Barrettinator

Source: The Sun.

Di Marzio linking us to him today Not sure what to make of this but if he's available for the reported 35m, I'd take him.

At one point we had Drogba, Kalou, Mikel and Essien all going off to the ACN every couple of years and we still survived. Just saying that generally btw. Don't really care for Aina.

He does have the likes of Clyne and Walker ahead of him in the England set up. Add Trippier now as well. Plus his dad is very connected to Nigeria so it didn't in fact come out of nowhere. Not everybody has to play for England. Iwobi declared for Nigeria too when he could have played for England.

Could it be that we made a bid?

He did it months ago. Pretty sure he'd have made the U21 squad if he didn't. But I don't really rate him so I couldn't really be arsed. Don't think he has a future here.

Aina already declared for Nigeria's national team. Why on earth would he then play for England's U21 after doing that?

Didn't watch the whole tournament but I watched the match against Germany and he was played as a second striker. Never seen a dumber tactical decision by a manager. Completely took away the influence he could have had in midfield. I don't know how he was played for the entire tournament but I wouldn't doubt he was misused often judging by that match. sh*t tactics can make a good player look terrible.

Except Madrid have to compete with a certain Barcelona. Did you forget about them? Madrid STILL consistently go for the best players, sh*t league or not. There's also Atletico and very good teams like Sevilla (who'll beat pretty much all PL teams outside the top 6 and can even beat any of the top 6 teams on a good day). Let's not also forget Madrid have just won 3 CLs in 4 years, including 2 back to back. Is the CL made of sh*t teams too? And they won the CL with youth players like Casemiro (whom they decided to place trust in, getting rid of Khedira) and Carvajal starting, as well as others like Vasquez and Asensio playing a part. There's no excuse for Chelsea. We CAN buy quality AND promote youth at the same time. We have an opportunity now to integrate Baker into our midfield in addition to Bakayoko, Cesc, Kante and Chalobah. The lad has everything in his locker to one day be a top all round midfielder. But I'd bet we send him on loan again and buy another CM. We just never learn.

It's official. Really disappointed with this sale tbqh. Shows the club aren't really that bothered about bringing youth through. It's actually possible to buy world class players AND bring youth through, you know. Just look at Real Madrid. Considering how much they spend on players, it's actually embarrassing that they have a much better record of promoting youth than we do. I guess the silver lining is that there's a buy back clause.

I don't think that's true or the United rumours wouldn't have existed.

Why aren't we looking at Serge Aurier? Has an attitude problem at PSG but so did Anelka everywhere before Chelsea and after Chelsea. Only player that has maintained his attitude problem here that I can remember over the last 15-17 years is Costa. I tend to think Conte can work on this lad. On the pitch, he's a fantastic RB and he'd be perfect for us. Apparently United and Juventus are looking to get him. Not sure why there hasn't been any reported interest on our part. Really don't want to see Azpi at RWB.

I was just about to say that picture could have been from any city lol.

We should probably release the entire first team and play the youth from top to bottom. We'd not only save money but also make a lot of money on sales, ehy?

Allegri already shut the rumours down. He's not leaving.

The fact that it's a specialist position makes it that much more important. Or are you not listening to yourself? Spend 60m everywhere else and you're find with it but spend 60m on perhaps the most important position in our team based on our formation and you're throwing a fit? Football fans do my head in.

Don't you know Alonso is the greatest LB in the history of football? I think it's a bubble that will burst eventually.

Oh what happened? NOW you care about the price again? Pick one opinion and stick with it mate. Stop flip flopping.

You really are clueless mate. Sorry to say.

Money. Juve can't match what we'll offer him. We're offering much more. More than double his current wages. Plus it's not like we're a nothing Anzi Mackhachkala (sp?) club anyway. We're a few additions away from Real/Barca/Bayern/Juve level in Europe so it's not a downgrade either. Plus there are reports that his family never really settled in Turin and would love a move to a city like London (who doesn't?). Throw in the fact that we have quite a few Brazilians AND we have Conte too and it's not that far fetched when you think about it.

I really don't care that much. I hardly expect anything when England are playing anyway. I guarantee you we'll get to the quarter final in Russia next year and lose in embarrassing fashion again. Maybe even earlier. Only 1 real world class English player at the moment and that's Kane. Alli looks really good but he still has to prove his consistency. I think we have something with Baker and I'd love for Conte to at least give him a chance in pre-season to impress. He's a really good talent imo and I think he's level headed enough to grab the chance if given. On topic: Courtois Azpi Luiz VVD (New RWB) Kante Bakayoko Sandro Pedro Hazard Lukaku Really wish we could get a new RWB from somewhere. I hope Conte's not planning to depend on Moses on that wing all season again or even Azpi. Sanchez would be nice but I don't see that happening. Short of Sanchez, I don't know who else we could get that would be a legit upgrade on Pedro at the moment. Not the biggest fan of James Rodriguez.

You have no idea what you're posting.

Yeah you've definitely been living under a rock. He'll be putting pen to paper before the end of this week. The Premier League is not some Olympian, insurmountable league. Players come in and tear the league apart every year. Enough with that "adapt to the Premier League" talk already.

I'd fall in love with Jose again if he took Matic off our hands for 40 mil tbh.