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Rüdiger is no Boateng or Hummels but I'd have him around the level if Höwedes which is why my feeling is that Jogi Löw will stick him at the right side of our back 3 in the world cup next year if he progresses as expected. In today's market 30m for such a player seem sabout right, even though surely no bargain. The money is not the problem. The question is rather if it strategically sensible to buy a CB who is no upgrade to any of our starters and when Zouma, Christensen and an unlikely wildcard from our loan army such as Miazga, Hector or Omeruo add more than enough deptha already.

not mention he will defo at least two offside goals against us if he joins another team. If those 13m spare us the pain in the ass he is when playing against us, I will drive him to SW6 myself.

Chicharito and Modeste. 40m and we would have a brand new strike force. Both 29 though so nothing for the future but still have 2-3 years at the top and would easily get the goals Diego gets us. Would suffice for the league albeit not the CL.

cos its too late. HIs future is already decide. Will either stay or go to City ( I am leaning towards the latter ) Also Arse hardly sell to us.

Is that true? Sturridge was not our youth product and left before his contract ran out in january 2013. Why should a tribunal then decide the fee?

At least we know with a defense of cahill, luiz and rüdiger it is not gonna get boring.

I have always been a fan of his too but we knew how injury prone he was when we sold him. Still let him go too cheaply

I am skeptical about this Signing not because he is bad but is he really superior to Christensen? He will Block his spot. Also Zouma is prolly gone then.Rüdiger is no upgrade on an of our defenders but to expensive to sit on the Bench. Still trying to make sense of this

Ofc nötig. That would have killed the surprise of Great Willy Caballero joining

We really have waited Till June 1 to porclaim him our first signing. Bow down to Emenalo. He really is the ultimate Troll 😂

Bayern cant afford his wages. They said so themselves publicly and withdrew their interest. He either stays or goes to city imo. Wenger did this " hihi i know where i will be next season but i wont tell you.:p " and stayed..i can see sanchez doing the same.

No matter what we will not pay 80m for Nainggolan. Not even our board is as dumb.

Has been pretty average IMO. Not really a fan. Not that he is a bad player but he simply has no really outstanding qualities neither physically nor technically. And if he was that good at controlling the play why are we completely disorganized in midfield at for larger spells of any game?

Great cross from.him for the 1-0. 3rd assist of the tournament...sign him.up!

That is correct. His athleticism, pace and strength make him compliment any of our other midfielders perfectly. Lets just hope he doesn't get injured. I know. I have given up hope that he will become some kind of world beater despite having the technical and physical tools to become a great layer. I think he is wasted playing in the front 3 of our 3-4-3 but he could become an ok CM like you said. even though he does not yet have the mental maturity to excel in that role for us he might still be a useful back up. IMO we pressurize our youth players too much. I would be perfectly fine if we could just recruit squad and utiltiy players from the academy. RLC, Nat, Baker, Tammy, Mosunda etc will never be starters here but could be decent alternatives from the bench in a few years, win titles and probably get more money than if they were playing for clubs where they could start.

+Baka is only 22 and already offers similar defensive stats and it is not that Matic is offensively very valuable. Matic will be 29 when the new season starts and has been into decline for years now. Strategically this replacement makes too much sense. Baka will hardly elevate us to another level but it will surely help not to get overrun in midfield, make us more press resistance and give us more aerial presence in midfield when handling second balls. Also we can combine him with any of our other midfielders, namely Cesc, Nat, Kante or even Baker or RLC if we wis to play them there.

I'd say he is like the German Nathan Ake. Jack of all trades. Good enough for low to mid-table sides and maybe to be an utility player for good sides. No undisputed starter for Hoffenheim. He is two footed and can play any position in a back 4 or 3. Has only 1 year left on his contract, so he should be dirt cheap. I'd say snap him up. He will never make it here but if he would be open to moving here we could loan him out to a decent EPL side and then make a huge profit on him. Ultimate cash cow.

The thing his we willl get neither. Which is a shame. I would have taken Jerome with open arms since the first moved to England, in any capacity. But Bayern do not sell if the player or the contract situation do not force them to do so. And neither is in sight in this particular case.

I think we all know that he will never make it as a starter here or at any other top club. But he can be one for some low to mid table teams in a top league or remain here and be deputy to Bakayoko and Kante, which IMO he should be realistic enough to do. He is not gonna become a world beater but he will get his chances here over those long seasons we will be playing as regu in the CL. He can be our new Mikel which is something every team needs even though most people do not give those players enough credit. Still Mikel played 120 mins of our Champions League final win and if he stays Nat has the chance to do so too.

That is harsh on both but particularly Manolas. He is extremely quick for a defender and has decent tactical ability and positional awareness. I think him and Cahill are about on par with Manolas still being at an age where he can improve as a defender.

No he did not score. Gray and Abraham were the ones tos core for England. Overall BAker was a passenger. And time is not on his side anymore. Sadly, I am pretty sure he will not make it here

Mourinho is not gonna buy all three Fabinho, Matic and Nainggolan. Not even he is that stupid.

But in the end money talks and if they reject 45m from us, we don't come back and they have to sell for 30m to someone else they will regret it and next time they will be a bit less greedy when we bid for one of their players. The other leagues have to step up their bids if they want to compete in the long term as the market will sooner or later smoothen those ineffeciencies.

I honestly don't. Apart from his goal yesterday he did nothing for his team apart from missing a free header early on. Don't get me wrong, the opposition was decent and marked him tightly but this was no vintage German defence like the one that won the u21 em in 2009 and still they completely shut him out. I think he needs at least two more seasons out on loan to be anywhere near squad player material for us. Atm I doubt he will start over Llorente. That is no shame though, he is only 19 and has plenty of time to learn. But thinking that he is ready to start for us is delusional.

beat me to it. typical Tammy goal. the assist from will hughes was quality tho.