Nicolo Barella

[kc_blue 265]

I really hope they can get this done quickly.  I have high hopes for the impact he could have on our midfield.

[Miguelito 459]

Yeah ESPN reported it, 9m euro sign on fee 

As an American, ESPN is an awful source for football/soccer related things. Brilliant in other sports, but they know nothing in this sport.

They have gotten better, but it's just cause they've started to copy more reliable news outlets right after they post about things.

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[Unionjack 7,531]

Gianfranco Zola held ‘various phone calls’ with Chelsea target over past few days

http://sportwitness.co.uk/barella-latest-zola-held-various-phone-calls-chelsea-target-past-days/

[Artandur 939]

Boca got their replacement for Barella‘s replacement apparently 

[Vybzkartel 284]

The rumours just died down, what happened? We even brought Fabregas back.

[Artandur 939]

2 minutes ago, Vybzkartel said:

The rumours just died down, what happened? We even brought Fabregas back.

Waiting for Cagliari to get their replacement, which they seem to be closing in on...

[Vybzkartel 284]

4 minutes ago, Artandur said:

Waiting for Cagliari to get their replacement, which they seem to be closing in on...

I just dont trust Marina to get deals over the line, she might end up pulling the deal at the last minute over 2 million. Happened with Alisson and Liverpool came in and turned the player's head, it worked out well in the end but its still cause for concern. (Lukaku deal too)

[Jase 43,479]

Cagliari have signed Birsa...

[Vesper 30,083]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

Cagliari have signed Birsa...

Let's get this DONE 

[Tomo 21,751]

8 minutes ago, Vybzkartel said:

I just dont trust Marina to get deals over the line, she might end up pulling the deal at the last minute over 2 million. Happened with Alisson and Liverpool came in and turned the player's head, it worked out well in the end but its still cause for concern. (Lukaku deal too)

Is there any evidence that happened with Alison? from everything i have gathered he had no intention on joining us.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

The midfielder from Boca Juniors joined Cagliari today, too, for 21M.

[Vybzkartel 284]

10 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Is there any evidence that happened with Alison? from everything i have gathered he had no intention on joining us.

If we had paid what Roma wanted early in the summer, he would have joined us imo. We have a Brazilian contingent in our squad so its not like we would have been undesirable. He just wanted to move to a bigger club and would have jumped at the chance of moving to us. Also I heard with the Kepa deal Roman intervened after being embarrassed about the whole situation and wanted to show we could still spend so he sanctioned the deal. Marina and the scouts were apparently looking at Butland as the replacement. (Its all hearsay so we will never know if its true) but one thing I'm certain is Marina is bad at negotiating transfer ins for us, if she had just messed up Alisson I would be okay but it has happened before with Lukaku, to a certain extent with Koulibaly and Alex Sandro.