Reports in Italy saying he's accepted terms, no major outlet reporting that yet.

Apparently 150kpw.....

Looks like wingbacks it is.

So is he THE 21 year old that will save the club?

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.

That's Gusto gone if this goes through.

Just now, Scott Harris said:

That's Gusto gone if this goes through.

Fingers crossed

5 minutes ago, markpitts said:

You are not paying €60m for a 21yr old player to be depth.

Especially if this is a player specifically requested by Alonso. Can only mean we are playing with wingbacks.

Sanchez

James New CB Colwill

Palestra Caicedo New CM Hato/????

Oh this is f**king fantastic

47 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Especially if this is a player specifically requested by Alonso. Can only mean we are playing with wingbacks.

Sanchez

James New CB Colwill

Palestra Caicedo New CM Hato/????

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.

Never even heard of him until around 30 minutes ago but I am strong in my opinion that this is Zappacosta v2

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.

35 minutes ago, markpitts said:

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.

always felt uneasy with Gusto, apart from his early games.

45 minutes ago, markpitts said:

Project signings are not bad if you are signing the cream of the crop.

Serie A defender of the year to be fair.

The possibility of also giving Gusto to City is making it a lot better.

8 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Serie A defender of the year to be fair.

The possibility of also giving Gusto to City is making it a lot better.

Same year McTominay won Serie A player of the year.

24 minutes ago, markpitts said:

Same year McTominay won Serie A player of the year.

And?

6 minutes ago, 19seventyone said:

And?

Scott McTominay?

4 minutes ago, 19seventyone said:

And?

Precisely. It’s like when Kvaratskhelia was tearing up Serie A (WeAk LeAgUe) and we could have gone for him, ends up with two Champions league titles, and is arguably amongst the top 5 players in world football. Not to say, this guy is anywhere near that talent, but he’s an Italian youth playing where he was born, it is what it is. Least it’s not Bundesliga tax, we’ve had far more trouble with that.

Personal terms agreed per Romano.

First signing of the Alonso era.

Knew nothing about him before today, but I like him!

Wing back mean back 3 is the plan

If it means gusto can fk off then i'm onboard. I feel the french players in our team have been the worst for downing tools so im convinced removing the clique of gusto, fofana, badiash*te (and disasi while we are at it) will help us massively.

Edited June 24Jun 24 by ALTE

I wonder who will be his backup if Gusto is sold. Feels like James will be either a wide cd or midfielder, so… Gittens maybe? I mean, Palestra is supposedly a VERY attacking wing back so it might be possible playing a winger there. Unless we do something crazy and promote from Cobham, Antwi would be perfect for it

Hopefully he’s decent but who knows. Relatively large fee on a guy with less than 50 top flight appearances. Classical BlueCo transfer, maybe it’ll work out this time.

6 minutes ago, Dubair said:

Hopefully he’s decent but who knows. Relatively large fee on a guy with less than 50 top flight appearances. Classical BlueCo transfer, maybe it’ll work out this time.

He's well thought of here. Came through the Atalanta academy, one of the better, more successful development programs. Loaned to Cagliari for a season, a standard Atalanta procedure to widen young players' experience.