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Transfers January 2022 - Transfer Window

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Pathfinder said:
Frenkie de Jong hasn't played that well for Barca and he may soon find himself on the bench "behind" players like Nico Gonzalez, Busquets, Gavi and Pedri... unless he improves his performances.
Whether he'd be leaving Barca for Spurs should he be struggling to get into Barca's starting XI is another question. I doubt he would be I still hope he could...
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I've only heard positives about de Jong and him, Fati and Gavi were the untouchables in the summer.
 
bus-conductor said:
It was a pretty harsh ban for accidentally using his wife's medication - Furosemide - a diuretic used to help with water retention. The authorities even acknowledged this and reduced the ban, but said they had to ban him due to it being on their "list" as it can be used to help cover use of other, more serious drugs, none of which he tested for or has ever tested for.
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It's not harsh if it's on the banned list.

I get that there's a more serious "legal drug" use that's ridiculous like the b2 agonists and a load of other asthma drugs being taken by pro-athletes who have now all overnight become asthma sufferers (I think the last count at Liverpool is that 75% of their players are apparently asthma sufferers 🤔 ).

But if it's banned then it's banned and the vast majority of drugs on the banned list are there because they are masking agents rather than anything to do with performance-enhancing.

But the point was 9 months out the game (completely - no training) comes with a risk if that individual is expected to be No1 'keeper. That said I think his ban is either ended or about to end so I presume (and hope) he's back playing, it's not even about getting rusty but more so his mental state and confidence if he fails to get his place back.
 
Guido said:
It's not harsh if it's on the banned list.

I get that there's a more serious "legal drug" use that's ridiculous like the b2 agonists and a load of other asthma drugs being taken by pro-athletes who have now all overnight become asthma sufferers (I think the last count at Liverpool is that 75% of their players are apparently asthma sufferers 🤔 ).

But if it's banned then it's banned and the vast majority of drugs on the banned list are there because they are masking agents rather than anything to do with performance-enhancing.

But the point was 9 months out the game (completely - no training) comes with a risk if that individual is expected to be No1 'keeper. That said I think his ban is either ended or about to end so I presume (and hope) he's back playing, it's not even about getting rusty but more so his mental state and confidence if he fails to get his place back.
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Fits well with a slow transition as Hugo winds down then...... Maybe.
 
Pathfinder said:
Frenkie de Jong hasn't played that well for Barca and he may soon find himself on the bench "behind" players like Nico Gonzalez, Busquets, Gavi and Pedri... unless he improves his performances.
Whether he'd be leaving Barca for Spurs should he be struggling to get into Barca's starting XI is another question. I doubt he would be I still hope he could...
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Was smiling at all the De Jong stuff him an N'dombele have some of the same issues i know Barca fans think he is a waste of cash and it was his nationality under the last coach keeping g him in the side.

As for Bale he will never play for us again. This fan base is utterly stuck in the past. If we foist broken players on Conte we will be wasting a massive opportunity
 
Shotgunofmichalebrow said:
Was smiling at all the De Jong stuff him an N'dombele have some of the same issues i know Barca fans think he is a waste of cash and it was his nationality under the last coach keeping g him in the side.

As for Bale he will never play for us again. This fan base is utterly stuck in the past. If we foist broken players on Conte we will be wasting a massive opportunity
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Hopefully anybody we bring in won't be someone who Conte didn't want. If Conte wants Bale (and it's probably bullshit) then we could do a lot worse for a January signing. The Bale of last season would boost this current squad, we only have 2 good finishers at present and they ain't in the best of form either.

Saying all that, I think it's only a rumour and won't happen.
 
SA96 said:
Bale is finished as a footballer, he's ridiculously injury-prone.

Would be such a waste of wages.
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People said that last season as well when we were signing him on loan and he proceeded to score 16 goals in 34 matches in all competitions. Probably would have scored more if Mourinho hadn’t to seem to have a grudge against him. Pretty good for a finished player. He does pick up injuries more than before but he still is world class.
 
Tomo said:
Just opened this thread to people suggesting we loan out Skipp.

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What! What fucking idiots think that.

Fuck sake
 
Danius said:
I don't see where shipping Ndombele out at this point makes sense. He cost too much to recoup, I think we've all seen that he has the talent, and I think Conte can get him playing his best. PEH should be staying too, even if just used in a rotation. I agree on the rest, though. I actually wouldn't mind seeing Skipp go out on loan to another Prem or upper-level Championship side for a season or two, while we get in someone who can really boss it for us in the meantime. I think Skipp could have a long, successful career with us, but he's not quite there yet.
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Skipp is more than ready to continue to play for us, some what in the blue fuck are you talking about.
 
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