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Player João Palhinha

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He needs to cut our the yellow cards, too many at Fulham, a couple of yellow card suspensions in his final season there.

Career:
343 apps (since 2013 aged 18)
91 yellows
2 reds

EPL:
68 apps
27 yellows
0 reds
2 x 1 match accumulative bans (1 each season)
2 x 2 match accumulative bans (1 each season)
 
Will be fuming if this goes through without someone showing us his missus' new Instagram follows :ange-facepalm2:

Ex wife.... Split last season.

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Just turned 30 this July so hopefully still has the legs to get about in front of our back 3/4 and the timing not to give away too many free kicks when breaking up play.
 
A loan with an option to buy is the best possible structure for us. If it works out, great, we know the price. If it doesn't, we aren't stuck with an ageing player on big wages that we can't shift.

Some of our most exciting teams to watch have had outstanding midfield destroyers - eg Palacios, Wanyama, Sandro - enabling the flair players to play.

Dembele was very physical too, as well as being technically outstanding.

With a spine including Romero & Paulinha, & potentially Richarlison at times, plus Kudus always up for a fight, opponents won't even try intimidating us physically.
 
It must be said, Bayern are exceedingly easy and reasonable to deal with.

They know who they want and are willing to pay for them, and they know who they don't want and are willing to let them go.

It's almost as if cunty transfer gamesmanship isn't what wins trophies :levysad:

Well; in their case being the rarely challenged sole alpha in your league helps.

Besides.... They cunted BVB (and some of the other BL teams) out of some absolute gems.
 
Love this honestly, he was mint at Fulham, Bayern Munich bought him after all. He has limitations but he’s a player profile we don’t have in the team and we need experience.

If you need a bit more passing in the side, play Bentancur as the #6. Having Palhinha for more defensive bite against top teams in the league and UCL will be huge.

Not bothered by the fact he’s 30, he’s a perfect transition player for us to have until Gray is old enough to take over the #6 full time.
 
Palhinha is a consistent pain in the arse for any opponents he faces - replacing the inconsistent Bissouma will be a decent upgrade to out first team.

With Kudus that's 2 players brought in this summer to instantly improve the first team.

Plus others who will improve squad options
 
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