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Not until the next transfer window. Who would want a player who hasn't played or trained professionally in months? As a result, any offers would be short term and at a fraction of the value of what he currently makes.

5/10, for a variety of reasons: - I'm indifferent to most of our signings until I see how Contes fields them tactically and how they adapt. Pre-season is not enough to go by. Even when I believed we would sign top players, I still had that Ciro aftertaste, as even a squad with big names will...

So he would have been making more money in the long run had he accepted Marseilles' offer. That along with CL football, domestic title challenge, and living on the Mediterranean. He is sticking his middle finger up at the management, as if his motives were purely financial, he would have...

Many teams were interested in him, all of whom were put off by his wage demands. I am not satisfied with Marotta this mercato, but he can't be blamed here. Amauri would be lucky if their was a team willing to offer half his current 4m a season wages. Like Tiago, he is laughing all the way to...

Conte doesn't like his attitude? Is that the rumour for his potential early exit? If so, surely Marotta whould have known what type of character he was given their time together at Samp. Y would he have signed him then, let alone sell him in the same summer, especially since it would leave us...

You just answered your own criticism. It's called supply and demand and is exactly what the club was aiming for when it reduced the size of the Delle Alpi but increased the quality of the match day experience.

Did he have a poor season in Russia? Why are they willing to sell him a year after paying big money, and replace him with Bonucci?

The only thing that concerns me are our fitness levels. We looked burned in the first half. Not nearly the same level of intensity as a few days earlier (obviously the cause). Still, Udinese will already have 2 competitive matches under their belt by the time we play them, so we will need to be...

UEFA's FFP talks about fair market value in regards to sponsorship deals, to prevent owners from using their other business interest to cover the club's losses by offering inflated sponsorship deals. It is highly unlikely City would have received a similar amount had they went to any other...

My thoughts as well. This feels very underwhelming. I don't understand how we went from chasing Aguero/Rossi along with a LW, to Vucinic and only 10m left for a LW. Part of the reason y Vucinic's transfer was so sensible was because we needed a LW more than we needed a star player upfront, and...

I understand that, and I wasn't saying that we should search for bargains like those clubs. I used those clubs as an example of how success is not achieved through big spending, but a balanced first team, and imo, Vucinic works towards this goal, as it ensures we have more money left to...

He improves our squad and keeps Quag/Matri on their toes, all for substantially less than Aguero or Rossi. I'm not disappointed because he isn't a "big name" player, because that title means nothing unless he contributes to better play and in turn a better team. You don't need +30m signings to...

To be expected after they sold Cazorla to Malaga.

He was an absolute beast in midfield during Ranieri's time here. Despite his obvious shortcomings as a footballer, he was a fanstastic ball winner, and during those games where he owned his opponens, it more than made up for his deficiencies elsewhere. Good luck in France. PSG will most...

The pitches in Germany have a good reputation, but I always thought that was because of their modern facilities (good drainage system, under soil heating, sprinkler system, etc). The actual grass is special though? Is it genetically modified or something, lol.

German grass?

Hopefully Melo's new higher salary will motivate him to play well and stay focused, increasing the likelihood they will want to keep him.

Agreed, although fapping, jamming random keys and posting non stop gifs is not really debating. Any debate in that thread revolves around points which have been addressed a dozen times over.

He is nothing like those players, imo. Neither has the technique or imagination of Berbatov, and his workrate is much less compared to Quag/Matri, lol. I'm not saying I want him, but the fact remains he would be much cheaper than Rossi, and if that allows us to target players on the left that...

I think that is the away section. I can see someone trying to climb it, or hanging something from it.