Transfer Rumours transfer thread fact and fiction

And Lo Celso, plus probably one of Bissouma or Skipp. I can't see us going into the new season with Skipp, Bentancur, Bissouma, Gray, Sarr and Bergvall all fighting over 2 spots.

 

Think their new striker got a serious injury last week so the chances are they'll keep Toni...which makes me happy cos I think he's treated Brentford like scrap, believes his own hype and practically begged Liverpool and Arsenal to buy him while being suspended for gambling

 

Romano has said there’s a 15m release clause for next summer. Sounds like that’s for anyone to activate not just an option for Girona, based on the wording, so let’s hope he does enough.

 

Going out on a limb here and predicting that he doesn't manage double figures in G/A.

 

I forget he exists to be fair, easily done.

Skipp's likely the one to make way of those but like Richarlison, Solomon and possibily Kulusevski too, none are who I think the club are desperate to sell but would if a decent offer arrived.

 

In the words of a song :

Who are you, that I should be mindful of ??

 

Isn’t that from the bible?

 

Plettentwerp is insisting we're meeting Chiesa's agent

While regurgitating the Football Italia copy of the Corriere article from earlier

Smells like his agent is namedropping us to try and drum up interest

 

No-one who played in the Euros or Copa America would be available for training until next week at the earliest. So if we are trying to sign any of those we have not lost anything by not doing it so far.

 

Vicario played for us on Saturday and Dragusin is likely to play on Wednesday.

 

I don't think any new signings would be flown to Korea though.

 

I'd rather sell Bissouma over Skipp tbh. Such a disappointment.

 

Ideally sell both but Bissouma on his day is a better player than Skipp.

 

He is but sadly we've only seen him 'on his day' around a dozen times in two years.

 

If we signed a player of course they would, Dragusin flew into Korea on his own. No reason why a new signing wouldn’t have done the exact same.

Arsenal just signed Calafiori and he’s in the USA with them.

 

Why?

Bissouma for as disappointing as he’s been is still better than Skipp.

 

True but he’s still better than Skipp.

Skipp is home grown, that’s probably the only plus for him over Bissouma

 

Atleti supposedly closing in on Conor Gallagher.

Bless you, Atleti, you beautiful bastards.

Romano also says no talks between us and Chiesa and that we’ll sign “one more player upfront”. So if that’s true, any dreams of a RW and a ST I had might be dashed. Has to be a ST then and hope one of Johnson/ Kulu find consistent form, my money would be on Johnson, think he can be a real problem if he grows more confidence.

 

So between Romano, Ali G and Seb S-B, it's pretty obvious that only a complete dope would say we're in negotiations for Chiesa

Step forward Plettentwerp...

 

No.