Special Juan

As long as we have another alternative, and he fits the mould that's all that matters.

18M for Traore, Boro couldn't refuse that.

He will basically handing out bibs, collecting stray footballs, cleaning up Sarri's cigarette butts and pushing goals into position.

Hopefully we are working back in the direction of a number 1...Green 3rd, Reina 2nd and 1........

What a signing this would be.

Go on Chels fucking do it.

We cannot let him leave and then replace him with Butland.

This noise won't go away, got to think if we are actively chasing him that Bakayoko and Drinkwater are heading away.

Hopefully....It means another average body out and room for a much better quality player to arrive.

Going to be tough to get Higuain, by the sounds of things Milan are all guns blazing for his signature.

He's getting his excuses in early because for me, his team are going to lag behind from the off this season. I think their squad is piss poor.

And there was me thinking she was sat at her desk flicking herself off.

Barcelona not fucking about, maybe a lesson we could learn eh? Knocked back by us 3 times, swoop for Malcom and within 12 hrs...BOSH, done. Maybe we could ring them and ask about efficiency, he's not a player just about doing business swiftly and without nonsense.

Moutinho has just signed for Wolves, that could pave the way for him.

The money they have spent will heap pressure on it's own, what I can't be doing with is the hypocrisy of some managers and pundits moaning at them because they have spent big, so what? Can't fault them for having aspirations and wanting to close down City in the league.

This is a very simple bit of advice to all of you discussing racism, swastika's etc, take it to a PM and stop clogging threads up with bile that doesn't need to be read. If it continues the culprits can have some time away from the forum. Now, back to Martial please.

100M for KK yet Real wanted Hazard for 120ME

If he continues playing like that I could see Sarri stubbing his fags out on his face.

The problem with Morata is that there was none, literally no available strikers around barring him last summer. Madrid knew were desperate, we were desperate and we had to be held to ransom by Madrid to get him. Lukaku fucked off to United and we had a paddle but no boat whilst on shit creek. Our past failings like last season has stemmed from a few things, mainly penny pinching. Drinkwater, Zappacosta and Emerson(I have hopes for) were real middle of the road signatures for money that far exceeded their abilities, but once again we needed bodies desperately. Chopping and changing coaches leads to this, fragmented views on who is good and who is not, it just then has a domino effect and a revolving door when the next guy turns up to stand on the touchline. I don't look at incoming figures anymore, I look at their ability, how they perform consistently and compare them to what we have right now, and mostly the current situation of the club. We are seeing Sarri start a fresh, new ideas, new way of playing and by the sounds of it he is the one chasing the club to sign Higuain.

Hazard you try and keep at all costs, which is exactly what is sounds like the club are doing. He's world class, Courtois is in the last year of his contract coming up, so the sanctions on him are totally different, we are backed into a corner, not really a comparison and both are streets ahead of Willian in their field. Losing Willian wouldn't have any effect on us and the top 4 if we replaced correctly, and yes there are all alternatives out there who would offer more to us right now IMO. Selling Willian at 29 for the amount of money that's been bid makes total sense from a business point of view, and that's exactly how this club operate. You can't claim constantly about long and short term visions when you sack a manager nigh on every 18 months and chop backroom staff like they are vegetables.

We need to look at age and selling value, the picture is much bigger and broader. This offer from Barcelona is huge, not only that, but what he did with Conte was plain wrong, no getting away from that. What this team needs now is ridding of ego's or egos that think they can rule the roost. Anyone who isn't happy or thinks they are better than us should be sold immediately. Willian is a good player, but on the flip side there are much better players out there than Willian who we could get and make us stronger.

Zaha, Pulisic, Bailey and Fekir could all play there. Fekir is more suited to the #10 role though

For me a RW is completely possible if Willian goes and we all know we are in for a striker and if Courtois goes then a keeper.

If Bakayoko is allowed to leave and Drinkwater this would be ideal, he's a class act this kid. Him, Kante and Jorginho would be insanely good.