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Nothing concrete yet. Kante to us is still too good to be true. Would be a long step in the right direction.

I reckon we will only get one of Kante/Nainggolan, but I am fine with either even tho I'd prefer Kante for he is younger and already knows the league. Krychowiak, who i have been talking about for a year now, would be the player to replace Matid, if the latter can't resume his 2014 form. Since 4-2-3-1 is dead and Conte prefers 4-4-2 anyway I could realistically see us lining up as follows, provided Conte has the balls to bench Fabregas, which IMO he should if he really wants to play only 2 cms. Fabreags is the perfect utility player against stubborn defences or teams that leave vast spaces between like ManU under LvG, Arsenal, West Ham. But against competent spaces with a well organised, physical midfielders and at least a medium press he is virtually useless. -----------------Courtois---------- Azpi---Zouma--Koulibaly--Baba -Kante/Nainggolan-Matic/Krychowiak------ Willian/Pedro-------------Kenedy/Hazard ---------------Hazard/Morata-------------- --------------------Diego---------------------- We will not win the league anyway with the team Pep is building but I am convinced we can finish in the top 4 with that, a young, compact, quick team, mobile, mostly athletic players

No we won't. He is not gonna come here. If all your wet dreams you tend to post here scarcely supported by any kind of arguments, we'd sign every other so-so player in Europe. Real will exercise their buy back option. Also I doubt that he would take this step back.

It is such a shame he misses a tournament again. This team is short of pace and firepower now. Almost no wingers. I would honestly start Sane or Schürrle just to have the necessary speed to break team down on the counter when the opportunity is there.

Don't see the need. Would have made sense last season before we bought Pedro, but Willian is better.

Everythink you just said is wrong. In your previous post he had 1 red card now 0, you continue to contradict yourself. Seriously mate check your facts http://www.transfermarkt.de/antonio-rudiger/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/86202 Case closed.

So is he not 23? Enlighten us with one or two thinks then. I can recall him getting sent off 3 times causing 2 pens and another 2 stupid mistakes where he failed to prevent goals only from the matches I watched. But. I guess you do not care about facts and argument anyway as all you do is repeating your opinion over and over again.

I think you are missing a verb there. But yeah I mean it. He was erratic, committing dumb challenges, a red or a caused penalty every fifth game. A few mates of mine are Stuttgart supporters and they did not mind him leaving. It is not that he is a talent anymore, he is 23 but Zouma at 21 has been ten times the player Rüdiger is before his injury. IMO we should not look below the level of quality of our very own Kurt when purchasing a player who is 2 years older.

Oh God pleas no. I don't get what people see in Rüdiger. He was an atrocious player in Stuttgart, error prone af and a horrible attitude. I hope this deal collapses...The players we are linked so far make me feel like we are going the path of the Milan team, relegating ourselves into irrelevance by signing average, overrated, overpriced players that don't fit the identity of this club.

45m for a 28 y.o. is insane. For that price we should stay away and look at Kante and Krychowiak, just as good but younger and cheaper.

Atletico gifted them the title. about the softest cl win ever given the run in they had malmö, as rom, man city... Atletico sweeping aside all the big guns for them. football is so unfair. barca or bayern would have made light work out of this rigid REal team.

Atletico only have themselves to blame. They were better than Real, who needed a blind linesman to score a clearly offside goal, all night long. Should have won it in regular time with all their chances. Also typical Ronaldo doing fuck all the whole game but scoring the decisive penalty. Why even let Juanfran take a pen? Everyone knows he is horrible from the spot.

He is a good makeshift but I'd much rather have a true no 10 there, someone like barkley or alli or even Sterling who still have a lot to give for England. Apart from that I am a bit irritated by the lack of wingers. Instead he always has milner , delph, rooney, lallana who are completely useless. I can see why Woy selected 4 similar, pacy and error prone fullbacks tho. Because they have no wingers those have to provide the width. Running all day long will increase their injury probability. England's strength clearly is their attack. Most countries true struggle to find only one pure in form striker. Hence they shoud complement them. Hence my pick would be a narrow, flat 442 Hart Clyne small Cahill Rose Dier. Wilshire Alli/Sterling,. Barkley Vardy. Kane. Sure, Sterling, alli and Barkley have no clue about intelligent playmaking,t the point about their free roles is that they can roam around with the ball like they always do and create space for Vardy and Kane to run into. The average rest picks itself.

The opposite is the case IMO. We good more than enough players who are ok-ish: Willian, Oscar, Pedro, Mikel, Matic, Cahill, Iva, JT, Baba.... We do not really have true world class in the squad considering Hazard, Courtois have world class potential whilst FAbregas and Costa have some world class abilities but are not really all round elite playeers. But what I agree on is that we already have a foundation which we should add to instead of buying new, world class players that have to be accomodated. Truth is we lack genuine quality footballers with experience, leadership and the ability to perform even when things go against the team, teammates are out of form etc. On the other hand I would suggest that there are ways to improve a team other than simply buying new player material. This team has bags of potential and failed to realize that last season. however with the right manager and coaching staff I think every one of them still has the room and the ability to improve still. None of our integral players bar JT; iva are older than 30, most are in their early to late 20ies which is the perfect age for footballers.

Reminds me of Djilobodji. Good athlete not sure about the technical and mental aspects of his game yet.

About the team I'd line up for England. Maybe Ross Barkley for Alli or Wilshere, Clyne for Walker and Smalling for Stones. But may God forbid Rooney to play any part in that team. His lack of pace and sharpness would completely destroy this England teams nice flow and directness. Rooney is by far the worst striker England got in their squad and should not even be in it IMO. I'd rather have Andy fuckin Carrol who at least offers something differently being about the greatest aerial threat in Europe would offer a viable plan B.

after the first half sEvilla are lucky to still be in the game having the ref on their side when playing handball or foul almost every time Pool entered the box. Deserved lead in the 2nd half tho. still want Liverpool to win it, so the PL does not lose 3rd place and a cl spot in the uefa ranking.

Götze, Sahin, Kagawa...they all looked brilliant in a Dortmund team that played to their strengths and had a coach that motivated them to go past their limits week in week out. Once they left for big clubs and big money to sit on the bench their momentum was lost. The latter two returned to BVB with their tails between their legs but due to loss of form and confidence they could never reconnect as well with the team as before nor repeat their former feats. In football, momentum, form, confidence and the right team set up is what elevates above average players to good players. Götze might very well recover some of his form under Klopp in a team that suits his style, but he will never be that player for us. He might be a useful utility man here as he is for Bayern, but I can not see him playing effectively next to cesc nor imagine him carrying the team as a leader which is what we need most atm.

Just scored the goal that keeps Bremen in Bundesliga in their Relegation clash with Frankfurt after having a solid match and absolute aerial dominance. For sure we can get a good price for him now

Good game, but both teams can do better. Bayern and ther players were adamant that they got more chances than they expected, but if they are honest they only got 2 real chances. The Alaba shot was covered by Oblak and that Martinez header was easily held. I was surprised Alaba fell for Torres only move. With a bit more luck our good ol' Nando would have decided the tie already. Expect a much improved, more incisive BAyern and a more consequent Bayern, hopefully with Godin back, so BAyern will not get as many chances. What I don't get is that Simeone got Correa, Carasco and Vietto on the bench and still plays Torres? Nando got a bit of maturity to his game and not producing as many turnovers as he did here but the other players would offer a bit of pace and some moment of surprise,

Sry for needless Thread bumping but I guess this guy is biting his ass for choosing the mediocrity of Leverkusen over the football sensation of the decade. He could have been part of Leicester's miracle instead of riding the Leverkusen bench.

That is just disgustint behavious on a football pitch. Luckily that punch had about as much power as a squirrel sneeze, so Yakob was not harmed. Dele Alli still should be banned for the rest of their meaningless season.

Yessss. It is done. Game over for Tottenham now surely. Leicester only need 3 points from their remaining 3 matches, that ofc only provided that Tottenham win all three.

yup. Absolutely standing to the reason and helpful information. thx. Afaik if Vardy does not contest, they will decde if he can play vs ManU and the Games thereafter. But if he had contested and lost, he would have got the ban for the ManU fixture anyway. So what is even the point of contesting? You can still be found not guilty without doing so. Anyway, this whole improper conduct is a farce. There are plenty of dirty words thrown around a football pitch, every child knows that, and picking some players out only because those are prominent cases is extremely unfair and utterly ridiculous. It is like the foreign military policy of the USA. There are plenty of terrorist regimes in the world but let's only bomb the one that gets most coverage. Time and time again the FA have shown to be just as corrupted a bunch of senile shitheads as their friends over at, Fifa, Uefa, DFB you name it.

I can't see Spurs winning all of their remaning fixtures whilst I can't see Leicester winning none, which will be enough.