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Feels like the Madueke - Garnacho/Gittens move, where the club has invested years in Gusto’s development and then moved him on for another project one. Project signings are not bad if you are signing the cream of the crop.

Serie A talents scare me because the quality of the league is so poor. We have Guéla Doué at Strasbourg who has been brilliant, Neco Williams who has been very good the last few seasons and can play both wings which seems to be Palestra’s unique selling point. Just feels like another project signing.

Isn’t he a RWB? €60m for a Serie A wingback who has just completed his first full season, out on loan away from his parent club. Gusto has been linked with City; but if he is meant to be his replacement, surely there are PL RBs with more experience. Also calls into question the new deal for James if he can’t be our first choice RB. You are not paying €60m for a 21yr old player to be depth.

This Argies look like a tribute to and celebration of the greatest footballer ever. They are all working for him. To be fair it doesn’t look cheesy.

So fans reckon Madrid will pay £120m for this Enzo to play deeper? 😂

“Aston Villa co-owner Nassef Sawiris is determined to ignore all interest in Morgan Rogers unless he receives offers well above £100m. He looks at the fee of about £120m Manchester City might pay for Elliot Anderson.” Reckon the winner of this transfer window will be the club that decides not to enter into this crazy window. The ridiculous fee isn’t the only problem; you sign a £100m player, and he will be demanding £250k/w. If he flops you are screwed.

Not really sure about him, think he is heavily protected with the back 3 in Palace’s system. “Wharton was the 10th slowest outfield player to have played more than 900 minutes in the Premier League this season:” His lack of mobility is a red flag for me. There is a reason why Tonali, Anderson, Matheus Fernandes and Adam Scott are in higher demand.

That is what I find puzzling; normally you either try and build a technical core like a prime city, or a physical one like Newcastle, ours just looks very strange. Spent ridiculous amount of money and lacks pace, technicality or physicality.

🤔.. still insist paying £100m for a “DM” should never have happened. If Rice was just breaking up play for Arsenal his fee would be looked at differently.

Reece James: "If you look around at the quality of the players we've got, we've got a lot of world-class players in the team. We've got a lot of players that have won big titles, in consecutive years as well, so the winning mentality is there for sure. I think that would probably be the key driver." If the team had the supposed “world class players”, you could literally put a random fan in charge, and they would get top 4. Not buying it, and he is hilarious taking about winning big titles.

Doue moved for €50m though, and he is just having somewhat of a breakthrough season this year. As for Kvaratskhelia, he moved just last season for €70m on the back of a Serie A league title and Player of the season performance. Diomande just isn’t a £105m player, and trying to sell a player for 5x what you paid for him after 1 season is nuts.

Had the Turkish as dark horses, but surprisingly out already in an easy group.

“Liverpool are prepared to offer €115m for Diomande. “ This won’t end well. The sample size is just too small for him to be a sure bet. He has only played 46 1st team games.

Can’t take him serious. We looked a car crash last season, he took the money and was doing PR for BlueCo. I don’t think he will be a consideration for a top European club with his injury record and wages.

Never understood why some fans wanted him here besides the Alonso connection.

Hell of a gamble on a Bundesliga talent but Klopp would have given them some insight on him.

A what? Paying world class fees doesn’t make a player world class.

Not buying it. Think it’s either his agent throwing him in the mix, or Madrid using him to get West Ham to lower their valuation on Matheus Fernandez. Jorge Mendes is Mourinho’s agent, Bernardo Silva’s agent and Matheus Fernandes’s agent. There is absolute no way he will risk a dressing room unrest with characters like Mbappe & Vinicius by signing Enzo.

His valuation by the club is funny, and i expect him and his agent to have a lot to say after the World Cup. If you stick a £120m fee on a player, then pay him the £300k/w market rate. The problem with the valuation is as a “10” his numbers aren’t elite, and should be more a Rogers/Gibbs White £80m ball park. As a DLP, you are pricing him as a WC asset, which is a problem because he doesn’t play there at club level.

Hang on, what clubs? City and PSG have publicly stated they are not interested, and I think Jose played a blinder by getting Bernardo Silva in early. The whole racist accusation that is hanging on Enzo is not something he will want to deal with again after his experience at Benfica, especially with the amount of strong French characters in the Madrid dressing room. That move is just not happening, I am confused why he & his agent can’t read the room.

“Marcus Rashford deal at Man Utd includes £40m clause for all clubs bar #MCFC & #LFC. €30m buy option in Barcelona loan expired yesterday. If returns to #MUFC 28yo’s preference is to honour contract (2028) rather than join another PL side” Sancho, Garnacho, you just know the Rashford deal will happen since they are after a LW.

If Alonso goes with a back 3, the wingbacks will replace the output. Personally not a fan of either, prefer a flat 4 with fullbacks bombing forward.

They’ve got some decent defenders.

He is 40yrs & looks very agile.

Doesn’t look like a £50m player.