5 minutes ago, DonAntonio said:

For sure, are you familiar with what I'm talking about?

I know exactly what you're getting at  I'm eager to see how/if he answers. I'd bet £50 on him being a United fan or something.

3 minutes ago, TomCFC85 said:

This whole thing about James Rodriguez possibly joining United.
It's a load of rubbish, in my opinion.
Why the hell would Real want to deal with them after this whole Morata debacle? 

Honestly, now that I look at it more rationally, I don't think anyone would be willing to pay €75m for Rodriguez. He doesn't really fill any serious need for any of the teams that could stump up the cash.

24 minutes ago, TomCFC85 said:

This whole thing about James Rodriguez possibly joining United.
It's a load of rubbish, in my opinion.
Why the hell would Real want to deal with them after this whole Morata debacle? 

Why wouldn't they? It's Morata and his camp that may feel aggrieved either with Perez for being unreasonably greedy or with ManU for unwilligness to pay the fee and going after Lukaku instead.

Edited July 9, 20179 yr by abramovich

Incredible this

Wonder if City will overtake us by the end of the summer.

United look like they're going to spend a billion euros before winning the league again.

22 minutes ago, Barrettinator said:

Incredible this

Wonder if City will overtake us by the end of the summer.

United look like they're going to spend a billion euros before winning the league again.

They are second on the list, 723 million Euros.

Just now, T-val said:

They are second on the list, 723 million Euros.

Ah yes, I was reading it wrongly. You're right.

Rudiger finally announced

Can we now ignore this guy and get back to rumours

6 hours ago, TomCFC85 said:

In the Shed End Forums, his account was raised.
The rumour mill was where he spent most of his days
Chilling out, bullsh*tting out, lying it's a wrap
And making up accusations, full of crap
When a couple of users, saw right through his disguise
Started calling out his obvious lies 
Got in one little fight,
And his mum, you bet
Said "Timmy, you should stay off the internet" 

Best post on any Forum Ever 

2 hours ago, GlasgowK said:

Best post on any Forum Ever 

"The fresh prince of Bell End",...joking....fine adaptation of lyrics...

1.4 bil coming out of Manchester... City have somehow found a way around FFP for good and United are starting to realize they essentially have a blank check every summer because their golden days (years) coincided with the PL blowing up. 

Looks like RLC could be Frank de Boer's first signing for Palace...season long loan...if he goes there then maybe Zouma is staying with the squad? 

26 minutes ago, doctorblue said:

if he goes there then maybe Zouma is staying with the squad? 

Cant. Not enough HG players.

1 hour ago, didierforever said:

Cant. Not enough HG players.

We have 15 non homegrown players at the moment, we can still fit 2 more into our 25 man squad. It's possible for Zouma to stay here, but i would rather he went out on loan.

Has Charly Mousanda been given a squad number yet? There was rumours that he'd been given the no. 17 shirt? He counts for HG I assume? 

11 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

We have 15 non homegrown players at the moment, we can still fit 2 more into our 25 man squad. It's possible for Zouma to stay here, but i would rather he went out on loan.

Tibo, Willy, Eduardo

RWB (Danilo?)

Alonso, LWB(SAndro/Baba)

Luiz, Rudiger, Azpi

Matic, Bakayoko, Kante

Hazard, Pedro, Willian

Michy, 2nd Striker?, 3rd Striker?

Which is adding up to 18 slots , this is with the assumptions that we get Bakayoko and Costa is not a part of the squad (though that does not change much).

 Point being if we keep Zouma, then we would have to look for HG transfer options for 2 of these 4 positions (LWB, RWB, 2nd Striker, 3rd Striker) and I dont think there are any good viable Homegrown options here (except for OX for RWB but arsenal are demanding 40mil pounds apparently).

If anything then we need to get rid of one more possibly Eduardo for Blackman.

Edited July 10, 20179 yr by didierforever

10 minutes ago, doctorblue said:

Has Charly Mousanda been given a squad number yet? There was rumours that he'd been given the no. 17 shirt? He counts for HG I assume? 

I think he will count as home grown when he reaches the age of 21, i'm not sure though, i don't know how long he has been at the club for.

But because he isn't 21 yet, it doesn't really matter at the moment. He can be registered with the squad without worrying about the home grown rule.

Looks like Costa hasn't returned for pre-season training...he apparently has been given special dispensation for his absence...AM have apparently upped their offer for him to 30m euros...about half what we're looking for...

Edited July 10, 20179 yr by doctorblue

Looks like Aina is off to Hull on a season long loan...making room for Danilo maybe? 

Come to think of it, Lukaku to Man Utd makes sense.
United let Everton have Shrek
So in return, Everton sold them Donkey. 

3 hours ago, doctorblue said:

Looks like Costa hasn't returned for pre-season training...he apparently has been given special dispensation for his absence...AM have apparently upped their offer for him to 30m euros...about half what we're looking for...

Personally I believe his transfer is only a few days away, hence the reason for an extra few days off from training, and keeping his "influence", good or bad, away from the other players. 

This below from Sky:

COSTA LATEST

Sky sources understand there is no way back for Diego Costaat Chelsea.

We are told “he is finished at Chelsea for sure and has played his last game for the club”.

He wants to stay, but accepts there is no future for him at Chelsea. He fell out with Conte and Conte has had enough.

The striker’s potential transfer to Atletico Madrid is being negotiated now.

Have no problem with Costa going sooner rather than later but would like to get a reasonable fee for him...£22m seems awfully low...

Bloody hell, Conte doesn't take sh*t.

2 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Bloody hell, Conte doesn't take sh*t.

Good.

If he's not going to bother returning then sell him asap. Would love it if he apologized and stayed even if it meant he'd go back next summer but after reports like that then he can leave. Hope he doesn't come back fat so that Atleti won't reject him