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He wont be quite the same after a ruptured achilles. The entire area is weakened for one. It can also go again very very easily.

starz group own skybet. Same people who own online casino type websites etc

SSN do not own skybet. They make no money off it at all with the rumours they report and resulting odds... Gedson Fernandes is absolute nonsense though

Zaha at 80m is a no no. 40 plus a player? yes These signings for this window, Zaha, Ake, etc need to be accepted. We were never signing Sancho this window, or Werner, or Isco. They just dont happen in January. Really grates me on twitter fans moaning because we are bidding for player X from France instead of going for world class players.

I dont think its Ben White, his fee has been reported as 25m. No one is paying 50 for him yet... no offence to him. My guess? It could be one of a number of CB in the prem. When he says "young CB", that could be anyone under 25 tbh. I think we will sign Ake if anyone. But that Kaveh seems a bit of a billy bullsh*tter

Take all news with a truck of salt. The problem is because media claimed we have £150m to spend and bought no one in the summer, people thought we'd go mad and agree deals in no time. Wont happen. I avoid SSN like the plague during windows. They've gone awful. Recycle the same stories all day and do sh*tty polls on social media

Been shot down by Matt Law. Gazetta delo sport have rubbished it, too As has some Brazilian reporter for ESPN. Flamengo very much intending to make his loan permanent apparently

I didnt even read the Alaba report after seeing the headline. Just so obviously a bullsh*t link. Players like that who are linked with moves in January will not happen. Wouldnt waste my time reading them.

aguero, kane, aubameyang, lacazette, vardy, firmino, Gabriel Jesus.....

At this very minute based on amount of goals scored, yes, as is Ings Overall ability? Not a chance. We still need an elite level striker whether it now or summer, likely the latter

Yes but those charts aren't always the be all and end all. I mean Ings has scored more than Aguero, but hes not fit to lace his boots. I just dont think Abraham is anywhere near top level yet

fair point. Doing well for Lyon though Dembele. 25 goals in 51 games. Probably a similar strike rate to Tammy.

I agree to an extent. I wouldn't say Tammy is good enough to lead our line for a title challenge but the amount of game time he is currently getting may grow him into one. He is a very good striker but has a lot to learn and you are right, he could grow into a title leading striker. But he is still so so far off. I think if Dembele joined, he'd be ahead of Tammy. Not buying the Gabigol rumours

I was thinking while watching, maybe his move is already in the works and it was a prevention to stop him getting injured. Because there is no way he did not deserve a run out. Unless on the other hand, Frank thinks he is absolute sh*te

Opening myself up for a backlash here but when people talk of us signing a striker it's always to backup Tammy, or play with him. Why not sign someone better than Tammy if possible? Because there is plenty out there

Batshuayi awful. Barkley was ok at best. Kovacic quiet, Reece James excellent. My main observations. CHO was very good first half but again, and ive said it before, his best games are always in the cups against lesser/weaker sides. Looks a totally different player in the prem. Giroud is definitely off, and Pedro i think

I think we will get someone, and most likely Ake (or a left back) and Moussa Dembele. Koulibaly, Telles, Chilwell, Sancho, Ousmane Dembele, etc just isnt happening in January.

Was never convinced myself. One random rumour and it blew up into a done deal almost. If he comes to England, I suspect its West Ham. Or like a mid table club with a bit of cash. Cant rule out him staying at Flamengo

That statement just screams of "id like to keep him but chuck me more money and who knows?"

I'd take Jimenez. I like him

I think we can assume this is who we will probably sign for the striker role. That Lyon statement is not to be taken at face value tbh, they have history I know many people are complaining about this deal simply because he is not Timo Werner, and yes we'd all prefer Werner, but with no release clause a deal this month just wont happen. We need to accept that

Breaking | Lyon release statement “reaffirming our desire to keep Moussa Dembélé. The club has complete confidence in Moussa and we count on him as we build a powerful team for the seasons to come.” Same thing they did with Ndombele and Lacazette before selling. Think this may have legs

Something tells me we aren't going to be as crazy as media predict. Was very easy to claim we will go on a spree simply because we couldn't in summer. Hodgson said Zaha is not for sale.... but.... if a big bid comes in you need to consider it. So that tells you they would let him go if they absolutely had to, so i think he is still a possibility. Zaha, Dembele/Werner and Ake is about the lengths we will go. But i kinda think a Sancho deal like the Pulisic one could happen, which would then mean Zaha doesn't join, no issues with that

If Timo Werner joins and settles nicely, Abraham is 2nd fiddle to him. In the same way if Isco joined and got up to his best, Mount is miles behind him. Sancho would be ahead of CHO. We all want the youth to do well but sometimes the need is there to bring in someone better, be it British or foreign. We need a left back, striker, creative mid, centre back and possibly a winger over the next 2 windows.

He did well but lets not get carried away after one game. He isn't going to be in the senior side often this year. Will head on loan most likely It's great to see them do well when used but some of our fans want them playing week in week out if they simply pass a ball 5 yards with a backheel