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Very good deal for Barca that.Tweet
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Boot up Football Manager 2020. Let us know how it feels. That’s as close as we’ll get.Imagine the scenes if Telles, Upemecano and Sancho all arrive over the next two weeks.
Unlikely I know, but that would be the levels of recruitment needed to take us up a level.
we’re notMan I'd love to be a United player. Why are we quadrupling his wages? Would have said no to us for lower than that?
Even if the club do manage to pull off the the above transfers, highly unlikely, the pressure should still be applied to ownership and the board.Imagine the scenes if Telles, Upemecano and Sancho all arrive over the next two weeks.
Unlikely I know, but that would be the levels of recruitment needed to take us up a level.
Unless Some sheikh buys the club in the next few days and starts playing his own real life footy manager that’s a pure pipe down.Imagine the scenes if Telles, Upemecano and Sancho all arrive over the next two weeks.
Unlikely I know, but that would be the levels of recruitment needed to take us up a level.
orders Upemecano shirtRB Leipzig just spent £19M on a new centre back. Interesting.
Did they? Who did RB buy?orders Upemecano shirt
The 18 yo CB from Dinamo Leeds were after.Did they? Who did RB buy?
Agreed and also a good deal for WolvesVery good deal for Barca that.
No idea who but hope he’s the replacementThe 18 yo CB from Dinamo Leeds were after.
I bloody hope so too after this weekend!No idea who but hope he’s the replacement
Why do we have to offer him 4 times his current salary? If he doesn't work out, we are left with another overpaid player we can't shift. Why don't they offer half that, with a 12 month review based on performances/appearances?Tweet
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I agree in theory but it does depend on what he’s being offered elsewhere and how much of that is being driven up by his agent etc.Why do we have to offer him 4 times his current salary? If he doesn't work out, we are left with another overpaid player we can't shift. Why don't they offer half that, with a 12 month review based on performances/appearances?
Yes. But many are too snobby to take Smalling back.Here is a thought on Upamenco as our 1v1 defender....
Isn't Smalling quick and great 1v1? Our issue is Lindelof couldn't mark a SAT Math paper let alone a PL level striker. We need a good 1v1 defender with pace, Smalling as understudy to Upamenco should we get him? Smalling as starter should we not get Upamenco...
It is pretty crazy. However I believe he's on something like £25k a week, so that would still only be £100k a week.Why do we have to offer him 4 times his current salary? If he doesn't work out, we are left with another overpaid player we can't shift. Why don't they offer half that, with a 12 month review based on performances/appearances?
Funnily enough I was asking myself this exact same question earlier this morning. I appreciate he’s not great with the ball at his feet but he still needs to be a defender first and foremost. We need somebody dominant in the air and difficult to beat on the deck. Is that Maguire? I don’t know. Lindelöf? Forget it.Here is a thought on Upamenco as our 1v1 defender....
Isn't Smalling quick and great 1v1? Our issue is Lindelof couldn't mark a SAT Math paper let alone a PL level striker. We need a good 1v1 defender with pace, Smalling as understudy to Upamenco should we get him? Smalling as starter should we not get Upamenco...
Bad news for Bayern, this would mean Barca can buy Sergio Dest as it was required to sell Semedo first.Tweet
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They fight, they bite,Suarez and Simeone. What a combo.
He's 18 years old, it's more in preperation for Upamecano to leave next season. They would not want to let their best defender leave and replace with an inexperienced youngster. You can imagine 1 year with the squad would be great preperation to take over next season, Konate will be ready to fill Upamecano's shoes as the leader in defence by then also.RB Leipzig just spent £19M on a new centre back. Interesting.
Is Upamecano really good at trying to clear balls into the box with the wrong foot as well?Yes. But many are too snobby to take Smalling back.
Smalling is good at the things Upamecano is good at (the latter obviously has a higher ceiling/potential.)
Ah come off it. He was never that bad here and then proved himself again in Italy.Is Upamecano really good at trying to clear balls into the box with the wrong foot as well?
He was regularly that bad here, and gets remembered through rose tinted glasses because he left first, especially after playing a couple of good games (well ignore the fact he got progressively more average as the season developed) in the same league that made Darmian look like a young Zanetti.Ah come off it. He was never that bad here and then proved himself again in Italy.
He's far better than many give him credit for here, he get's lumped in with Jones unfairly.
No doubt in my mind that Smalling would have been better next to Maguire since we signed the big fella, I said that before we saw Smalling's form in Italy.
A progressive and well run football club preparing for the future shocker. I know we aren't used to that sort of thing but this doesn't mean Upa will leave this windowRB Leipzig just spent £19M on a new centre back. Interesting.
Yeah well who was that genius giving perms crock Jones a new contractTweet
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Disagree, smalling is quicker, better 1v1, better in the air. Pretty much better at everything than Jones. And the latter definitely has more of a clanger in him.He was regularly that bad here, and gets remembered through rose tinted glasses because he left first, especially after playing a couple of good games (well ignore the fact he got progressively more average as the season developed) in the same league that made Darmian look like a young Zanetti.
Smalling was and is a liability of a defender. Jones makes silly faces and has legs made of papier mache but for me, he's always been the better centre back. He's still not the first cousin of a Manchester United centre back, just better than Smalling.
If they kept Costa as well it’d be an absolute pantomime villain furoreThey fight, they bite,
They bite and fight and bite
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