14 minutes ago, markpitts said:

Florentino Pérez: “I will send a €150M BID on Tuesday for a top players from a Champions League team”.

“The €150m player is a YOUNG player. He’s a GALACTICO”.

Think it’s either Doue or Neves. Don’t think Madrid are interested in Enzo

It's a RM presidential election campaign pitch. His opponent has promised similar.

Riquelme (one of the Real Madrid candidates) promised that he was going to sign Haaland if he got elected as President, only for Haaland's dad and his agent to come out and say that it wasn't true hahaha

1 hour ago, dermott said:

It's a RM presidential election campaign pitch. His opponent has promised similar.

He has delivered Konate & Dumfries though.

57 minutes ago, markpitts said:

He has delivered Konate & Dumfries though.

One on a free, t'other 20m. Pfft. The unnamed GALACTICO is the vote bait.

He did get Figo tbf

Come on then Perez ... get your cheque book out por favor !

If Enzo leaves, that carries on the timetowaste profile picture curse. The previous 3 before Enzo were Jorginho (went to Arsenal mid season), Mudryk (PEDs) and Nkunku (injured and flopped).

I will curse whoever is chosen by the highest bidder.

19 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

If Enzo leaves, that carries on the timetowaste profile picture curse. The previous 3 before Enzo were Jorginho (went to Arsenal mid season), Mudryk (PEDs) and Nkunku (injured and flopped).

I will curse whoever is chosen by the highest bidder.

Can you fit 2?

Surely its Rogers they look to replace him with.

How they lure him is the funny part. Can't sell him on the "project" anymore when we are a yoyo club with players are wanting to f**k off.

Personally I think Real Madrid would suit Enzo.

Slower paced and less physical than the Premier League and the way most teams just roll over for the big boys in La Liga will suit his ego and then there's guaranteed Champions League every year as well.

Let's hope they put thier money where thier mouth is.

26 minutes ago, 2211 said:

Personally I think Real Madrid would suit Enzo.

Slower paced and less physical than the Premier League and the way most teams just roll over for the big boys in La Liga will suit his ego and then there's guaranteed Champions League every year as well.

Let's hope they put thier money where thier mouth is.

Only issue with this is... Is Enzo a Jose type player.... I think not, and sadly, it will send me into a depression; he'll be here at the start of next season...

2 hours ago, bluelightening said:

Only issue with this is... Is Enzo a Jose type player.... I think not, and sadly, it will send me into a depression; he'll be here at the start of next season...

Let's hope he's a Perez type player then 😆

7 hours ago, 2211 said:

Slower paced and less physical than the Premier League and the way most teams just roll over for the big boys in La Liga will suit his ego

That might have been true maybe five years ago of La Liga and the Premier League. La Liga is much faster paced than the modern PL, mostly because teams still try to score from open play and aren't just kicking for corners. Results against smaller teams defined this year's La Liga title race, whereas most of the smaller teams rolled over for Arsenal, who've actually had an appalling record against the bigger teams for the last few years.

Fernandez is a bad fit for Real Madrid. The role he wants to play is the same as two colossal egos in Fede Valverde and Jude Bellingham. He could be a great player for them if he's willing to play deeper and in a more defensive role, with the promise he showed at Benfica and early at Chelsea. Here's hoping that they sign him anyway.

He goes he goes.. overpriced .. liked to talk about loyalty and show his chest - kissing the badge on every occasion but don’t really care about cfc. We aren’t perfect but wc players carry clubs.. unfortunately he isn’t very good. Do I trust this management to replace with better probably not- but there is always hope.

I hope they sign a taller player who can tackle and head and has an engine to score 5-10 goals.. we need that in the center.

2 hours ago, Jangz said:

He goes he goes.. overpriced .. liked to talk about loyalty and show his chest - kissing the badge on every occasion but don’t really care about cfc. We aren’t perfect but wc players carry clubs.. unfortunately he isn’t very good. Do I trust this management to replace with better probably not- but there is always hope.

I hope they sign a taller player who can tackle and head and has an engine to score 5-10 goals.. we need that in the center.

They've signed Barco

8 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

That might have been true maybe five years ago of La Liga and the Premier League. La Liga is much faster paced than the modern PL, mostly because teams still try to score from open play and aren't just kicking for corners. Results against smaller teams defined this year's La Liga title race, whereas most of the smaller teams rolled over for Arsenal, who've actually had an appalling record against the bigger teams for the last few years.

Fernandez is a bad fit for Real Madrid. The role he wants to play is the same as two colossal egos in Fede Valverde and Jude Bellingham. He could be a great player for them if he's willing to play deeper and in a more defensive role, with the promise he showed at Benfica and early at Chelsea. Here's hoping that they sign him anyway.

Good points, like you say let’s hope they sign him regardless then whether he’s a good fit or not will be their problem 😁

“Nottingham Forest are holding out for a package of up to £130million to sell Elliot Anderson to Manchester City, who distanced themselves from the idea of landing Enzo Fernandez”

Have a sneaky feeling he will be here come the end of the window

2 hours ago, markpitts said:

“Nottingham Forest are holding out for a package of up to £130million to sell Elliot Anderson to Manchester City, who distanced themselves from the idea of landing Enzo Fernandez”

Have a sneaky feeling he will be here come the end of the window

I agree, don’t think he’s the sort after player him and his agent think he is.

2 hours ago, markpitts said:

“Nottingham Forest are holding out for a package of up to £130million to sell Elliot Anderson to Manchester City, who distanced themselves from the idea of landing Enzo Fernandez”

Have a sneaky feeling he will be here come the end of the window

I agree and if that happens I'd be surprised if we get anyone in. No needle movers, this for sure. Fernandez, Cucurella, Jackson, hopefully Gusto and a couple of pure profits like Chalobah and George would fund anything we try to do in amortisation-land. No Fernandez sale and that could royally piss on our own chips

On 09/06/2026 at 05:32, WhiteWall said:

They've signed Barco

I get the negativity with the Strasbourg and Brighton links but I think we have a proper player on our hands in Barco.

He’s going places and I hope it’s with us.

7 hours ago, 19seventyone said:

I get the negativity with the Strasbourg and Brighton links but I think we have a proper player on our hands in Barco.

He’s going places and I hope it’s with us.

He needs games though, and does him no favours if like Sarr he has been signed just to prevent him from going anywhere else. Without no European football, we need a very lean squad. Seems to be no outward movement with CMs priced at a premium in this summer market.

8 hours ago, 19seventyone said:

I get the negativity with the Strasbourg and Brighton links but I think we have a proper player on our hands in Barco.

He’s going places and I hope it’s with us.

If he is up to the physicality of the PL. I've seen a bit of him and I'm not convinced yet. The neat footwork is fine but in a PL midfield he is going to need to be physically solid. We'll see.

On 09/06/2026 at 12:32, WhiteWall said:

They've signed Barco

This. Many talked about signing this or this or that. We have signed Quenda, Emegha and Barco.

38 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

This. Many talked about signing this or this or that. We have signed Quenda, Emegha and Barco.

You are forgetting Penders. I also have a sneaky feeling if they find a buyer for Gusto, they will take Guela Doue from Strasbourg also.

2 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

If he is up to the physicality of the PL. I've seen a bit of him and I'm not convinced yet. The neat footwork is fine but in a PL midfield he is going to need to be physically solid. We'll see.

Small sample size, I saw him two or three times, but I have the same query about him. He's 5'7" but very slight.