Watched a bit of Lauriente last night, of all the highlight reels I've seen of the new lads and linked players is by far the best, just hope he contributes for 90mins and not just in moments
I hope we’ve got enough craft in our side to break down teams that are ahead against us and sitting back to prevent us countering. Do we think between ELF, Diarra and the new wingers we have this? I do just about I think?
According to the Resto del Carlino, Sunderland would have offered Bologna a figure around 16-17 plus bonuses for Lucumi. A rating considered too low by management. In addition, in these days Bologna has offered the renewal to the player precisely to keep the sirens out of the market. In the event of a negative result, it is not excluded that the felsineo club can deal from 25 million and up.
On the Neil and cirkin thing, while they probably don’t warrant (or tbf expect) the same wages as £30m signings, the club needs to be very careful that they aren’t seen to be taking the piss out of the players who got us here. Remember we may need players to get us back here in 26/27 - and that becomes harder to do in a sensible way if we have a reputation for not looking after the players who take that job on.