LabouredSubterfuge
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Carvalho's younger and on an upwards trajectory. And he's getting into Portugal's national team already.
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Carvalho's younger and on an upwards trajectory. And he's getting into Portugal's national team already.
Martinez was interested in Clevz wasnt he? Maybe we are doing a swap. Wouldnt mind that. I am fine with signing Mccarthy as long as that does not hamper us signing a few other CMs. We need more than a couple of CMs to compete throughout the year. I dont want us to sign Cesc and when he gets injured be forced to play Cleverley.
ShogunDarius
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just been reminded of someone who calls themselves a pro at fifa yet cant score a single goal on semi pro difficulty against league 2 teams while playing as Arsenal
Vivalaraza
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McCarthy is 23, Carvalho 22.
Portugal's team is pretty shit so I don't know if playing for them is that big of a deal.
I'm not crazy about signing McCarthy, especially for what it would cost. But he's a good player - proved it this season. Said I wouldn't have been unhappy if we signed him last summer along with somebody who had a bit more about them. Feel the same now.
Mata-Carrick-Mccarthy would be a decent Midfield 3 in a 4-3-3.
KidA Seven
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Vivalaraza
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McCarthy would basically be a Carrick replacement, wouldn't really want to see them playing alongside each other too often. Not sure if McCarthy's passing range is quite as good as Carrick's has been - but it's decent anyway.
All that said - it's SkySports, not really worth battering an eyelid until one of the more reliable Manchester journalists who are on Woodward's contact list report anything.
But turning your nose up at McCarthy, to me, just seems like wanting more exciting and exotic signings. Which are good too - but not every signing can be like that, nor should it.
"Regarding all the speculations you should read BILD today. There is nothing else to say about this."
BILD:
Kroos: "I assume that I will play for Bayern next year."
He also says: "There were a lot of speculations. But Manchester was and still is not an option."
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Fuck. We should sell him
Why don't you wanna go, Kroos??? WHYVivalaraza
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Not sure if dc but Lars Bender is out of the World Cup.
KidA Seven
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LabouredSubterfuge
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I'm just extrapolating what this means if we're going for him this soon. Does this mean he's on our A list? Or has everyone already rejected us and we're on our C list players? Is this the kind of player we can expect this summer?
KidA Seven
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Vivalaraza
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I don't think we should extrapolate anything from it just yet. Maybe he is on this "A List" as one of 3, the other two who are Vidal and Pogba. It's one single rumour - can't really extrapolate anything from that.
At the end of the day, we shouldn't expect to sign world class players. We aren't in the Champions League and we're not the only club that can pay good money. I'm still hopeful we can get someone of that ilk but it's not going to be easy to do it.
Jezza running with Konoplyanka now. That's a good example - we're not getting someone like Reus unless a lot of things fall our way. So players like that are the ones we should expect.
Fuck Moyes!
LFMartins86
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Yet in the last decade we always did as well or better than England. Not bad for a shit team.
Vivalaraza
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Well if we had Moyes we might have Kroos.
Don't set the bar too high now. England are shit. Portugal are better but not that much.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Just seen the Konoplyanka link. Interesting.
Mr.Marston
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I'm far from worried, but it would be nice to have a real early statement of intent from Liverpool this window.
Our last couple of windows have been quite poor, but with the caveat of spending within our means and not having CL football to offer, it was sort of understandable. There's no excuse this time though, we can't progress on the pitch, but still be making fundemental mistakes off it, otherwise everything is likely to fall apart.
Our last couple of windows have been quite poor, but with the caveat of spending within our means and not having CL football to offer, it was sort of understandable. There's no excuse this time though, we can't progress on the pitch, but still be making fundemental mistakes off it, otherwise everything is likely to fall apart.
Gareth Bale
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No Ricardo to save you now
oooooh snap lol
LFMartins86
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No, just saying that if Portugal has a shit team, England's no better. Carvalho is already part of the national team and is someone who clearly has the confidence to play on the big stage. He made his official international debut by being brought on to the match against Sweden while we were losing and immediately made an impact in the game. If he gets some playing time on Brazil, more people will realize the quality and the potential he has.
Liverpool seem to be in the market for another forward and have been linked with Remy today by Sky and the Press Association.
Him and Bony have been linked so far from 'credible' sources. Would like to have another quality forward on the bench.
We need to do the majority of our transfers before the world cup.
Him and Bony have been linked so far from 'credible' sources. Would like to have another quality forward on the bench.
I'm really worried about Ayre. I still think he is in the wrong role.
We need to do the majority of our transfers before the world cup.
LFMartins86
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Rui Patricio and Beto are both expert PK stoppers so we're doing fine on that aspect.
was he ever in? On paper, maybe.
No. Pogba!
Look at Vidal's run <3<3<3<3
Good shout!
This one is still my favourite goal in the history of football.
Milchmonster
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Our DM is now Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Kroos and Kramer. Of course he was in.
i think he's going to go to Arsenal, but he would be a seriously good addition. He's versatile, can stretch defenses and would seamlessly slot into how we play.
Would be more than just a back-up though I think, he would get a lot of game time with Liverpool playing in more competitions and Sturridge's injury record.
Mike Ashley surely
The Vigilante would never dare to fight Ashley. He's too powerful.
As in, on the XI. Lowe is too pussy to use him.
Frank the Great
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Nice FFP you got there, UEFA. What a joke.
Also Galliani looks really stupid once again, Thiago Silva is far better than Luiz and sold for much cheaper.
Nothing is wrong with him. He is a phenomenal player most of the time but his demands at Bayerns board are seriously annoying because all he does with this is cause trouble within the team. I'm sure they will find an agreement around 8 million a year but to drive that publicly in the media is daft and thats why many Bayern fans are annoyed of him.
Lana Del Rey
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I honestly don't care anymore. They just need to get it over with so we can start buying some players. We need a good defender.
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IGN's review of X-MEN DoFP is good btw.
and they gave it a 8.8
Lana Del Rey
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50m for Luiz is completely understandable. Personally I asked for 55m, but they didn't think he was THAT good.
FortuneFaded
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While you're here, why were Jason Dodd & Paul Williams sacked?
Milchmonster
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Well, that's true.
Although it would have been a total Löw move to put Lahm in DM and play Bender as RB.
No one really knows.
Solid rumour is Poch didn't like them for some reason and was part of his agreement to sign new deal.
Aside for Dodd being a legend, not convinced either of them bought alot to the coaching set up.
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