ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 There are so many conflicting tweets about our interest in Paulo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,952 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Mário César said: from what I have read, he does not have the psychological strength to play at this type of club and is weak in the support game I'm not against buying him, but never for 80M we are talking about a player that devalued so, we are asking so little for lukaku and vlahovic, who is worse, will be worth £80m? it makes no sense Well, at the very least Vlahovic is twice the actual footballer that Lukaku is. It wouldn’t be as infuriating watching Vlahovic trying to receive the ball and using it, I just think he could end up being just as frustrating at actually scoring in the PL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa19 858 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 47 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Loan mercenary or for the first team? So hard to judge Brazilian players and their league from youtube. At first they look like prime R9 and some seconds later it looks like they play on a school yard with pensioners as defenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Fabrizio bringing the hammer to Vlahovic rumors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 TheHulk, Nkunku10, Strike and 1 other 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,282 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 yeah forget about dybala seems more bullshit jornalism than other thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,952 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Dybala & Vlahovic all but ruled out within a couple of hours. Which is a good thing. I’m still holding out hope that we go for Kolo Muani if any striker is brought in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 19 minutes ago, Pizy said: Dybala & Vlahovic all but ruled out within a couple of hours. Which is a good thing. I’m still holding out hope that we go for Kolo Muani if any striker is brought in. Like the look of him but does he have 20+ goals a season in him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,952 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 18 minutes ago, DDA said: Like the look of him but does he have 20+ goals a season in him? He looks to me like a 15-18 goals + 10 assists type of forward. Someone who could link up spectacularly with the likes of Nkunku/Mudryk/Sterling and our midfield. Not a striker who will bag us 25-35 like Kane or Haaland. I just want ANY striker we sign to be a proper footballer and not just a big lump who will be annoying as hell to watch with the ball at his feet. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 2 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Lack of ambition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,494 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 10 hours ago, Costa19 said: So whats the plan here? Pre season tour around the corner and we only have 1 midfielder. Caicedo alone wont do it for us.. we need 1-2 more. Or are we going to play Hall and Gallagher in midfield? 🤦♂️ Soon we are past the day, if we havent past it already, where all selling clubs will look at us and see a lonely Enzo and quote us £100m for every midfielder we might be interested in. There's plenty of options. Gabriel Veiga. Rumours that PSG were close to signing him turned out to be false. Race is still open. And there's Thuram, Kone, Lavia, Amrabat, Barella (tough pull). Only Rice has gone off the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,494 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 If one of the Real Madrid boys are available - Tchouameni or Valverde, they're targets too. There'll be competition but we're in the fight I think. We have French, Spanish speakers and they'd walk into our starting XI Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lluubbeenn 174 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 If Real Madrid get Mbappe and we somehow get Tchou I generally get Makelele vibes. He could be transformative for the whole squad even though he is a lot younger and lacking the XP. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Strike said: There's plenty of options. Gabriel Veiga. Rumours that PSG were close to signing him turned out to be false. Race is still open. And there's Thuram, Kone, Lavia, Amrabat, Barella (tough pull). Only Rice has gone off the market. We need to start moving a.s.a.p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, lucio said: Lack of ambition Wouldn’t say so. He’s played in Italy since he was like 19 and is obviously comfortable there, why else would he of joined Roma and not a European/English side when he had chance to go anywhere he wanted on a free transfer? Plus honestly, I think this sums up where we are just now with the uncertainty as to how things could go this year. A 12th place finish last season may not appeal to some established European based players like Dybala, who has played at Juventus and Roma winning plenty of trophies. The Mourinho pull is always going to be there too, was a huge reason why he signed for Roma. He would of been a good signing though but sums up where our recruitment may be at when it comes to more experienced pros. Hence the continued links to u21s maybe? But regardless we need to start ramping up and getting in and about some midfield signings and fast. Edited July 10, 2023 by OneMoSalah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,143 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 The kit reveal will be the most exciting thing to happen this week. Be another quiet week on the transfer front. Vesper and OneMoSalah 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,224 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 6 hours ago, lucio said: Lack of ambition love of Italy as well he would NEVER get a reception like this here WATCH: Paulo Dybala given STUNNING RECEPTION by thousands of Roma FANS Strike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,224 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 3 hours ago, Strike said: There's plenty of options. Gabriel Veiga. Rumours that PSG were close to signing him turned out to be false. Race is still open. And there's Thuram, Kone, Lavia, Amrabat, Barella (tough pull). Only Rice has gone off the market. Our main DMF target, Ugarte, as well. 🫤 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, Vesper said: love of Italy as well he would NEVER get a reception like this here WATCH: Paulo Dybala given STUNNING RECEPTION by thousands of Roma FANS Id say choosing comfort and clapping fans over competing in the PL is lacking ambition NikkiCFC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 49 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said: He would of been a good signing though but sums up where our recruitment may be at when it comes to more experienced pros. Hence the continued links to u21s maybe? But regardless we need to start ramping up and getting in and about some midfield signings and fast. Even before the ownership takeover was completed last year it was reported that Clearlake's focus would be on building a young squad capable of being competitive. Last summer they went against their youth ideology with the signings of Sterling, Koulibaly and Aubameyang to please Tuchel but once they saw where that got us they haven't looked back. Since the sporting directors were hired the plan has been quite clear. It's a numbers game to try and save the club some money. Look to buy many youngsters on speculative deals before they make their final breakthrough and then just bet on enough of them making it big and end up having gotten them much cheaper than already ready-made players would have cost. Even the ones who aren't quite good enough for us can still potentially be sold for decent money a few years in to recoup some of the money spent on signing them. It's a bit risky and only time will tell how it goes. I personally haven't rated Poch that highly as a manager but for a project like this he can be a good choice. Even if he doesn't bring in the trophies, just having him develop this young squad for a couple of years could be beneficial for the club in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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