Have we signed Milan Škriniar yet?

[ArcspacE]

Maybe Uncle Joe has sold a yacht?

More like - we’ve sold Dele

 

[Ciro]

That may be so, but a couple of things come to mind. What costs are we saving in order to fund these extra(?) wages?

We've lost Eriksen (in january) and Vertonghen (in August). Danny Rose will be leaving the club before October. All big wages, for sure. Wanyama left during last season, Foyth is probably leaving now.

 

[Yorkshire Yid]

Skirnar Toby first choice and Sanchez and Dier backup is very nice. Throw Tanganga in there also to displace Dier or Toby and it's great.

Just need a backup striker and a actual DM next and the squad is legit perfect

 

[hiatus]

Conte is a big fan and probably suits there back 3 more then skrinier. Serie a is slower paced too. I would take it. Toby has one more good season left imo and how much would we get for him say next year. Doesn't mess up hq too.

I would not be upset if Toby went the other way, but Sanchez better play next to Škriniar if that happens, not Dier.

But it will be Dier.

 

[NW1Spur]

He said Inter wanted Dele yesterday:



He doesn't know shit and is just making things up.

 

[hiatus]

I don’t know how good this Skrinier is at distribution, but if we sell Toby, we have no one to pass it forward from the back.

Is getting rid of the long ball a bad thing?

 

[Allejo10]

INSANE TEAM!

Lloris;
Doherty, Sanchez, Skriniar; Reguilón;
Hojbjerg, Lo Celso;
Ndombele;
Bale; Kane; Son

 

[AussieYiddo]

People acting like Levy didn't spend a lot last summer is amusing, but we didn't spend anything the previous summer in 2018, so it balanced out.

I said at the beginning of the window that Levy could spend around £50m net without much issue and if these rumors are true that is where we are going to end up.

If we sign Skriniar it will end up far more than that, we're on 43m net spend right now (plus Bale and Hart). Doubt we will be able to get the amount of money in to recoup Skriniar's fee, not to mention we are hopefully after a new striker. Would be amazing to see us show that much ambition.

For me a striker should be our first priority, it is probably unrealistic to be hoping for us to get in a striker and Skriniar without selling off some players (that is not including the guys who we are actively looking to get rid of like Rose, Foyth and Gazzaniga). So I would say only we're only going to get Skriniar if Dele goes for a similar fee so we can offset it. I'm also not 100% sure we really need Sanchez, Toby and Dier if we do get him when we've got Tanganga coming through so wouldn't be surprised if Toby is offered in this deal. Overall, I feel like this one won't get over the line as much as I'd like it to.

 

[yes]

Skirnar Toby first choice and Sanchez and Dier backup is very nice. Throw Tanganga in there also to displace Dier or Toby and it's great.

Just need a backup striker and a actual DM next and the squad is legit perfect

I imagine Højbjerg is the closest thing to a DM that we're going to get.

 

[Claud601]

I imagine Højbjerg is the closest thing to a DM that we're going to get.

And Dier lol

 

[TheRealTI]

Not as good as Tobys.

Better than Dier and Sanchez.

So somewhere between world class and dog shit

Got it.

 

[Totti]

So somewhere between world class and dog shit

Got it.

Just means we weaken our playing out from the back with a Skriniar/Sanchez partnership (which we'd need for pace) but with our long ball play, it shouldn't matter.

 

[Harvey1]

Just means we weaken our playing out from the back with a Skriniar/Sanchez partnership (which we'd need for pace) but with our long ball play, it shouldn't matter.

 

[______]

If these 2 do come in then we are now entering Mourinho's team.

I'd rather not enter them if at all possible. Not all at the same time at least.

 

[Totti]

I assume these are successful long balls....

Which just shows you how fucking wank we are at them.

 

[TheSpurEst]

CB takes priority over another striker for me

And DM still towers above both positions... as we have literally 0 of them in the team...

 

[Belgrano]

INSANE TEAM!

Lloris;
Doherty, Sanchez, Skriniar; Reguilón;
Hojbjerg, Lo Celso;
Ndombele;
Bale; Kane; Son

Comparing to our best team of the last few years, 2020 is not as good defensively, but that front 3 is best we've had. First eleven probably still not as good but our squad depth has improved.

2017. 2020
Lloris = Lloris
Walker > Doherty - 1
Toby = Skriniar
Jan > Sanchez - 1
Rose = Reguilón (peak Rose vs 1st season Reg)
Wanyama > PEH - 1
Dembele > Ndombele - 1
Eriksen = Gio
Dele < Bale +1
Kane = Kane
Son < Son +1

 

[sammyspurs]

if we get him and a striker I'm changing my enic out vote. 10 star window then

And this ladies and gentlemen is how you adjust your views.
No, it’s not “doing a 180” or “being fickle”, it’s simply seeing something change and having a new stance accordingly.

 

[ShutUpPatrik]

Why would Inter take a 31 y.o. CB on (likely) twice the wages of a 25 y.o. CB?

Fits their current recruitment scheme.

 

[Jakob]

Why would Inter take a 31 y.o. CB on (likely) twice the wages of a 25 y.o. CB?

That’s how they’ve been doing it for years now.