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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.

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Agreed....

Oh...

Ravenelli
Cudicini
Ballotelli
Zola
Carbone
Di Matteo
Maccarone
Baiano
DiCanio
Vialli
Gabbiadini
Pistone
Bianchi
Lupoli
There's a number of Italians there but only a few were truly good.
And the best (Zola) joined Chelsea t 30 years old.
Outside of that, Vialli was 32. Di Canio was 28 when he went to Celtic and was probably chased out of Italy. Ravanelli was 28 and left after a year.

There's just not a good record of young, prime age Italians leaving Italy to come to the PL that turn out to be real decent players.
 
I think if Conte want's him then we will be close, just turned 23 (July) an International, and one hell of a player.

Hmmmmm..... M'thinks you're getting a bit carried away.

He's an attacking player with a poor G&A record that has already had 2 major injuries.

Would make a change to beat Chelsea, United, Scouse and City to the signature of talented player for once.

Since when were they chasing this bloke?

Go all in for the kid!

Going from a mooted £42m (50m euros) to close to £60m.....?

For what?

.......He's only a step or so up from a veritable punt.
 
They didn't need to spend? They got Dybala and Wijnaldum on a free, and Zeki Celik for a very small price. You do realise teams don't spend if they don't have to?

Revealing mentality......

One would assume, Perisic doesn't count either cos he was free.

Bissouma ain't up to much either presumably cos we got him far cheaper than one would expect....?
 
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Fiorentina director Daniele Prade insists the Serie A club have ‘never talked’ to Tottenham Hotspur regarding a potential £21 million deal for Premier League misfit Giovani Lo Celso, speaking to Tuttomercatoweb.

They do say you cannot make an omelette without breaking some eggs. And Antonio Conte cannot build a truly competitive Spurs team without making the kind of ruthless decisions he is paid so handsomely to make.

Lo Celso, alongside Sergio Reguilon, Harry Winks and Tanguy Ndombele, were left out of Conte’s squad for the pre-season trip to the Far East. And as soon as Tottenham receive an offer that is to their liking for the £21 million-rated Argentina international, he will be on the first flight out of London.

But while Fiorentina have not totally ruled out a move for Lo Celso at this stage, nor are they in any mood to raise expectations.

“We have never talked to Tottenham. Not once,” says Prade, the tough-talking Viola director.

Prade insists that Fiorentina will only be in a position to make a bid for Lo Celso – if indeed they were ever planning to – by selling a couple of players first.

“The player is strong and you know that. (But) we attacked the transfer market early,” he adds. “Now, we have to make some exits. And then, if we are (able to approach Lo Celso), we will evaluate opportunities.

“But we trust in who we have. We are happy with the squad.”

Unai Emery’s Villarreal currently feel like the most obvious destination for Lo Celso. The former Real Betis talisman was a big hit on the Castellon coast during last season’s loan spell; Playing a key role in Villarreal’s stirring, giant-killing run to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

According to Marca, the Yellow Submarine tabled a £13 million loan-to-buy bid last week. One that will fall well short of Tottenham’s demands. And they, like Fiorentina, must sell before they can consider making an offer in the £20 million bracket.
 
I know. Not so long ago the likes of Airfixx Airfixx and others were discussing which of their players we'd be cherry picking this summer!

:contefacepalm2:
My only hope is that when they get it wrong in the transfer market, they will suffer like a normal club, as they haven't got some mad cunt Russian willing to lose a billion quid or so.
 
There's a number of Italians there but only a few were truly good.
And the best (Zola) joined Chelsea t 30 years old.
Outside of that, Vialli was 32. Di Canio was 28 when he went to Celtic and was probably chased out of Italy. Ravanelli was 28 and left after a year.

There's just not a good record of young, prime age Italians leaving Italy to come to the PL that turn out to be real decent players.
because in those years the EPL was something near to the actual MLS
 
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