He wants PSG but if PSG pull out, will be interesting to see if he leaves for Saudi if no other big team from Europe comes for him.

Ironic that he was banned for 'wumming' but he is now doing same thing 😄 Jokes aside, I thought Lucio was a good poster. Was it really necessary to ban him? I have had some agreements and disagreements with him, but all debate topics and seemed reasonable poster IMO.

Just seen who reacted to this post. Someone actually went out their way to make an account called 'Vesperstinks'. Wow. Bizarre but funny 😄

For Yoro it is a tough one though. He was only getting just under £350k per year which equivalates to less than £10k p/w. He obviously wants to go Real and yes he probably was pressurized by Lille into accepting it and could have waited for a season, however anything could happen in matter of a year and when you have someone willing to pay you that much, or you stall on your current wages at the current amount for a year, I understand why he made the move. One club showing more determination and willing to give you a massive, life changing amount now rather than wait. Life-changing for family too and long term security. Although unlikely, who is to say he doesn't suffer a Fofana type injury and it changes a club's decision making an offer on him. And although United, do not hold same prestige, they still are a big, big name who are offering him a slot into their first team immediately. That being said, I was surprised when he made the move to United, however then I saw the wages..

You are really coming across as an oblivious imbecile sometimes. Fernandez has openly sung a derogatory song which is racist and it is only right is teammates can call him out openly too, to show this is unacceptable. Seems like you more are in support of Enzo than the actual black players who have been hurt by this..

Surprised that not much teams have gone in for Toney yet. Thought there would be a rush to sign him. I am sure he will leave, but seems no team is being the first to jump. I am sure when one team does, a domino effect will come. May end up being a concrete option for a lot of teams. Us, Arsenal, Spurs, possibly Liverpool and even United.

Total difference. Partey has not been charged and yes, while there is a huge section of Arsenal fans who don't want him playing due to the allegations, he has not been charged/convicted of any crime. If he now was charged, Arsenal would terminate his contract with immediate affect. Enzo stupidly, has streamed this himself, which there is no hiding from. Do you know him personally? How can you judge. I am sure there is a lot of racism that goes on in Argentina. How can you judge. Yes, it is good to see he has apologised and I hope he does go deeper than this to amend his stupid actions, but it seems you are downplaying what has happened and don't see the seriousness of it. Not just to black people, but also transgenders as well.

Really like the training t-shirt. Will be buying once released.

But Sterling is over £300k p/w right? James is second highest paid player. That headline about him wanting to be highest earner is exaggerated.

He defo would not have asked to earn more than Sterling and James. I think he would have chosen Bayern even if we did increase our wages to what Bayern were offering. I said before that personally, I feel if he wants to achieve his ambitions and improve to a world class level, he most likely achieves that at Bayern. They need younger attackers, they are the biggest team in Germany and will fight for trophies every season. Kane will be licking his lips, getting on those crosses from Olise. Makes sense. Palace probably offered him a similar amount, as Zaha was on around £200,000 a week and you would say Olise has more importance to Palace than Zaha did when you take in age and general ability. But he wanted out and think football was his primary decision. He should excel over there. It makes sense.

Genuinely don't think that will play a part in his decision at all. They can communicate in so many ways these days and seeing each other, when you are living in England. Also Richard Olise, probably won't even be here in a few years time. He will make decision based on football possible financial too.

Don't buy it. They already have Romero and Van de Ven. Bought Dragusin in January who was wanted by Bayern and can't get in the team. He can play as cover for Udogie whilst injured but either way wouldn't make much sense.

Saka's twin or what? ...

Whatever happens, I hope we don't get rid of Madueke. Although he needs to improve on consistency, there was several games last season where you can see he will grow into a really good player and was a complete menace for opposition. He offers something different and should be kept in squad regardless of Olise's possible arrival.

United need him more and will pay him more. We have the London factor, but like how Palmer is our main man, Olise is practically the same if he goes United. If he comes us, will be very exciting to see but I am sure Olise has been targeting United for a while and while they are in a mess, if they sell their future project to them and pay him massive wages (like Sancho) I think he goes there.

I don't think Olise's first choice is us. I think he will go to a team where he sees himself being the out and out RW for years to come. United, the position is made for him. They desperately need a RW there. Although we could do with him, I would say United need him more and would pay him higher than we would as well. City, I think may be in for him too as their team is ageing sliglty and could do with another RW. Bayern have been linked and he would thrive out there, but is he ready to move to Germany right now, I am not sure. My money is he ends up at United. Let's see.

There was about £10,000 difference between wages offered. Arsenal did not offer half what we offered. Arsenal fans and pundit based Arsenal fans were bitter that he chose us so wanted to say that he went for money, when that was not the case.

The manager will implement a more possession based side, but ultimately we want to score goals and while Alvarez may be a goof fit for that, he just isn't the guy we need for our no.9, how I see it. We want a CF to score goals. I feel we need a target man kind of striker who is good in the air, can hold up the ball and score. Alvarez wiill not do that. Like I say for me, Alvarez is best suited when playing off a target man. That is because the club knows Ederson will go abroad. Either be another European league or Saudi. Would not make any sense for him to from City to us with all respect.

Well Haaland's goal record speaks for itself. Alvarez doesn't. Like I say. Alvarez, more times than not, was underwhelming up front when he played for City. I think he actually looked better linking up with Haaland rather than playing alone. Most of Alvarez goals last season were against relegation fodder. Haaland was rather poor in the big games last season, yes but he still easily ended up top scorer in league despite missing a few games too. Alvarez on other hand was outshone by likes of Foden when he played up front. He struggled up front on his own. I just don't think he is worth the reported fee at all.

Assists is good but if we are wanting him to be our main man, he isn't the answer imo. He had several games last season where he played up front and he was underwhelming in most of them. If people are clamouring for Alvarez as our main man ahead of Jackson, clearly did not watch him last season. I watched him a lot last season and he was really underwhelming based on the team he is playing for and considering he got several opportunities up front as Haaland had a few injured spells last season.

Totally disagree. I think he has been bang average this season. I know he is behind Haaland but the few games where he has played up front, he has not convinced at all. I think he would struggle in a lone striker formation for any team bar City. His first season at City he looked a lot better. This season, he has been underwhelming. He may be a better finisher than Jackson but I don't think he is ready to lead the line for us at all. If we are going to go for a CF, defo think we should look elsewhere.

It would be nice for us to actually give him a chance. He has excelled on loan and played a huge part in Ipswich getting promoted to PL. He is not as good as Olise (yet), however he has very similar qualities and a lethal shot on him. He was considered a real prospect at Arsenal. His talent is there. Yes, Olise is a top player but there also remains concerns about his injuries. Not an essential signing. If we want to target a player, should be more looking on the LW and maybe go for Eze. Will be a kick in the face for Hutchinson as well. He made a big decision leaving Arsenal to come to us. Hutchinson will get better and he genuinely looked quality at Ipswich towards second half of season.

He is right though. I take that as constructive criticism. Palmer definitely could of pulled the trigger in the second half but hesitated then shifted it to his left again then spurned the opportunity.