It's worth mentioning that 1/4th cut short his close season break and decided not to go on a honeymoon with his new wife in order to join up with the squad asap. Have to say I have a lot of respect for that and it is yet another clue that Poch wants as much time as possible to mould him into a RB.
The basics Played for Napoli since 2015, with a contract until 2021 Albanian international with 46 caps Capable of playing in either fullback spot, for example last season he played 27 games at RB and 8 at LB His end product isn't particularly good, with him getting just 5 assists in 170 games for Napoli, and 1 goal and 3 assists in 109 games at Empoli Getting forward he's similar to Rose, as he's got the pace and control to move the ball up the pitch quickly plus the strength to hold off challenges, although he's much better at short passing than crossing so is more likely to play one-twos with midfield or hold up the ball waiting for one of Napoli's front three to make a break than bomb up the pitch to fire crosses into the box When not in possession he's similar to Davies, as he doesn't slack off defending and he's got the positioning and reading of the game to stop opposition attacks His fiance Fiorenza Lekstakaj is a former Miss Albania, and here's a pic of the two of them please log in to view this image De Ligt Watch
Reports suggest we may be considering a bid for Roma right back Alessandro Florenzi Considering how Roma are looking to have him follow in the footsteps of Francesco Totti and Daniele De Rossi as the player who came through the youth ranks to captain the team, I think this might be us getting back at Roma after Baldini playing silly buggers...
PNP day 2 : no news on 1. Lo Celso signing for Spurs 2. Toby to Roma, or signing a new contract with release clause trigger date a week away 3. Zaniolo to Spurs, solo deal or part of #2 4. Eriksen signing a new contract 5. Rose definitely on the way out 6. Saliba : Levy WUMmery or actual possible signing.
Yep. Just dumped that on the Goon board to wind them up. Not only does Piskie have to look at a picture of Harry Kane wearing the new Spurs shirt, he also has to contemplate the fact that Saliba likes looking at a picture of Harry Kane wearing the new Spurs shirt.
I did laugh at one Goon twat on Twitter mouthing off about how, if they sign Saliba, it proves that we're in their shadow Somehow it didn't occur to them that, were that to happen, that would mean not only did they need to pay 50% more than their initial bid to sign him, but also they've spent more than half their transfer budget on a player they promptly loaned back to Saint-Etienne for the season so they're going to find it a little difficult to pay for other targets...
A couple of things you can probably ignore due to the source, but anyway... Murdoch's hate Comic have remembered we exist, and as we're not playing Man Utd at the weekend that can only mean transfer speculation The first piece is the slightly more credible one, as the report suggests that Josh Onomah is headed to the Bundesliga for £10m...although they're hardly specific about where, with Eintracht Frankfurt, A German team, Augsburg and Mainz all being named Secondly, there's the suggestion that we're willing to include Erik Lamela in the deal to bring in Lo Celso, which not only sounds reasonably credible but also perfectly logical - that is if we're intending to use Lo Celso on the right instead of through the middle and/or in central midfield Rose Watch Sky Sports report that PSG are leading the race to sign Danny Rose, although Schalke are also interested, with a reported fee of £20m being set. PSG makes the most sense to me, considering they were linked with him a year or so ago and can offer consistent Champions league football, while Schalke have a history of having one good season and securing CL football followed by a season of fumbling around in mid-table because they can't balance domestic and European football
Ridiculously cheap, especially if it's to PSG. We do seem to have some sort of cosy relationship with them, though.
