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More like 17.7 m pounds. but it is 25 m pounds anyway according to guardian. If we are held to ransom by this excuse of a club then we create a dangerous precedent. We were dumb enough to sell Luis first and making a mess of this and no we give in to their ridiculous demands? Felled or ghoulam are no worse than baba but would cost half.

Hope this deal collapses. We are getting absolutely ripped off here. He isn't a 25m player and never will be.

Leighton Baines has never been fast but still been the best fullback in England for a few years. Alaba and Lahm (who is not fast anymore either) are surely better players and would be better players if that dickhead Pep would actually play them there.

I believe we could outdo Real by offering him a starting position here once we got rid of iva. But the sad thing is we are not even interested.

except if you are called Totti, pirlo, neymar, gerrard etc.... yeah yeah we got that everyone wants to go to Real to get a couple of runners-up medals in copa del rey, we know that already.... so maybe we should sign coentrao then. cheaper than baba and surely better.

If we pay 25 m for baba, i am convinced 30m could land Ricardo who is twice the player baba is. And why should rm go for him? They got central and Marcelo. But never going to happen sadly

Arse really don't look like scoring. Why the heck did we make such a mess of our game last week?

good one. After all those"arse are ready for the title" talk getting spanked at home by westham is a nice touch

After that horror start, we must win this match not to trail 4 pts on its and arseanl already. We are not good at chasing. Honestly I would just leave cesc out of this completely. He has not even shown anything vs Swansea so what will happen vs city? As we have just one quality DM, I would go Back five Matic Willian Oscar Moses Costa hazard Control, passing, defensive stability and a bit of creativity via a rejunevated Oscar and Willian. If Costa gets his scoring boot on, we might even have a chance of winning this. Considering city only have an aging yaya next to fernandinho, delph, sterling, Silva, their midfield is as lightweight as ours so no worries.

Easy. Walk out of this one. He will never be more expensive than this. Rather promote ake who has been solid or kalas who have performed every time when called upon. Not that we can't pay the money. But we shall not be held to ransom. Leave Augsburg with an unhappy player.

It is not that this result has come as a surprise. The writing has been on the wall since we beat those very swans half a year ago. We changed nothing since then. Hence we will get found out more often and those results will be no rarity. Call it knee jerk, but deep inside you know it: This squad won't win a big title.

our defence is still poor. Iva has been ripped a new one by montero. good zouma is on now. would be great if we would find awinner but a draw would be ok given the circumstances.

we tend to see things through blue tinted glasses, but one has to be with oliver on this one. he touched the ball just before he touched costa. great tackle actually.

Everytime I see Gomis play, I am asking myself how someone as small as Gomis can be that strong. At least he does not really have the nerves to be a striker.

Not surprising. The suckers from Augsburg played him despite him having muscular problems and mentally being in Cobham already. If he had contracted an injury, the deal would have been off. And they risk that for a game vs a 4th tier team. I also believe that Baba is one of those players who gets better with the quality of oppositions. He did most mistakes last season vs smaller teams having his best games against the bigger ones.

First, we did not finish 6th ut 3rd before he came and qualified for the CL every season. Also those lineups are crooked. Your first lineup ever was a b/C-team cos all our main players were rested for the CL final. Easy to compare that with our current team But that is not even the point. I never denied he fared brilliantly . He is an amazing coach and has done the club a world of good. My point was, his extension was premature. He still has a year on his current contract and the season has not even started. We have not made the changes the squad requires which worries me. We also have not made any tactical switches that would remedy our problems in certain areas, this worries me, too. If I were the board I'd much rather have waited a few months into the season. Only because I still don't completely buy into the idea that, we after having had 10 coaches in as many years, are gonna stick up with consistency like the bores around us and keep a coach for 6+ years. This does not mean I don't believe in Mourinho. I really do. I trust him to make the best of the squad. Better than anyone. But if he does not win any titles, Mourinho will take the blame and his head will roll even though he probably might not even be at fault. And not winning any titles the upcoming season is a possibility with that paper-thin squad.

A bit premature... Should rather see how he fares in that damn 3rd season. But on the other hand a nice show of intent that he really wants to stay here longer, and the club agrees

With most of our youth player I think the problem is mental. RLC has all the tools, physically and technically. But it still has to click mentally. Not only does he lack hunger and aggressiveness, it is also increidble that despite his ridiculously good technique in passing and shooting, he practically never scores or assists. Just like Willian. Hence we should not play them together, IMO. Would be too much dribbling in midfield but not enough output.

He. I know. He is just happy to be here and will play wherever Mou wants him too, which is admirable. But it is no secret that he has been most effective as a striker.

Lolz. He is a striker ffs. BTW the deal takes that long because, for Augsburg it is the deal of the century and they want to milk us for every penny.

Haha. Penalty in the last minute. FIFA classic. But not gonna happen Fabregas is suspended iirc. Hence we should play Back five Matic Willian Oscar Moses Remy. Hazard Imo Moses has about all the qualities Ramires has + strength and can actually play football. Doubt we will play Rlc in an opening match. But would be inclined to do so.

MLS has a salary cap which is not much more than the 17m Ronaldo earns and I bet that greedy bastard would not like to miss out on that The only club dumb enough to actually sign him is PSG. The thing is, we can easily keep Hazard until his contract ends in 2020 when he will be almost 30. If we keep him till that point, he might as well just stay here. CFC holds all the cards here. whatever Real bids for him next year, we don't need to sell and could still get a decent price in 2018 if the situation would become unbearable. When Hazard signed that contract, he knew he will not move one year later.

Or more like there is some wall behind that fat red writing. I know it is preaseason and we should not freak out, but it has probably not exactly been planned to not win a single friendly. It is not the fact that we lost, but the manner how. A bit of rustiness and lack of sharpness is ok and it is not that we did not try, tho the way we failed was alarming. We were uncreative, uninspired, unambitious. Preseason should be about seeing some kids, trying new tactics, experiment, get fresher. Preseason has not provided us with some new insights. Of course not. It's preseason. IMO that is exactly the problem. Even in fucking preseason, when there is no pressure and we could experiment tactically, our biggest weakness lack of steel and decisivness in the middle gets exposed again and again and again without Mourinho reacting in any kind. It does not even have to be signings, it could be a slight alteration of the formation. But no. Nothing. Just our usual cookie-cutter approach. rinse and repeat. Like we have been playing for half a year. Stay deep, hoof balls forward and hope someones picks it up and does something useful. Maybe it's ok to play this way when backs to the wall in a crucial league or CL match, but in preseason? When is the time to change our predictable patterns if not then?Where is the sense of failing the same way again and again? Even Wenger has changed his tactics FFS. I am sure, when the season begins this will be forgotten soon, we will blow Swansea away. But after some months when winter comes and Oscar, Fabregas become useless, we have Ramires starting big games again we will see, our problems are still the same and that is what worries me.

I wonder why everyone is supposed to want to be at Real. They win almost no titles and are a club full of cuntish, corrupted officials.Also will Ronaldo really leave next year? He will still be damn expensive and even Utd will realize some day that they don't need him. Also it is not that Real really get anyone they want. Neymar, Totti, Pirlo, Roy Keane, Gerrard, Sandro Ramirez and many more rejected Real.

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