GoldenCrow
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Why are Chelsea getting beaten to all transfers. Llorente potentially to Spurs now.
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Atomic Odin
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Yeah I'm having fun watching it unfold, sweet revenge for Salah
edit: looks happy enough, hope he'll do great
Surprised to see that Mangala still hasn't found a team. He was the best player on our team last year (yeah, everyone was shit) and I think he could be a great defender if he plays with a more experimented defender by his side. It's just like Mustafi, a normal defender when he neads to lead everyone or a great defender when he is accompanied by a great leader.
Man, what a wonderful duo were Otamendi and Mustafi on Valencia... let's see if we can get another great one between Garay, Gabriel and Murillo.
By the way, Nani to Lazio on a loan seems to be done.
Man, what a wonderful duo were Otamendi and Mustafi on Valencia... let's see if we can get another great one between Garay, Gabriel and Murillo.
By the way, Nani to Lazio on a loan seems to be done.
If the situation with Van Dijk can be worked through, LFC are prepared to make him the worlds most expensive defender. (Melissa Reddy)
Its noticable how this morning all the usual LFC journalists seem to be tempering expectations compared to how positive things were yesterday - I wouldn't expect anyone else to happen now
Obviously despite that I will still keep checking the internet every 5 seconds today for new signings...
brokenbeans
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Mou, Woody pls
So he is a multi talented player huh.♡♡ Just what Allegri liked. Hope if he join us, he will be ready for all kind of crazy position lol. Like how Mandzukic now is winger for Juventus lol.
WhateverItTakes
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Yeah, I believe the club are legitimately trying for Lemar but Monaco want fuck-off money, in which case why not just keep Phil for the year?
Gotta admit the last few days of madness has been good PR for them, even if the only result incoming from those days right now is Ox.
Unreal Champ
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Those were dark times. The lowest I've ever felt about the club.
Fuck Juventus, hopefully that piece of shit club doesn't get Can. I'd rather see him go to Bayern on a free then Juventus.
I haven't really watched enough of Khedira to compare them.
I will say Can is by no means the finished product yet and by far his biggest problem is his consistency. He can go from a player who is completely controlling a game, playing a part in everything, looking like he's only ever going to become a world class player, to just a waste of a spot on a game to game basis at times. But he's been very good so far this season and seems to just be getting better and better. He plays in 3 man CM and is probably the more defensive of the 3 (not saying much though), but he's good going forward, helping the attack flow better too. Very good short passer, not afraid to throw in a tackle and can score the occasional wonder goal too.
papercan55
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I'm so confused, i thought every single person said manchester united would easily walk away with the league, fan's, pundits and all the media have been saying united are unstoppable and they have crushed all opposition so far without even trying.
Why would they need anymore signings?
Atomic Odin
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Tom28 said:
Oh well
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Oh well
Yep, that's the end of it. That guy has been right all summer. We need another CB, right now Sakho is the only realistic option.
What an odd window it's turning into for us...
I'm happy with the players who have come in - Caballero, Rudiger, Bakayoko and Morata - and reasonably happy with the outgoings (assuming we get Costa shipped out...), and happy that we've kept Christensen at the club.
Yet there seems to be an air of panic about our business now... Losing out on Llorente by a reported £3m? Ox going to pool to play CM? Spunking ourselves over Drinkwater?
If we can get Mahrez/Barkley over the line I think it's a decent window, but it looks like I'm alone in that thinking.
I'm happy with the players who have come in - Caballero, Rudiger, Bakayoko and Morata - and reasonably happy with the outgoings (assuming we get Costa shipped out...), and happy that we've kept Christensen at the club.
Yet there seems to be an air of panic about our business now... Losing out on Llorente by a reported £3m? Ox going to pool to play CM? Spunking ourselves over Drinkwater?
If we can get Mahrez/Barkley over the line I think it's a decent window, but it looks like I'm alone in that thinking.
Mase Gumble
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It's a bit shit watching fans of other teams get to have all the fun. And we could use a proper winger.
Dutch Gronk
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Mahrez and Barkley, with Drinkwater and Llorente and I'm more than pleased. Sure defensively on the wings we probably could have used anther player, but keeping Christensen we can always have Azpi and Rudiger play on the wings if necessary.
That sounds like the a young version of Matuidi and Marchisio actually.
And if there is doubt on his defensive output, coming to Juventus will whip him into defensive master lol for how much Juventus build on cleansheets.^_^
Lol. Whats with the hate lol? I dont think Juventus had done something bad towards pool there right? Dont get angry on us just because we are succesful lol. Hell, ur team is even richer than us there bruh.
At this rate in 2 years Wenger would need a 2 hour press conference to tell the story about the players he almost bought but didn't.
Mahrez at Chelsea would be a huge signing in my opinion because he would replace William which quite frankly is not good enough offensively for a team like Chelsea. I like his work rate but sometimes the pace of the attack just stops when William gets the ball. Playing a little more inside and behind a striker would fit Mahrez pretty nicely.
Yep. Both places are huge holes for United. Mata's qualities are lost when he play as a right winger and Lingard is trash anywhere he plays, so they don't have anybody for that role. Which is odd considering they were in the market for a left winger (Perisic). Baffling.
For some reason they weren't rumored to be in the market for a left back but unless Mourinho let Shaw out of the doghouse, they are going to pay for the decision to let Blind and Darmian as their only options.
They are fucked either way because they don't have the depth required to compete against City.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Nostalgia time
Funny, that contains all of my favourite non-Liverpool players ever.
Imagine how long that chapter will be in his memoirs.
Mase Gumble
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I don't know why Wenger always feels the need to say how he nearly signed every half decent player there's ever been, it makes him look a chump, not cool.
Even the most deluded Arsenal fan can see through that shit.
Even the most deluded Arsenal fan can see through that shit.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I don't think anybody better personifies juvenile lad-culture in football.
An awful human being on every level.
Nostalgia time
We can never go back
Weah is an absolute legend...miss him on the world football stage.
Yeah he and Andy Wanker Gray are absolutely terrible.
GHG
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Nostalgia time
When football was actually good and players had to work hard to earn their wages.
Ty from AFTV would defend it
MikeBison
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Nope, 10:45
A Serious Man
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For fucks sake.
Yes for most leagues. LaLiga closes tomorrow for example.
Midnight (Paris time) for most leagues. Spain is tomorrow, Portugal has another 2 or 3 weeks I believe.
It really is mind boggling. Like what is rummenigge's or hoenes' endgame?
We were fucked in 2014, 2016 and 2017 because our most important players were injured or were coming from an injury.
Now our squad is even smaller, the injury prone players are still there just older.
Dutch Gronk
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Actually shipping Sanchez to Swansea seems a better move in future if u guys wanted to get him in the future again.
Sending him to Juve or Milan would be guarantee than Sanchez wont return to Bayern anymore.
I am just more interested on Muller and the posibilities of Juventus getting him next season lol.
I wouldn't have a problem with this if Ancelotti rotated a lot more and gave our youth players match time. He doesn't, probably because our youth talents are not that great. But yeah, I don't get it.
Although I understand that they don't want to be dragged into the current offseason madness.
MikeBison
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Conte must be tampin'
Müller won't leave. The fans would kill rummenigge or ancelotti if müller left.
He didn't let coman and kimmich play although both had excellent debut seasons under pep.
I'v said it before and I say it again. Ancelotti was the biggest mistake we made in recent times because he's not the right mananger in the transition phase we are in right now. He's a great manager without question but not a manager for OUR future.
Ancelotti just treats this job as his paycheck and he's not interested in building a squad for the next few years. He probably says to himself he will be gone in 2 years so why take a risk with young players.
Man, I miss heynckes
average players aren't going to start over the current team
Atomic Odin
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Is there any other CB we could go for today? I can't bear to see Lovren starting still come the next game.
Markitron
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Hope this is true. Phil may have pissed off the fans but I still don't want him to leave.
I haven't seen a single one mentioned all summer. Is Subotic still decent for Dortmund?
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