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lacazette to arsenal is a strange one. is he really bettering himself by going to a team outside the top four than staying at lyon? maybe wages has a part to play, but surprising nobody else is in for him apart from arsenal. 

 
enigma said:
lacazette to arsenal is a strange one. is he really bettering himself by going to a team outside the top four than staying at lyon? maybe wages has a part to play, but surprising nobody else is in for him apart from arsenal. 
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I don't think he's a great striker tbh. An upgrade on Giroud but not enough to turn them into title winners.

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Is this the same De Boer that failed massively at Inter or is this his brother?
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I think 'at Inter' is a more important part of that sentence than 'failed massively', tbh. Joining in August to replace Mancini was never going to work out well.

He has a better track record than fellow Dutch manager Koeman, who has variously failed at: A**x (to an extent), Valencia, Benfica, AZ Alkmaar.

enigma said:
lacazette to arsenal is a strange one. is he really bettering himself by going to a team outside the top four than staying at lyon? maybe wages has a part to play, but surprising nobody else is in for him apart from arsenal. 
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You wonder why he doesn't wait out six months at Lyon and join Atleti once their ban is over. He won't be CL-tied at Lyon so could come in and play the knockout stages assuming Atleti get through their group.

I think he'd be a solid addition to Arsenal as an addendum to Sanchez, but not as a replacement. In the context of Sanchez to City he'd be a clear downgrade.

 
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Michael Keane signs for Everton for an initial £25m, potentially rising to £30m. 

Takes Everton's summer spending to roughly £90m to date... They're not f**king about. 

Question is, are they just spending whatever cash they may get from the sale of Lukaku? 

 
Jose apparently unhappy with the United board over lack of signings. His two year distruption phase has started early..

 
JM7 said:
Jose apparently unhappy with the United board over lack of signings. His two year distruption phase has started early..
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He's always managed to win the title in his second season at all the clubs he's been at. He knows the pressure to deliver is on.

 
Maksimov said:
He's always managed to win the title in his second season at all the clubs he's been at. He knows the pressure to deliver is on.
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He has, but Ibra always won the title in his first season at all his clubs until United.

There's actually a science around Jose's second season succeses. The first half of season 2 the player's are fully in tune to his ways but also to early in to be burned out by them, a combination that delivers both the results and outstanding performances. The start of the burn out tends to happen around January/February time which leads to Jose turning the attacking hose off and playing very boring/defensive football to bring the trophy home (which he did with us on both 2nd season's). Then when he returns for pre season in season 3 and wants to stick to the "tried and trusted" tactics is when problem's start, its one thing convincing world class player's, the fans and the club hierarchy to buy into Pulis ball with a major title within touching distance, trying to pull it off long term however is not going to work at top clubs.

I think United are actually under the most pressure to win next season, if they don't win the league or CL they have basically wasted time appointing Jose.

 
Hard to argue with that. I don't think Jose has changed his ways or done anything new since he left Inter. 

 
He used to be a more flexible manager iirc. His Inter team wasn't the best but his tactics more or less came through for them along with Sneijder reaching peak form.

Then he found this magical 4231 and stuck to it. Arguably, it was after the Madrid stint that he started to trust only his chosen 12-14 players and became even more cynical and borderline paranoid. It's sad watching him go from the charismatic charming man in 2004 to current Jose.

 
Rooney apparently in talks about a return to Everton. 

Supposedly he isn't going to fly out with the United squad for their pre-season tour at the weekend. 

Because of his £13m a year wages United may even let him leave on a free transfer. 

To be honest I'm not sure he would even make their starting XI? 

 
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Rooney apparently in talks about a return to Everton. 

Supposedly he isn't going to fly out with the United squad for their pre-season tour at the weekend. 

Because of his £13m a year wages United may even let him leave on a free transfer. 

To be honest I'm not sure he would even make their starting XI? 
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Me either.  I think it's fair to say Rooney is on a seriously steep decline in ability. It just shows you how detrimental poor lifestyle choices can be in relation to the longevity of a footballer's career. I used to read regularly that Rooney didn't really take diet and things like that seriously and now it looks like it's catching up with him. Unfortunately the guy is like me, he merely has to look at food and gains weight. I just don't really see any benefit for Everton to sign him. He isn't at the level to be a starter, probably going to be expensive to be a squad option.

 
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Laccazette on top of the appointment of Alegri would have had me worried, but they still have Wenger so no drama's.

 
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