Barnsleyspur
Vital Squad Member
That's exactly what fans of other clubs are doing towards us bloody mugs.
Our fortunes have to change. Every season feels like groundhog day.That's exactly what fans of other clubs are doing towards us bloody mugs.
Our fortunes have to change. Every season feels like groundhog day.
That is true ex. I know Alvarez would have been very interested in us when Poch was incharge. When we signed Gio we had Poch ,Pamela and Gio from Argentina and that was a big draw. The big problem is again with any fw coming to us is game time. They will always come second behind Harry and the top young talent will not play second fiddle to Harry. Hence why we have been saying he should have been sold seasons ago.
This will make Rich's day; I'm told that the club has agreed a loan deal for Dele to Newcastle until the end of the season, no word yet on if it's a view to a permanent one.....or if the player has agreed - if true, I wish him well.
Guess we will know soon enough.
Everton seem to be the other club in for Dele.
Apparently we agreed a fee for Traore a week or so ago but, as per, moved the goalposts to try and finance the deal differently. It's looking like it will be a loan with obligation now.
Reports out of Italy suggest Kessie could yet still happen but it will be a really tough one to get sorted.
Does Paratici not have the powers that he was expected to have, or is he plain useless when it comes to operating in the PL.
Conte tried to buy Traore before converting Moses to a right wing back while at Chelsea. He obviously likes him and the price back in 2017 was 20m too. Conte is meticulous, he would have him adapted for that role and if he thought that Traore was good enough for Chelsea, then I think his judgment might be right on this one.
I know the fans are divided but I for one would be very happy to see him here. He scares teams and pulls players out of position. Coaches like Conte and Klopp rate him highly for good reason. Yeah, I hear the 'stats' argument but that does not take in what Conte and his team intends to do with him, teach him, expect from him.
He would also be a usable squad member or game changing substitute at the minimum, which is more than we can say for Dele, Ndumbelend or Loco, who all seem to be deadweights in the squad and a drain on nearly 2m a months in wages, let alone over 100m in assets.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-turn-attentions-back-to-middlesbrough-winger-adama-traore-a3569866.html?amp
Juventus look like tying up Vlahovic and are allocating additional funds to get it done now. Let's help with that by bidding for Dybala and McKennie. This sorts out CM, AM and Striker and with Traore that is also RWB sorted.
Dybala is out of contract in the summer and can play left side of a 3 to rotate with Son, will bring the creativity of a 10, can play on the right and most importantly can provide real cover for Kane. It's a no brainer for me.
He could have as big an impact as Van De Vaart did.
When you look at Son, Dybala, Kane, Moura and Bergwijn as options that doesn't look bad to me.
McKennie is a player Conte apparently likes so if we could get these 2 and Traore that will not be a bad window to get us through to the summer where the back line can be concentrated on.
It's not about what players might be able to do for us, more about whether they will want to come. Vlahovic only ever wanted to go to Juventus, and there was far too much hype linking him with us, which was never going to be a starter. Dybala will have plenty of offers and I very much doubt that we will be that high up on his list.Juventus look like tying up Vlahovic and are allocating additional funds to get it done now. Let's help with that by bidding for Dybala and McKennie. This sorts out CM, AM and Striker and with Traore that is also RWB sorted.
Dybala is out of contract in the summer and can play left side of a 3 to rotate with Son, will bring the creativity of a 10, can play on the right and most importantly can provide real cover for Kane. It's a no brainer for me.
He could have as big an impact as Van De Vaart did.
When you look at Son, Dybala, Kane, Moura and Bergwijn as options that doesn't look bad to me.
McKennie is a player Conte apparently likes so if we could get these 2 and Traore that will not be a bad window to get us through to the summer where the back line can be concentrated on.
Apparently we've offered GLC as a part exchange for sevilla cb, Diego Carlos.
We're also in for Fiorentina midfielder, Amrabat. This one doesn't excite me.