Porro/Edwards Watch Record (the Spanish one, not the Scottish one) are running with the double deal story now, quoting a €75m fee...which is just the combined release clauses Porro Watch ...AS, meanwhile, report we're willing to offer €40m for Porro as that somehow gives Sporting a better cut of the fee than paying the €45m release clause
McKennie Watch Corriere della Sera have not only reminded me how hellish their name is to type, but also stated that Weston McKennie has rejected an offer from Bournemouth because he wants to join us - however, Calcio Mercato Web report that Villa are trying to do a swap deal with McKennie and Leander Dendoncker
Completely random link of the day: The Boot Room are linking us with Universidad de Chile's 17 year old RW Dario Osorio, with an £8m fee quoted The fact he's a goalscoring, left-footed RW has me not entirely ready to dismiss this out of hand as that does fit with our recent trend of wide players, but this still feels like a Football Manager move more than a real one
I still don't get why City haven't re-signed him. It's a position that they really could use options in. Possibly the only one.
£45 mill for a player the manager probably sees pivotal in his set up that’s the going price nowadays we need him just pay the money
A player who Conte reportedly didn't rate last month as he doubted he had the physical attributes to play in his system Paratici or Levy must have been in Conte's ear
The good sign is that whoever had a word got through to Conte That's what didn't happen with Poch, as neither Hitchen or Levy could get through and tell him Tielemans et al was a player we clearly needed at the time
And with perfect timing... The obvious question to ask is whether we want Sarr to potentially be in a second relegation scrap in a row, because while Salernitana are currently in 14th on 17 points so are clearly a step up from Metz last season as they were abysmal, there's four points difference between Lecce & Empoli in 12th/13th and Spezia in 17th - although given 17 points is currently a decent buffer between Salernitana and 18th-placed Sampdoria on 9 (while Cremonese and Verona have even fewer)
We want to compete for the top 4, in the CL and the FA Cup so where is the sense in letting Sarr go out on loan when we will need to rotate?
Porro Watch Record (the Portuguese one, etc etc) claim that we've offered £85k a week wages, which is more than triple the £27k Sporting are paying him On the one hand it's a real show of faith to offer that right out of the gate, which definitely isn't related to Barca reportedly sniffing around him...but then again, as Emerson is reportedly on £60k and Doherty on £75k, I can sort of see why we'd be offering wages that blow what they make out of the water
Particularly as, from what I've seen, he could well be the best reserve option very quickly. He's certainly already ahead of Bissouma and Skippy.
Mirror linking us with Jordan Pickford. Telegraph and Ekrem Konur linking us with David Raya. Both summer moves.
