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Citizen Kane. said:
I was under the impression the buy clause was triggered by both conditions, not either/or.

From a purely football standpoint, Romano's tweet is from last year. Things have changed since then and while I'd still be inclined to make it permanent, I would also understand it if we didn't. He's been really poor all season, a shadow of the player he was when he first joined. Our system hasn't helped one iota but I do think his game is a bit too one-dimensional in that it relies on cutting inside to shoot or cross with his stronger foot, and opposition teams who were initially taken by surprise have very quickly worked out how to deal with his threat.

He's still young and with good coaching will learn how to evolve his game, but here again: whoever the new manager is, they may look at his performance levels this season and decide that they'd rather not gamble £30m on him.
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I’ve heard he’s been carrying an injury all season. Hopefully he just needs a proper rest over the summer and he’ll be right. If he can get back to even close to the form he showed when he joined then it’s hard to find better value for 30m in todays market.
 
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humanbeingincroydon said:
Lee Kang-in Watch
Yup, time to start with the tags again...

Miguel Angel Diaz claims that Sonny has advised the club to sign him - and hopefully the club remember what happened the last time Sonny recommended one of his international teammates whose release clause was chump change
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He’s an interesting player. If you watch footage of him, my concerns would be that while he’s clearly excellent technically, quick, and quite strong for his size, he’s very one footed and I wonder if that affects his output. If we wanted a 10 he’d be worth a punt IMO at the right price but he’s not the player I’d want us to rely on as a creative force straight away.

Ugarte from Sporting also intrigues me. Looks a very good player who does a bit of everything, and does it well. Bit like Bentancur. They’d probably make an excellent double pivot or you could play him where Hojbjerg would want to play in a midfield 3, as a box to box who is aggressive in the press, alongside Bentancur sitting and a more creative player. I doubt we’ll get him though, think it’ll be hot competition.
 
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The Huddlefro said:
He’s an interesting player. If you watch footage of him, my concerns would be that while he’s clearly excellent technically, quick, and quite strong for his size, he’s very one footed and I wonder if that affects his output. If we wanted a 10 he’d be worth a punt IMO at the right price but he’s not the player I’d want us to rely on as a creative force straight away.

Ugarte from Sporting also intrigues me. Looks a very good player who does a bit of everything, and does it well. Bit like Bentancur. They’d probably make an excellent double pivot or you could play him where Hojbjerg would want to play in a midfield 3, as a box to box who is aggressive in the press, alongside Bentancur sitting and a more creative player. I doubt we’ll get him though, think it’ll be hot competition.
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Ugarte has been linked on and off for a bit, with us reportedly sending scouts to watch him (and Pedro Goncalves) on a couple of occasions in the last 6-8 weeks, and he certainly offers a lot of potential combinations

In a midfield two he can partner either Bentancur or Bissouma and give them a base to work from, while if we were playing a midfield three there's various combinations of Bentancur, Bissouma, Skipp and Sarr - with Ugarte, Skipp and Sarr all capable of being the base or one of the more progressive roles - that give us tactical flexibility
 
Can we have a Alex Meret watch please.

And if anyone is surprised to hear me say it- we should be all over selling Lloris to a Saudi team. Whatever we can get for him is pure profit.
 
Blue and White said:
Can we have a Alex Meret watch please.

And if anyone is surprised to hear me say it- we should be all over selling Lloris to a Saudi team. Whatever we can get for him is pure profit.
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We'd have to be linked with him first

Currently the goalkeeper pipeline is
Giorgi Mamardashvili (Valencia)
David Raya (Brentford)
Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool)
 
humanbeingincroydon said:
We'd have to be linked with him first

Currently the goalkeeper pipeline is
Giorgi Mamardashvili (Valencia)
David Raya (Brentford)
Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool)
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Napoli Calcio Live believe Spurs are ready to place a £35m offer on the table, a sum deemed “too tempting to be refused” by those in Naples.

In fact, it sounds as if Napoli are ready to accept the bid, as they have already lined up Empoli glovesman Guglielmo Vicario to replace Meret.
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
We're supposedly the favourites for Bellingham's signature.
Not Jude, obviously. His younger brother, Jobe. Someone in that household reads the Bible.
Still only 17, but a similar prospect, by all accounts. Not if we have anything to do with it! <laugh>
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humanbeingincroydon said:
Between Jobe Bellingham and Jude Soonsup-Bell, we've basically got Jude Bellingham without having to fund Dortmund's next five transfer windows
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L'Equipe are now getting onboard with Lloris to Saudi Arabia

In other news, Fabrizio Romano reports that Unai Emery is pushing to sign Lo Celso this summer

There's also some garbage tier talk of us looking at QPR keeper Seny Dieng, with him also interesting Brighton and Brentford...which isn't the first time I've used that sentence in relation to a goalkeeper in the last week
 
humanbeingincroydon said:
L'Equipe are now getting onboard with Lloris to Saudi Arabia

In other news, Fabrizio Romano reports that Unai Emery is pushing to sign Lo Celso this summer

There's also some garbage tier talk of us looking at QPR keeper Seny Dieng, with him also interesting Brighton and Brentford...which isn't the first time I've used that sentence in relation to a goalkeeper in the last week
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Brentford already have their new keeper lined up, so looks like Raya is definitely on the move.
 
The Huddlefro said:
Brentford already have their new keeper lined up, so looks like Raya is definitely on the move.
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We've also been linked with Gavin Bazunu of Southampton for £15m. I'd like to sign both.
If, and that's a big if, we can qualify for Europe, then play the youngster in the cups and U21s.
Start Raya/Pickford/Sanchez/whoever in the league and have Forster as third choice.
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
We've also been linked with Gavin Bazunu of Southampton for £15m. I'd like to sign both.
If, and that's a big if, we can qualify for Europe, then play the youngster in the cups and U21s.
Start Raya/Pickford/Sanchez/whoever in the league and have Forster as third choice.
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I still wouldn't mind adding Cow-hen Curlyhair at some point, just to watch the collective meltdown on the Pool board.
 
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