Reddish-Blue

We haven't signed a CB from Brighton yet. What a huge chance for our sporting directors. 😆 So far we have a GK, LB, CDM, ST.

That screenshot shows what is wrong with this club. I'd say only 4 players from that list should be on the first team XI every game. Cucu, Reece, Enzo and Pedro. Maybe 5 if you include Neto as our only fit winger. Standards have dropped since Roman left.

Maybe that's the reason why they are acting like that, they won 2 cup competitions (one in a lengthy pre-season) and they think they made it big time. No 'experienced' players to keep them in check and push them to achieving their potential. I think a saw an article say that our oldest players were Sanchez, Tosin, Cucurella. 😆

What I don't like is the long term contracts, giving players deals until 2032/2033 makes no sense. Same with coaches/managers. Anything more than 5 years is only put in place for "book value".

Kovacic, just liked his simple style in midfield and he was part of that winning team we had from 18/19 to winning UCL final with Tuchel. I expect more from Enzo as that price tag hasn't been justified yet.

Real Madrid won't go that high If we're lucky we get 100 million for Enzo. 😄

That is expected when we have no good experiened CB's. Would Fofana/Badi/Tosin/Chalobah start at CB for the other clubs around the top 5 race? The standard for getting defenders has dropped at this club.

I doubt Barco's only option was Chelsea.

I honestly hope for Enzo's sake, he gets the move in the summer as I wouldn't want an unhappy player (and vice captain) here strolling around the pitch.

Did I say that they were ungrateful? I've mentioned in a number of posts that it was inevitable that these guys would eventually leave for La Liga. Hopefully we can convince Estevao to stick around for 2+ seasons as I'd love to see him evolve like Hazard did. We'll be lucky to finish as the 6th best PL club this season and with the fixtures coming up, there's every chance we slide to 7th/8th. You can't expect Enzo, Cucu to be here for 6-7 years and not challenge for silverware, they also have ambitions. We haven't been a serious club since the UK forced Roman to sell.

People talk about this so called project, they are also getting paid pretty well and get to live and train in London. Enzo and Cucu have had roughly 4 seasons at the club, they've basically played 100 games in the last 2 seasons considering the CWC, if they want to go and try a new challenge, so be it. Mata and Oscar played like 3-ish seasons each back in the day and they were sold without any hesitation.

That maybe a good thing though. Most of the big name transfers have failed in recent times. Just look at Isak at Liverpool or Wirtz, Enzo for us, Lukaku for us, Grealish, Antony 😆

Would be happy with Murillo from Forest! We need good CB's lol Will be interesting to see if Newcastle bring Anderson back as one of Tonali/Bruno G will likely be sold in the summer.

There were reports of Madrid potentially selling Camavinga though, so it may create an opportunity for a new midfielder to come in. As for Enzo, I still see him as an Atletico player and his mate Alvarez is already there...😄

The question is, who signs him other than Atletico Madrid (as his bestie Alvarez is already there) and Italian clubs won't pay a high fee for him.