WTF is this
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Goldbridge. His opinion means nothing
I'll take winning trophies over the feelings of suits at OT any day of the week.
Are you wrecked already?
Are you p*ssed already?
Aww shucks
This is definitely post of the year.
shame… imho they should target Benitez
Not even sure why were considering him, tbh.
We've signed academy players from South America before.
He's been trolling the forum for a few weeks and is obviously a wum account from a rival supporter. Bit surprised that he is still here.
This has got to be the strangest manager hunt ever.
I've never seen anything like this in terms of how much detail we are getting, three people so far all falling at the last hurdle. If I was a Spurs fan I would be watching this with my head in my hands. As I'm not a Spurs fan, it's fecking hilarious, but it must be doing them so much damage at the moment.
Levy must be massively regretting letting Poch go now.
Basically they're too cheap for the decent managers but they think they deserve better than the likes of Gattuso.
He has over 1m subscribers, its hardly beyond the realms of possibility he does know someone connected with the club.
Ole was in a press conference with a smug smile last year about either haaland or sancho (can't remember which ) where he obviously thought he was getting his man. It obviously didn't work out.
My point is, an insider could leak a truth & then it doesn't work out.
There's an agenda against him by some & in general fan channels. I don't get it, if people don't like it, don't watch.
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Yes like that 80m up front fee we paid for Maguire. Oh so stingy. They leech the club AND pay shed tons on transfers. The two aren’t mutually exclusive.
We don't watch but people post nonsense he comes out with as if he's a source, not to mention that particular tweet was irrelevant to the thread.
Glazers never paid 80m for Maguire. They got another loan. The Glazers don't spend their own money on Utd.
Wasn't it UK law rather than EU law which was causing the problem in the first place?
This genuinely made me laugh out loud at my desk.
possibly the best post on this thread!!
I doubt OGS would have been publicly clear that he has a veto on all transfers unless that is actually the case. If so, he would unwisely undermine his own position, and in effect make himself a hostage of processes over which he has no control. Possible, but in my opinion very unlikely.
On the other issues. I think you have valid points, but that's all become so interconnected now that you can't answer one question without raising another. You argue that the most pressing concern now should be central midfield, not central defence. I tend on the whole to agree with that, it seems intuitively right at least.
However, what exactly is the problem we need to solve in midfield? Is the intention that Pogba should play in the pivot? If so, then you can argue that the pressing need is for a holding midfielder with defensive qualities sufficient to cover the back and compensate for Pogbas shortcomings in that area, freeing him to contribute more on the attack. Or is the intention to play Pogba in the forward line? If so, then we are in effect looking for a better partner for Fred than McTominay is, which means a sitter with a different mix of qualities - in particular, someone who can contribute more in build-up play and creatively. Then there's the uncertainty over whether Pogba will stay at all, and over what DvdBs role is going to be.
All of which leads me back to the view that it's probably just as well to upgrade at CB in any case.
Just like you, me & every other fan of football, we sometimes talk sense & nonsense, he's no better or worse than any of us.
However i do agree, the tweet was irrelevant to this thread
So so predictable the agents would do this when in negotiation mode. Absolutely no substance to the article.
Yes. EU clubs don't have a lot of restrictions, some have limits to non-EU registration, but those are rules from the particular domestic leagues as well. All that stuff about caps and continental appearances or whatever is purely down to British rules/work permits. I also doubt that an English club is going to focus their recruitment on South America. Moving kids halfway across the globe and into a completely different culture is no small risk, in most cases it's much more reasonable to just sign some French kid.
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This also makes no immediate sense to me, but there might be european rules limiting the signing of non-EU players that now no longer apply. Although you'd think the immigration rules the UK have put instead in place would not result in a more liberal practice. But it's possible I guess.
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I know you were joking, but in all seriousness why not? The man has won a CL trophy, is tactically astute and can work on a meagre budget. Whats not to like for levy?
I think it’s because the work permits system has also changed since Brexit.That’s what’s allowing this. It’s that the work permit laws have had to change because of brexit.
How can they afford him with Covid and all? He'll probably cost like €20m.
It will also be interesting to see what Mislintat will do with all that money.
Fabrizio confirmed in a reply to another tweet that they wouldn't be going after Edouard now. It sounds like Daka was their 1st choice and Edouard was the backup in case they couldn't get it completed, which makes more sense to me than getting both.
Think he realised that now. What a farce that club is
Yes, but it's a bit of a surprise if that has resulted in more lenient rules for signing young unproven players from South America. The whole work permit system is points based, and from what I've seen of it it imposes some very stringent demands for applicants, including having played a certain proportion of national team games. In fact, it was being presented as something that would force PL clubs to put a bigger emphasis on developing domestic players.
Well that just makes it more likely that clubs will now be focusing on bringing in young players from South America.
Didn't Gatusso leave because he wasn't promised new transfers? Might have got that wrong but this is quite funny if true.
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