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Re. Hannibal; it's an option not an obligation to buy..

I think you've forgotten the need for Homegrown players here. From your proposed squad we'd only have 6 HG players in Heaton, Shaw, Garner, Olise + Mainoo and Garnacho that we wouldn't have to register if we meet the HG-quota. Based on that I would say it's highly unlikely/not happening that we...

I watched the Girona vs. Sevilla match the other day, and one thing that did strike me right away was how openly and overly Mejbri was critisizing his teammates for not passing, movement etc. (in terms of body language/gestures and shouting). Mejbri was especially having a go at their left back...

Nagelsmann. And Klopp takes the Germany-job.

Seems pretty clear that the 6m is the buy option.. No way they are paying 6m to loan him half a season.

Yes it's still early days for Garnacho and Mainoo but they are showing great promise and could potentially develop into "world class", Rashford is wildly incosistent but has shown glimpses of being more than capable, and yes McT shouldn't be anything more than a squad player - but can you...

We curently have four regular starters from our academy (Garnacho, Mainoo, Rashford and McT) and in our senior squad we have another three in Mejbri, Gore and Kambwala, a "starlet" in Greenwood who fecked it all up, as well as we've sold £50m of academy graduates the last two summer windows...

Well I'm not claiming that he's better than Onana, Garner or Doucoure, I'm just claiming he will be alot closer to getting minutes at Everton (through injuries, rotation or tactical reasons) compared to his minutes staying with us where he is effectively "8th choice" in our midfield. Not sure...

While I agree that a lack of playing minutes might be a risk with a PL-loan, Mejbri would still be alot closer to those minutes in Everton then at us. At Everton he would be competing with Onana, Garner, Doucoure, Gueye and perhaps Gomes for 1 of 3 spots, while he would be behind all of...

I only expect a loan signing, and want/expect to see the first steps of the mass clear out of the squad. If e.g. Martial is leaving this window I expect the loan signing to be a striker. We don’t need this bloated and expensive squad now that our fixture list isn’t cramped for the rest of...

Sell for decent fee (15m?) to a club that wants to develop and help him fulfill his potential, and secure a reasonable buy-back fee. If it's only a straight loan I'd like to see him go to Everton to get PL-experience.

Been underwhelming the few times I’ve seen him. Might develop it but as of now I’d say he completely lack the intensity + physicality to make it in the PL, also often disappears in the games.

I would actually claim that also we are getting increasingly better in doing this, the sales of Elanga (17.5m eur), Henderson (17.5m eur), Garner (10m eur) and Pereira (10m eur) the previous two summer windows are key enablers for our spending I would argue. A shame that the money hasn't been...

Well there's certainly more resale value in triggering the optional year than not. All of our CBs but Martinez faces uncertain futures at the club, and we should sell at least two or three CBs (aside from Martinez) whoever that brings us the most income to reinvest. Lindelof shouldn't be...

Surely on his way out on loan and a deal is probably sealed already - or else he should have been used to replace a knackered Eriksen today.