Contenders I'd say. You have to prove you're a great side
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I think commitment to the club should be the bar rather than youth or whatever else. Arteta has been treating that tightrope fairly well, I think Ole can too if Sanchez proves his desire. I do think that ship has sailed though, doubt he's interested in being a backup to Greenwood / Rashford / New RW. Still think he can offer more than James who seems to have been signed for that role.
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Whoa looks like Chelsea will contend next year and we'll push a bit but fall short of an actual challenge as well. Pep and Klopp have some real competition now, will be interesting to see if they stick around for a few more years or if they'll leave after a bad season.
Not a bad price
Good deal that
Thats true. Even then contenders might not prove anything since the league is so poor at the minute that a top quality, top heavy side can run through teams on plan A alone
Takes Man City’s spending on defenders alone up to £789m
£35m is a good price for him.
Kept reading in his thread on here that he's not good enough for Ole but he's good enough for Pep? Interesting
Pep has assembled an extortionately expensive pile of shite for a defence so I’m not sure why that makes any difference.
Our expensive defenders haven't fared much better
Wasn't good enough for United last week, now he'll be a bargain for City according to this place
United HAVE to spend the same. This is the window that will make or break the next 2-3 years imo.
We are at that point where the right signings could make us challengers, the wrong ones (or general lack of signings) could see us regress back into the abyss of the last 6 years.
Just saying though, Pep doesn’t set the bar when it comes to assembling defences.
I think with the right partner for Maguire we have one of the better defences in the league.
Edit: For that price though Ake is worth taking for sure.
Would rather they signed some like Nathan Ake instead of a Kalidou Koulibaly, Ibrahima Konate, Dayot Umpecano
Chelsea & Man United will both be title challengers next season. Likely a season too early for either to win it, but should at the very least make things much trickier for Liverpool and City. Think Spurs and Arsenal will be left far behind by the top 4.
The original source is Foot Mercato. I think we can safely throw this away. Even Sport Witness mentioned that there isn't much else concrete in the story beyond mere "interest".
Yup I agree. United and Chelsea have teams full of top young talent and even though next year I expect both to push close, I think it's a year too soon, but with development the year after, I think both will be right up there.
City have a rebuilding job on their hands, and Liverpool has quite a few players nearing 30 as is, so will be interesting.
I think we are competing favourably on that front as well.
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Jadon Sancho want to leave Borussia Dortmund this summer. He is homesick, he doesn't want to stay here anymore. It is difficult to say whether he would go on strike like Dembele, but the pressure on the BVB is extremely increased [Sky Germany]
They're actually becoming more common due to FFP and the price of players in general, I can see there being a few this window over corona (Barca and Juve already did one very dodgy one!)
I think we'll see a feck ton this summer with the COVID impact on finances. Promising youth players being swapped for first teamer's everywhere
I don't want him to go on strike like Dembele did but I'm glad he's pushing for the move to happen and not just waiting to see if a bid comes in.
I am envious of how little fuss there is when it comes to Chelsea’s transfer business. They never seem to have the interminable sagas that United do. I suspect we are waiting to get CL football confirmed whereas Roman will bankroll Lampard irrespective.
Let's see who United sign first, and how your lot gel.
Way too early to judge that we'll make up what is a huge points differential.
I am a bit confused about Fabrizio Romano. If he works for Di Marzio, who is no longer considered reliable, why is Romano still a tier 1?
Since when is Di Marzio unreliable? He is pretty good, not 100%, but for transfer gossip still very useful.
Di Marzio is tier 1.
Chelsea don't sell papers like United do. There's probably minimal fuss when we sign a player as well but a whole lot of nonsense from the press
Romano hasn't worked with DiMarzio in a while, he works for the Guardian now and he's actually proven to be a bit more reliable than him these last few transfer windows
How dareth you speak of Di Marzio that way? A little respect should you show oh little one.
Thats a fair price, we should be into it. If we dont get him at least drive the price up for them.
No he isn't and nor is Bouhafsi , I know English journalist get lot of grief here but they still are best source of transfer information when it comes to English Clubs.
Far too soon for United to be title challengers. We're in good form,minor Sunday,and have a good 11 but the bench options are just too poor. The drop in quality is embarrassing,tbh.
Minor Sancho I expect a really quiet transfer window for us.
Beyond mainstream media, Chelsea's transfers for Werner was quite extended compared to, say, Ziyech. Even Havertz has become a saga with Leverkusen not budging from their demands (the only positive progress for them is that Havertz has agreed a deal). Even Pulisic's transfer wasn't so quiet. Part of the reason Chelsea's transfers aren't under the spotlight is because we get more mainstream attention and United fans will follow United transfer stories more closely.
That may be the case.
But it also looks like they already have three brilliant signings over the line.
Perhaps.
But as I have said, it looks like they have three brilliant signings over the line.
Not getting too stressed as our season hasn’t finished, but their speed is noteworthy.
Since 2008?
Because some report only when the deal is as good as done, while other report more beginning stages of a transfer. There are always two sides, but if an Italian club is selling to England or English club selling to Italy, Di Marzio is great. Same for Bouhafsi and France. Nobody is 100%, unless they report more or less done deals like Simon Stone.
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