When Werner had his hot spell at Leipzig he played off of a big striker, I could see Son working due to his link up play but not Richarlison, Ange must see something in him and as it's been said many times on the board it's a loan that might just pay off
This has a feel of Danny Rose to Milan. I wonder if Dier is asking daily if there is any news from Germany.
Romano says the contract is already agreed, it's down to Bayern to Ja or Nein signing off on the deal
Harry convincing Tuchel that Dier is good has to be regarded as another act of service to the club. Now if he can just do the same with Sessegnon, Richarlison, Ndombele, Hojbjerg, Rodon and Gil, we'll be golden.
TBH that was Liverpool's fault, as they pumped him full of painkilling injections to keep him playing in spite carrying various injuries
Dragusin Watch Now if someone could bind and gag his agent in a locked cupboard for a few days... No **** Sherlock Watch
According to The Times, Kylian Mbappe is apparently unimpressed with Los Ladrones' heavy-handed attempts to force him into a pre-contract agreement this month I mean it's a little too early to talk about upgrading Timo Werner, but...
Not at all surprising and this is perhaps the hundredth example of why haste is sometimes the same thing as speed and it is a very wise idea to wrap transfers up before other, bigger clubs start sniffing around. We've apparently been quibbling over £4-5m for a week now. If we miss out on him, this will be another typical case of Levy acting like it's still 2003.
Counter point: we're not the ones quibbling, Genoa and Dragusin's agent are the ones quibbling - for example, Napoli are happy to accept less money from Napoli than we're offering On that subject, Sacha Tavolieri has piped up again, suddenly talking about Dragusin selling his image rights two weeks ago which is slowing things down - though as Tavolieri has already been caught with his pants down regarding the Dragusin deal once already (claiming we were offering £15m upfront, when Romano and Di marzio said at least £20m) it's safe to ignore that claim until it comes up somewhere else
I don't accept this as an excuse. Napoli have offered a cash + player deal, so the total package they are offering is entirely subjective and all depends on how highly Genoa value that player (Zanoli iirc). And even if their offer is materially lower, what do we expect Genoa to do? They are strapped for cash like many Serie A teams, we are exponentially wealthier than Napoli, of course they'll ask for more money from us as they know we can easily afford it whereas Napoli can't. It's naive in the extreme for us to expect otherwise.
Bayern Bullshit Watch Probably worth keeping track of it here... So two days ago the likes of Falk and Plettiberk were saying that Bayern were all-in on a DM, however their pwecious wickle club didn't have the money - and then all of a sudden they turn around and just so happen to a.) Want Dragusin, in spite zero mention of any interest him at any point in the last two weeks b.) Have enough money for Dragusin, in spite their press mouthpieces saying they absolutely don't c.) As far as I'm aware none of De Ligt, Kim Min-jae and Upemecano, making Bayern's sudden interest nonsensical There's more than a whiff of Bayern trying to **** with us because we had the sheer gall to tell them to pay the fee for a player and not a pfennig less And I haven't even started with Genoa's owners yet. You may have heard of them, they bought 94% of Everton recently...
