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Bit of a long shot but I wonder if we can go after Kessie if Barca continue to struggle with money.
If not maybe go for Freknie De Jong. I don't think he's as good as his £75m asking price, but a Bissouma/De Jong midfield is hard to beat.
FFS we've had Bentancur playing like a boss since he's arrived, and you wanna spunk £75M on De Jong with his eye watering wages?A good partner for Bissouma would not be a bad shout either. Anguissa (?), Kessie or De Jong (if we're really feeling brave) would be amazing.
Of course he was, he's a gooner.Please don't tell me this twat was ready to pile on when we went 1-0 down today?
Spot on. Bentacuer > de JongFFS we've had Bentancur playing like a boss since he's arrived, and you wanna spunk £75M on De Jong with his eye watering wages?
for the first time they are doing a very smart marketPSG closing on Fabian Ruiz. How are they able to bring so many players![]()
That's the end of the rumors Fabián Ruiz joining Spurs.
So far PSG have bought Nordi Mukiele, Fabián Ruiz, Renato Sanches, Vitinha, Huge Ekitike, Pablo Sarabia (plus the renewal of Mbappe's contract) and so far only sold Areola (plus loaning out some players)...so how on earth do they by-pass FFP rules
PSG closing on Fabian Ruiz. How are they able to bring so many players![]()
Patience my young Padawan...
I agree other than it wasnt a perception that Kane and Son carried us in 19/20 and 20/21. We had nothing else as was shown when they were both injured a few weeks before lockdown. Kane obviously won the golden boot and most assists in 20/21 and we finished 7th which speaks volumes. Thankfully we've started to buy good players again, have a great manager that improves individuals and whilst Son and Kane are still obviously the main men i think just look a more well rounded team and squad. Probably 2 really good first team level players away from making City and Liverpool a bit twitchy.Slightly of topic but a year or so ago, we were being told by many that whilst Kane and Son were 'near world class' we had no other top players, other than maybe Lloris.
Seems to me we have added players who are now starting to look like 'very good players' and might even get close to that 'near world class' standing sometime this season in Kulusevski, Bentancur, Bissouma, Romero, Persic and maybe even one or two others ?
Quite a turn round in perception of our squad's quality in just over 12 months ?
I agree other than it wasnt a perception that Kane and Son carried us in 19/20 and 20/21. We had nothing else as was shown when they were both injured a few weeks before lockdown. Kane obviously won the golden boot and most assists in 20/21 and we finished 7th which speaks volumes. Thankfully we've started to buy good players again, have a great manager that improves individuals and whilst Son and Kane are still obviously the main men i think just look a more well rounded team and squad. Probably 2 really good first team level players away from msking City and Liverpool a bit twitchy.
Maybe, but anything good was Kane and Son post lockdown as well. I think most rightly (at the time) wanted rid of Lamela, Sissoko and even Davies. That 3 of those are gone along with Toby, Aurier, Alli and Winks, Lo Celso and Ndombele soon to join them says it all.Thing is it wasn't just those two missing.... It was also Berg, Lamelal, Sissoko, Davies....
Maybe, but anything good was Kane and Son post lockdown as well. I think most rightly (at the time) wanted rid of Lamela, Sissoko and even Davies. That 3 of those are gone along with Toby, Aurier, Alli and Winks, Lo Celso and Ndombele soon to join them says it all.
We were a poor team playing poor football making dreadful signings. But we had Kane, Son and Lloris which kept our league placings just about respectable. Maybe some mitigating factors for that period re injuries but even with a fit Bergwijn and a couple of others i really dont think they'd have been much shift in results. Anyway things are thankfully in a much better place now so i'll leave it there.The point is the squad was down the bare bones before lockdown.
Being without your 2 best players hurts any team, but we were fucked..... Our attack was down to basically Dele & Gedson ffs.
Davies - in great form or not - was still our most reliable LB...... Ditto Sissoko was still proving more reliable than GLC & TN.