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Palmieri on a dry loan with no obligation would be fine for cover on the left.

Of course the payments are spread. My issue is that we have no guaranteed income on 2 players leaving, who will be back next summer, one year older/one year more injury prone. Yet we are taking on a debt of 60m.

Pretty good deal for Bayern if they haven't paid a big loan fee. They get a player who on his day can make a huge difference. Have little risk other than paying his wages for a year then send him back to us one year older and more difficult to sell on.

So barely any money in the door, 60m out the door for a guy that had a fairly average season. Genius move given how much our finances will have taken a hit.

Time will tell. If he performs like his first spell it is a good deal. But only 15% lower than what Atletico paid for him after two unsuccessful spells in a row seems a bit much. Especially as Atletico overpaid on their deal for him too.

I think that was a mistake too. Just because we overpay for Morata doesn't mean we should for others. Our budget is tight and likely to be for a while. We need to be smarter on how we use it. I'd rather we focussed on LWB which is more of a weakness for us. I wouldn't mind Chiesa as a decent...

I don't rate him. He is of course better than Giacherrini (who I quite liked as a low cost squad filler at the time) but for 40 to 60m he plays too much with his head down and relies on his pace and room to run into (which he is unlikely to get at Juve). His performances over the last year have...

Way too much.

How did he play in that position? Particularly from a defensive point of view.

Was just thinking today that I could see us going for him after I heard that his contract is expiring.

I'm sure when he took over Fiorentina he said he was a Juve fan. I'd agree his comments suggest otherwise. Although maybe he is playing up for the Fiorentina fans.

Don't rate Chiesa, would rather we used the sizeable amount of our budget he would cost on better players.

The issue is that playing in defence requires a lot of mental attributes not just technical. You need to be smart enough tactically to position not just yourself correctly, but work with the rest of the defence for offside traps etc, you need to choose the right pass and be more careful in...

I think our attack last season badly lacked a target man through the middle and a striker who can get in behind. As a target man you can't get much better than Dzeko. Milik would also have given that presence, although nowhere near as good. Suarez seemed just like one of those "market...

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What do you think of McKennie?

Romero would gave been a nice option if we plan to play 3 at the back.

Fair enough. He played in the Scottish league on loan for a spell and was pretty poor. But it could be that the style of football didn't suit him.

Timothy Weah is an odd choice, he has shown very little in his career so far.