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Guessing that means Veiga to Juventus.

Didn't he get demoted to like 3rd choice keeper at Brighton for a period of time? And yet, our sporting directors thought it was a good idea to sign him for 25 million or whatever the fee was. People used to say Kepa was bad, but Sanchez is just as bad.

That only helps Napoli if Amorim wants Osimhen....seems like he would prefer his striker from Sporting

Juventus want Tomori, Kelly from Newcastle and now Veiga as well.... Do they have any midfielders that we could loan in to cover Caicedo/Enzo?

We signed Courtois when he was 19/20....and Penders on loan is meant to be one of the better prospect keepers out there. Feel like all we need is that experienced keeper to give us 3 seasons of solid game time.

Part of that is on the manager, he lets players walk around the pitch for too long. Why wait until 80th minute to make substitutions? If you want the subs to have an impact, get them on 10 minutes earlier, let them adjust to the pace of the game.

City are currently 8th and on 35 points...we somehow lose this one, massive red flags for upcoming fixtures.

Will be the same for Kellyman (that random youngster we signed from Villa for FFP purposes) in 1-2 years time when he's sold to a Championship club for 500k + "future sell on clauses".

Maresca didn't want KDH even though he coached him at Leicester? The only reason Tosin was signed was because he was an ex-City academy player (he had an offer from Newcastle which he declined once he spoke to Maresca)...similar reason to why Sancho was signed (ex-City academy player).

The next month of fixtures: City (A), West Ham (H), Brighton (A) twice, Villa (A). Good luck getting many points without Palmer and Enzo.

Bournemouth exploited that in the 2nd half on so many occasions, Madueke and Sancho not bothering to run back at all and Maresca decides not to make any attacking subs until 80th minute of the game. Maresca's lack of rotations and impact subs will continue to cost us over this period of games and top 4 is likely to slip away.

Alvarez was one of the better young strikers out there, part of the reason why he pushed for the move to Spain instead of hanging around as 2nd to Haaland. Not sure if Nico could play that sort of role, seems like he's the type that needs to start.

Thats how it is for most strikers out there, if you don't score goals, you have to accept the criticism. That's partly true and mainly due to Lavia not being available...which has meant way more minutes for Enzo-Caicedo to handle. It really is a shame that we lost Kante and Kovacic, all that midfield experience gone.

Doubt the club lets Felix and Nkunku go without a good replacement in attack. Would be awesome to get someone like Rogers from Villa but they wouldn't sell a key player

Agree with this, I feel it won't be as bad in the long run (on the right side of our attack) as we have the Brazilian wonderkid showing up next season. Wonder what the plan is for the left side of the attack as I doubt Sancho/Mudryk gets it done....maybe Jackson plays a bit off the left and we get a proper striker in the main transfer window?

Exactly, the players don't go for the kill. Watching the game vs Bournemouth, we let them get on top in that first 15-20 minutes of the 2nd half. Their wingers must have been loving it, all that free space to run. Rather than being reactive, we should go back to what worked earlier in the season, which was going for that 2nd goal to put real pressure on the opposition. Teams know that we can't hold a lead at 1-0 and they bring their energy for the 2nd half.

I said it when we lost to Fulham, that was a massive red flag for the whole squad mentality and other people on here were like no, we still have a gap on Newcastle/City. Now look at us, no wins, a striker that can't finish up front and a midfield that looks tired most of the time. If Maresca pulls out the same Sancho - Jackson - Madueke lineup, we might as well ask them for a point before the game starts.

If Jackson had taken his chances in the 2nd half, we get the 3 points today... Like his energy but he really does lack the killer touch.

United won't let Mainoo go, there's no way. His agents are just trying to get him a nice payrise for the next contract.

Mediocre and he would be the best CB at the club 😄

Well...considering Nkunku's injuries, maybe it is sensible to let him go as that would give more seats in the treatment room for Fofana & James to make friends 😆

Surely we use the Nkunku money and get an actual striker in? I don't see Tel as a CF type that would challenge Jackson, more like another wing/forward type.

We don't have the killer touch in front of goal to beat them!

Seems weird unless we're getting a new player in? At least Veiga can cover midfield, LB. Wondering if this means Ugo is coming back from Southampton as cover or Chalobah returns from Palace?

I don't see any monster GK's available in the market. Feel like Penders is the long term GK option, depending upon how well he develops on loan.