Laylabelle 9,535 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, DDA said: 😴😴😴😴 We are truly embarrassing. Fancy going crazy for the ban to be overturned only not to have z transfer strategy on the first available window lool. Cant say I'm surprised. Even summer bit hmmm until deals are done. Messed up so many before or just signed deadwood. Vesper, Atomiswave and DDA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 2 hours ago, DDA said: 😴😴😴😴 We are truly embarrassing. Fancy going crazy for the ban to be overturned only not to have z transfer strategy on the first available window lool. Firstly I think from a reputation standpoint the club wanted to stick one on FIFA, especially when City seem to get away with every misdemeanour. But overturning the ban was always going to provide us with flexibility. A couple of months ago there was lots of talk of Sancho unrest at Dortmund. What if January had come around and Dortmund were prepared to ship him out, or Sancho was intent on forcing a move away and we were still banned. It should never be an excuse to just buy for the sake of it, that's how we've ended up with a lot of poor buys in recent years. Would people prefer to buy Zaha now or Sancho in the summer. I'm not saying it's a guarantee we'll get him but I'd much rather hold tight if waiting til the summer means higher quality purchases. manpe, Muzchap and Tomo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vesper 30,185 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Manchester United launch move to re-sign Carlos Tevez to replace injured Marcus Rashford https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/manchester-united-transfer-news-carlos-tevez-paul-pogba-dean-henderson-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-man-utd-latest/news-story/86e7a1fadf38548ca3de4f1b59fc3436 Atomiswave and Muzchap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 9 hours ago, Superblue_1986 said: Firstly I think from a reputation standpoint the club wanted to stick one on FIFA, especially when City seem to get away with every misdemeanour. But overturning the ban was always going to provide us with flexibility. A couple of months ago there was lots of talk of Sancho unrest at Dortmund. What if January had come around and Dortmund were prepared to ship him out, or Sancho was intent on forcing a move away and we were still banned. It should never be an excuse to just buy for the sake of it, that's how we've ended up with a lot of poor buys in recent years. Would people prefer to buy Zaha now or Sancho in the summer. I'm not saying it's a guarantee we'll get him but I'd much rather hold tight if waiting til the summer means higher quality purchases. Totally agree with what you are saying but a club of our stature should have scouts in every corner of the World looking for other options if the preferred signing doesn't become available. There should a 2nd, 3rd and 4th choice of the highest quality and if not... throw a big bag of cash to land the desired target. Yes, January is a silly period of over inflated prices but we 4th place is in the balance here... the possibility of playing in Europa League does not attract the big names come this summer. You could say this window was soo vital for us to catch up in that it could decide the fate of our clubs progress in the next 2 years taking what I said into consideration. Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaFanUK 1,014 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I have a horrible feeling that in todays presser Frank will confirm no new arrivals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 After this I see United and Liverpool as only rivals for Werner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 His salary for half season is ok but to give him at that age 350k per week for two and a half years is too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 "Simeone has put a lot of pressure on the club" In the meantime we are sat back drinking coffee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,917 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Special Juan said: "Simeone has put a lot of pressure on the club" In the meantime we are sat back drinking coffee They've got 3 solid strikers on their books and are still pushing hard for Cavani. We've got 1 (who's injured currently) and are fucking around as we enter a hellish fixture list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Just now, Pizy said: They've got 3 solid strikers on their books and are still pushing hard for Cavani. We've got 1 (who's injured currently) and are fucking around as we enter a hellish fixture list. Board are fucking clueless mate Johnnyeye, OneMoSalah, Vesper and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer1257 3,282 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 They've got 3 solid strikers on their books and are still pushing hard for Cavani. We've got 1 (who's injured currently) and are fucking around as we enter a hellish fixture list.They play 4-4-2. They need more strikers in general. Gesendet von meinem SM-G920F mit Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 6 hours ago, DDA said: Totally agree with what you are saying but a club of our stature should have scouts in every corner of the World looking for other options if the preferred signing doesn't become available. There should a 2nd, 3rd and 4th choice of the highest quality and if not... throw a big bag of cash to land the desired target. Yes, January is a silly period of over inflated prices but we 4th place is in the balance here... the possibility of playing in Europa League does not attract the big names come this summer. You could say this window was soo vital for us to catch up in that it could decide the fate of our clubs progress in the next 2 years taking what I said into consideration. I agree that our scouting need to be doing more. It does seem to have gone a little flat after the period where we plucked out the likes of Courtois, De Bruyne and Salah. We've made some good buys (amongst some poor ones) but they've all been well known, established European players. It's a different period even a few years later with how inflated the market is but there are still great deals to be got. You only have to look at Arsenal's purchase of Martinelli on the cheap to see that. And at least now with Lampard in charge we have a manager who is more likely to give a younger player like this opportunities. In earlier years we would buy someone like Martinelli and loan him out for a couple of years. I just think the top tier players will not move in January unless under extreme circumstances and with the players we are being linked with as alternatives (Dembele, etc) I'm confident we could still attract players like this in the summer with or without Champions League football so I do understand the club's position, assuming their plan is to significantly strengthen properly in the summer. DDA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Atomiswave 6,117 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 On 23-01-2020 at 7:59 PM, DDA said: 😴😴😴😴 We are truly embarrassing. Fancy going crazy for the ban to be overturned only not to have z transfer strategy on the first available window lool. Its the new face of Chels On 24-01-2020 at 1:23 PM, killer1257 said: They play 4-4-2. They need more strikers in general. Gesendet von meinem SM-G920F mit Tapatalk Does not matter what system you play in the end, they would have options in case of injuries, they would have option to change a game when need be. On that front we look utterly clueless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 16 minutes ago, Mana said: Boy do I look stupid making this post months ago... No, you don't. It was very common opinion. Tierney was highly rated LB. He barely played. No one expected from Pepe to play like this. Also Ceballos didn't meet expectations. But fair play to you for putting this post. Mana and Muzchap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 17 minutes ago, Mana said: Boy do I look stupid making this post months ago... Now I'm worried, now you've given up on them a title winning run of form is coming But I'm all seriousness we've all been there, you should see my comments on AVB :shudder: Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Dybala admitted that he was very close to leave Juve in the summer for United or Spurs. Great it didn't happened. 11 goals and 10 assists this season from him in less than 13 games (counting minutes). Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent 403 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Bergwijn -> Tottenham seems a done deal. Quite a decent player from what i've seen, rate him potentially higher than Ajax' Neres for example. But could as well be another Memphis Depay. DDA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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