ZAPHOD2319 4,897 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago Transfer windows have lost all the fun they used to be. Somewhat like getting socks and underwear for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,765 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 11 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Transfer windows have lost all the fun they used to be. Somewhat like getting socks and underwear for Christmas. ZAPHOD2319 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,154 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 1 hour ago, Vesper said: Tonali is close to, if not now world class for me. A great MFer and is only 25yo, a close to perfect age for me (in terms of being a very experienced vet but not closing in on 30yo) but NOT BlueCo! Ffs, VITINHA is older than Tonali, would we say, OMG, he is too old!!! Here are the top DMFs and CMFs in the world, just to show where he fits in (he can play either one to a uper high level) The ones older than Tonali are in italics. Many of the ones younger than him are only 1 or so years younger than him as well. In order of valuation (I personally would take Caicedo over any of them, even Pedri) and also, every single CMF or DMF valued over €40m is listed here: Pedri Federico Valverde Declan Rice Moisés Caicedo João Neves Vitinha Ryan Gravenberch Enzo Fernández Alexis Mac Allister Bruno Guimarães Sandro Tonali Martín Zubimendi Rodri Aurélien Tchouaméni Aleksandar Pavlovic Tijjani Reijnders Adam Wharton Elliot Anderson Nicolò Barella Carlos Baleba Pablo Barrios Warren Zaïre-Emery Eduardo Camavinga Manu Koné Morten Hjulmand Felix Nmecha Scott McTominay Frenkie de Jong Nico González Angelo Stiller Amadou Onana I’d take Tonali here in an instant as would every big PL club. I just cannot ever see us spending mega money like that again on a single player. Especially not in midfield after we already bought 2 £100m guys. Do I think BlueCo would sanction a midfielder for £50-70m? Probably. But never £100m again. Not with Andrey Santos gaining in stature. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,765 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 13 minutes ago, Pizy said: I’d take Tonali here in an instant as would every big PL club. I just cannot ever see us spending mega money like that again on a single player. Especially not in midfield after we already bought 2 £100m guys. Do I think BlueCo would sanction a midfielder for £50-70m? Probably. But never £100m again. Not with Andrey Santos gaining in stature. I thik the only ones on that list we would MAYBE make a move for would be Sandro Tonali (I think he would cost £60 to 70m) Adam Wharton Elliot Anderson Felix Nmecha (maybe) after that, going down in age I see us sniffing around (remember these are all CMFs or DMFs) Valentín Barco (already a BlueCo player) plus Ayyoub Bouaddi Senny Mayulu (TOUGH PULL, as it is PSG) Johan Manzambi Victor Froholdt Jobe Bellingham Noah Sadiki Marc Casadó (Barca DMF) Kees Smit Nathan De Cat plus Kennet Eichhorn (summer 2027, as he is too young to move until then) Bayern want him SO badly, so probably not going to happen mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,154 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 3 minutes ago, Vesper said: I thik the only ones on that list we would MAYBE make a move for would be Sandro Tonali (I think he would cost £60 to 70m) Adam Wharton Elliot Anderson Felix Nmecha (maybe) after that, going down in age I see us sniffing around (remember these are all CMFs or DMFs) Valentín Barco (already a BlueCo player) plus Ayyoub Bouaddi Senny Mayulu (TOUGH PULL, as it is PSG) Johan Manzambi Victor Froholdt Jobe Bellingham Noah Sadiki Marc Casadó (Barca DMF) Kees Smit Nathan De Cat plus Kennet Eichhorn (summer 2027, as he is too young to move until then) Bayern want him SO badly, so probably not going to happen If Anderson and Wharton are too much I think Barco will be the guy. Would be an incredibly easy move to do I would assume. Of course the wildcard situation is if Enzo continues this form the rest of the season and we miss out on UCL he could ask to go to Madrid. That’s the only scenario in which I could imagine us spending gigantic money again to replace him. I could see us going for Tonali then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,765 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 33 minutes ago, Pizy said: If Anderson and Wharton are too much I think Barco will be the guy. Would be an incredibly easy move to do I would assume. Of course the wildcard situation is if Enzo continues this form the rest of the season and we miss out on UCL he could ask to go to Madrid. That’s the only scenario in which I could imagine us spending gigantic money again to replace him. I could see us going for Tonali then. Good post. I agree that you are inhabiting a sound logic area of thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,708 Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago The same window we tried to sign Alisson Becker as well Blue Armour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,765 Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 11 minutes ago, Strike said: The same window we tried to sign Alisson Becker as well No, you are off by a year. That (Chels trying to buy him) was in summer 2018. In summer 2017 Alisson was coming off a year of being the Roma backup keeper, but I so wanted him then as my Brasilian/Swedish friend in Porto Allegre (she is a huge Gremio fangirl) tipped me off about him from his Internacional (Gremio's hated Porto Allegre derby rival) days. I knew then, in 2017, that there was no chance Cuntois would renew, as we stupidly loaned him for three straight years to Aletico Madrid, and he put down roots with the city. Marina was in utter denial of this, insisting he would renew. She turned down insane money from Real that summer of 2017. Then, in summer 2018, when Marina finally realised Cuntois was not going to renew she cocked it all up. Tried to buy Allison but he said no, I want to be a scouser. Then she met Atletico's €100m release clause for Oblak but he told us to piss off. So we panic bought shit Kepa for £72m (inflation-adjusted to around £97m in February 2026 pound sterling) and panic sold Cuntois to Real for likely 2 and a half or so times LESS cash than we could have had the year before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,643 Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 6 hours ago, Special Juan said: GET IN!!! Disasi has fucked off I got excited for a bit, and then I remembered it was only on loan. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,544 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 4 hours ago, Blue Armour said: I got excited for a bit, and then I remembered it was only on loan. He's gone, that's all that matters right now. WHU will be picking up some or at least half his wages I hope. Let's hope he has a few good games and they think he is prime Nesta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,582 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 7 hours ago, Vesper said: I thik the only ones on that list we would MAYBE make a move for would be Sandro Tonali (I think he would cost £60 to 70m) Adam Wharton Elliot Anderson Felix Nmecha (maybe) after that, going down in age I see us sniffing around (remember these are all CMFs or DMFs) Valentín Barco (already a BlueCo player) plus Ayyoub Bouaddi Senny Mayulu (TOUGH PULL, as it is PSG) Johan Manzambi Victor Froholdt Jobe Bellingham Noah Sadiki Marc Casadó (Barca DMF) Kees Smit Nathan De Cat plus Kennet Eichhorn (summer 2027, as he is too young to move until then) Bayern want him SO badly, so probably not going to happen I want us to sign Nat De Cat just for his name. 6'4 at 17 would help give us some extra height too.. Edited 1 hour ago by Duppy Conqueror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,582 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 5 hours ago, Blue Armour said: I got excited for a bit, and then I remembered it was only on loan. I case of we flushed the turd and can't see it but know it's lurking in the u-bend.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,334 Posted 29 minutes ago Share Posted 29 minutes ago 9 hours ago, Vesper said: How did you acquire Lilly Phillips and Bonnie blues Christmas presents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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