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De Ligt was very young, came off of one excellent season and landed with a huge signing on fee and wages that we would never be able to maintain for his next contract renewal. Vlahovic came off the back of 1.5 excellent seasons, but was clearly raw and brought in on a high exponential wage...

I can’t see them giving a 6m+ net salary, so it doesn’t make sense. Who knows at this stage.

We changed and struck a deal with MH370.

Pretty sure enel is a different type of ‘energy’ company (electrical).

Plusvalenza and they think he is worse than Emerson Royal, Calabria and Thiaw I would imagine.

It’s the first deal I’ve shit on. We are scrambling around to assemble an acceptable squad, and I’d rather we scrounged our pennies to buy a few good starters than piss it away on mediocre depth that isn’t much better than what’s there already. The way we are fishing for deals makes 3 million...

I’m aware he’s played as a CB in a 4 man defence and may be competent, but having watched him quite a few times I do think his characteristics serve him best as RCB in a 3. We’d essentially have 4 CBs who would all prefer to be in a back 3 because they aren’t reliable enough to play in a back 4...

That will be 3 million pissed down the drain for a player whose best position is a CB in a back 3, moving to a team who won’t play with a back 3 and loves keeping injured players at J Medical.

If we sign this scrub then our mercato will have completely unravelled. He has a question mark with fitness and confidence. We are desperate for a ball playing centre back if we are to play this style but instead we are buying square pegs to play multiple roles but do neither so we are unlikely...

Strangely, they have spelt his name incorrectly this time around.

Think it’s highly possible that we weren’t agreeing a % future resale clause on Todibo, given how we’ve specifically included those in the majority of players sold so far this summer and an acceptance that any of our players are for sale at a certain price.

I understand what you’re saying but it’s important to take stock of where we are as a club and not compare to yesteryear. We have just about been scraping around 4th place for multiple years and if you compare against the teams we are sadly competing with in recent times, these average Joe’s...

They are only damaging themselves at this point as mid-range players may consider other destinations that wouldn’t block further progress if possible and some current players may be less inclined to tow the line with contract extensions. We haven’t had a proper attacking midfielder since...

Miretti. Who knows, he could get us 3-4 goals a season regularly from there.

I can’t recall a single time he played 90 minutes in a game I watched last season or at the euros. The times he did start, he was usually subbed off by minute 60. Even if he is at the centre of the project, the back up winger will likely be needed every game on the evidence we have. According...

It’s very unlikely, but pool did pay £80m for VVD when he was 27. Edit: just saw someone has posted the same above.

Ultimately what would it change though, even when it does? Dybala got his reality check, got paid less and took a step down. In the end neither he nor the club ended up better off. The club got nothing for him and hasn’t replaced him. He took his step down and paycut. The only beneficiary in...

I personally think it’s a little simplistic to solely target a top 4 finish. In the past 3 years we’ve just sat deep, chucked aimless crosses in the box, waited for mistakes and hoped for the best. The minimum aim should be top 4, whilst also developing a consistent style of play we can take...

Agreed, maybe we also need to learn as a club to avoid situations where players are able to enter the final year of their contract, as it has rarely worked out well for us in recent years (yes a lot of it was previous management). Rabbit fleecing another year on high wages and leaving anyway...

Wasn’t he signed on loan with the option or obligation set for next year? (when we would have to buy a keeper regardless because tek’s contract is up) If we manage to offload Tek this year then his annual salary saving practically covers around half of the transfer fee. Ultimately, we’ll have...