It's always amusing in this threads when people just throw out bizarrely wrong statements. Barella, with the second most distance ran in the Champions League this season, is work shy.
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Barella being called work shy is one of the worst takes I’ve seen in a long time
I am sure it is. Inter might be a little strapped for cash but they are not about to sell their best player at a discount, if anything they would demand a premium to let him go so think Jack Grealish money considering he is a far better player not to mention the fact that their fans would riot if he left.
What has World Cup winner anything to do with their respective abilities? Otamendi, Romero, Molina, Tagliafico and De Paul also won the World Cup.
Barella was also part of the Inter team who wasn't far away from winning CL against City who just won the treble.
Pogba signing turned bad (still arguably our best player quite often when he was fit) because he went to a very dysfunctional club back then. The same club that had just somehow made Di Maria look like utter shit…
Inter paid £45m/€50m to sign him, his current deal expires in June 2026, I find it hard to believe that Inter will accept £50m for their most important player after Lautaro.
£50m and wasnt he midfielder of the season in Serie A? I really wanted us to sign him before he went to Inter and wouldnt mind him now. But I would have thought any deal would be north of £70m.
People talking about £100m and far better than Grealish, personally dont agree with either sentiment.
When he as at Cagliari he was very much a box to box midfielder, I actualyl liked him more than his recent seeming to play further forward on the right hand side. He is a very different player to Grealish and £100m, Serie A prices arent Premiership prices...but £50m seems too cheap as well.
Would be a great signing for Newcastle if they pulled it off, playing more the Longstaffe role
People talking about £100m and far better than Grealish, personally dont agree with either sentiment.
When he as at Cagliari he was very much a box to box midfielder, I actualyl liked him more than his recent seeming to play further forward on the right hand side. He is a very different player to Grealish and £100m, Serie A prices arent Premiership prices...but £50m seems too cheap as well.
Would be a great signing for Newcastle if they pulled it off, playing more the Longstaffe role
Sadly, i think in many instances the caf punter gets proven right.
Penalty goals in the PL I am guessing?
We should be all over him if he’s available, just like we should’ve been with MacAllister. These are some of the best ball-playing workhorses in Europe.
Was whatever about mac Allister but really like barella. Newcastle getting a potential midfield of Maddison, barella and Guimaraes would be a ridiculous trio
Teun Koopmeiners is better than him.
Tbf Mac Allister's underlying stats were very good this season but I have a feeling those weren't what he meant.
Pogba was the best midfielder in the world when we bought him. I place zero blame at his door for the transfer not working out.
But yeah… Mac Alister signing for Klopp is more likely to succeed than Pogba for Jose.
Woahh save some budget for McTominay lads
I didn't think he would be available and I'm still a bit dubious over the links. Would think he's near the exact profile of midfielder we would want to replace Eriksen with. I'd much prefer him to Mount, but again dubious that a transfer is actually happening.
If that price is true I'm ashamed we are not indicated to be interested......
This price makes no sense. Only explanation would be that N’Castle can’t spend much on the books because of FFP and the Saudis are doing an under the table deal with Inter Chinese owners…
He wasn't close.
Would be a shame not to look at him especially now that his cost would only be £50m
Imagine Newcastle fielding Barella and Guimaraes in CM. Mental.
Good'ol Fred's gonna have his work cut out chasing those two about the place.
Good'ol Fred's gonna have his work cut out chasing those two about the place.
They're here and they got money. They just need their Pep equivalent.
He really was. Pogba at Juve was saturated with ability and just needed the right home. He had all of the talent and could have become one of the best midfielders in the game.
Jose and United was a death knell for him.
Not a chance. Barella is the complete opposite. Runs all day.Forgot about our Brazilian confuser.
No shot Inter sell him for that price. Can't be true.
My sentiments exactly.
And you don’t think Newcastle are dropping all that money in one hit No payment plan for them which is why they get transfers done and at lower prices
That’s their price for one instalment united with current accounts can’t do that unless SJ buys the club in two weeks
Now your getting it ?
He wasn't even the best midfielder at Juve, never mind the likes of Kroos and Modric whom he was miles behind.
Yeah we disagree.
I’d not suggest that he’d have ever been as perfect as Modric, but he could have been far better than Kroos.
I think they’d have won the World Cup with him too. He’s an exceptional footballer.
He’s properly brilliant and was wasted at United. Many of our fans shape their opinion based on how he performed. Which is understandable, but a bit silly. The lad has the lot.
Surely Barella at £50mil is a better deal than Mount at £50mil right?
Pogba was ridiculously gifted, but you need more than talent to succeed. If not, Nani could have been as good as Cristiano Ronaldo, if not better.
Pogba would never have been as good as Kroos regardless of which team he had gone to, because he just doesn't have the mentality or the work rate. A few games in the World Cup doesn't change that.
Sure the Times or Telegraph said Newcastle budget was around £75mil and they were chasing Maddison and Ward-Prowse. Barella would be a helluva capture. But i dont believe he'd go there.
Yeah I just don’t agree. Plenty of players make bad transfers. Pogba needed a cuddle and he never got it at United.
He was as applied and needy as Cantona. Just didn’t get a manager to maximise his talent at a crucial time.
He bears some responsibility, but shit happens sometimes.
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Barella is class. One of those players I never thought would leave Italy though. If there's a chance, we should be all over this.
Fabrizio pretending to have any knowledge whatsoever. He's literally just saying what any sane person would think about this rumour, and everyone obviously agrees so they believe him as if he has inside information
I think they're pretty different, even if they share some attributes. Barella won't be 50m. I'd be surprised if he went for less than 70m. Mount is quality - and if we can get him for 50m it's a good deal too.