Choudhury very impressive tonight. Chilwell has looked nervy throughout, something I wasn't expecting.
Vulture Watch So with Hannover's relegation from the Bundesliga confirmed, let's see what can be picked from the carcass... Kevin Wimmer (26yo, Austria, centre back, loan until end of the season from Stoke) Already taken care of earlier in this thread Genki Haraguchi (27yo, Japan, right wing, contract until 2021) Pros: Very good dribbler; Possesses one hell of a workrate and does not shirk defensive duties, so would offer something to The Press; Another set piece taker we can ruin; Having a Japanese international could well be a commercial boon for us Cons: After five years in the Bundesliga playing for Hertha Berlin and Hannover his end result is four goals and 12 assists in 117 games, which is not a good return for an attacking midfielder; While he has the workrate and pressing mentality of Lamela this also means he gets booked a lot, with 13 yellows and one straight red in his Bundesliga career; I'm pretty sure the Japanese media would not like seeing a Japanese player play second fiddle to a Korean
The other day they said that Ziyech had agreed personal terms with Bayern...somehow ignoring that, as he reportedly has a release clause of £25m this summer, why would Bayern be agreeing terms now and pondering a fee later? Add to that how Kicker says the exact opposite, suggesting Bayern are looking elsewhere
Not to get your hopes up, but... Reports in the Corriere dello Sport suggest we have found a way through Napoli's baulking at our asking price for Kieran Trippier: long-term source of speculation over a Spurs move Amadou Diawara will be included in the deal Naturally this has led to lazy assumptions that Diawara is a like-for-like with Wanyama as they're both defensive midfielders from African nations (and let's not dwell on that assumption, eh?) but the main player I've seen Diawara compared with is Jorginho, especially after Diawara stepped into the hole Jorginho left when heading to Chelsea last summer Far more important than signing a player who would actually aid our transition from defence into attack, though, is the fact that any kind of swap deal would leave more money in the kitty to stop pissing about and sign Ndombele!
Not to get your hopes up yet again, but... ...there's some interesting responses to something Dele Alli posted on Instagram last night please log in to view this image
Looks like Daniel James from Swansea is joining the Manchester United multi-lane pileup on the M62 Shame, I think he’d have been good for us
Wait a minute... Sport (aka the other Catalonian sporting paper) are reporting we are close to gazumping Everton to the signing of Andre Gomes for a fee of €30m
Really not too bothered about this lad, got nice floppy hair but that’s about it. For €30m we should be able to get more than a taller, slower, Harry Winks.
Toby has said he will at some point like to return to Ajax. Ajax have admitted that De Ligt will be leaving this summer. 2+2=4
