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Duke of Northumberland

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The real irony is it's nearly 1000+ online at any given time, and at the same time it's like 10 - 20 people sniping, moaning or just wallowing in negativity!

Then the 850+ moaning about the moaners.

Im glad we’re keeping the (n)dembele torch going..

Otherwise the Juve players should have some nous- can’t get over that 5 minutes at Wembley against them…
 

goughie1966

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With all the Itk around Juve players I wonder if this is a start of a special relationship with Juve? Like our one with Real Madrid
 

whitechina

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With all the Itk around Juve players I wonder if this is a start of a special relationship with Juve? Like our one with Real Madrid
Don't start that convo in here- keep this thread open!
The ITK is starting to flow and my hopes are up- hoping for one confirmed signing today (at least)
Moving our players out now is key- hopefully we can start to see/hear news on this asap.
 

Hotspur88

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Lyall's comments are so strange. Covers all basis saying unlikely but not ruling it out ???‍♂️.

We are still very busy! Players being offered to us. Late enquiries for some of ours also. I would now be more surprised if we didn't bring 3 in. Obviously things can change but I've said 3 all along and I'm sticking to that.
 

djhotspur

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Don't rule out 4 like I said yesterday. We could easily bring in Kulusevski, Bentancur, CM??? (Amrabat would be done easily as all agreed if we want it but we are exploring others first) & Dembele.
Thanks mate. Shame no big ticket attacking signing. Was really really hoping for rapinha
 

Hotspur88

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Thanks mate. Shame no big ticket attacking signing. Was really really hoping for rapinha
Would you not class Dembele as a 'big ticket attacking signing'?!

I'm not saying we will sign him, but when fit, he improves us massively.

Raphinha too difficult this late in the window and I'm not even sure we enquired tbh. Looks likely Chelsea will come in for him this summer.
 

parklane yid

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Lyall's comments are so strange. Covers all basis saying unlikely but not ruling it out ???‍♂️.

We are still very busy! Players being offered to us. Late enquiries for some of ours also. I would now be more surprised if we didn't bring 3 in. Obviously things can change but I've said 3 all along and I'm sticking to that.
Lyall knows nothing. Sky sports are so behind the curve.
 

SpartanSpur

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Yeah I'm sure we'll be negotiating right until the end and some late offers will come in for our players. Everton and Dele feels an obvious one.

Now we supposedly have two in the bag I'm more confident of Conte getting his 3 or 4 new options that should keep him happy and give us a good boost for top 4.

A lot can happen on deadline day.
 

djhotspur

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Would you not class Dembele as a 'big ticket attacking signing'?!

I'm not saying we will sign him, but when fit, he improves us massively.

Raphinha too difficult this late in the window and I'm not even sure we enquired tbh. Looks likely Chelsea will come in for him this
Thanks for the info. Didn’t mean to question you etc! I won’t keeping adding here as to my thoughts on dembele I’ll go in his thread! Appreciate all the info and look forward to an exciting 2 days
 

Raitei

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Given Dembele’s rumoured contract demands at Barca, I wonder what a deal for him looks like. Loan with Barca paying half his wages (rather than just paying all his wages to no register/play him).

I remember really wishing we picked him up when he was at Rennes, and there’s clearly a fantastic player in there when fit, but that _when_ does so much carrying. I saw something along the lines of him having completed 90 minutes less than 20 times at Barca, that’s a pretty worrying state of fitness
 

keeole

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Given Dembele’s rumoured contract demands at Barca, I wonder what a deal for him looks like. Loan with Barca paying half his wages (rather than just paying all his wages to no register/play him).

I remember really wishing we picked him up when he was at Rennes, and there’s clearly a fantastic player in there when fit, but that _when_ does so much carrying. I saw something along the lines of him having completed 90 minutes less than 20 times at Barca, that’s a pretty worrying state of fitness
And that is in the Spanish league nevermind the Premier League, I'm confident we wont sign him, if we get close Chelsea or United will come in but i feel his wages are far beyond us, still we are looking good for a decent January window.
 

stormfly

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Given Dembele’s rumoured contract demands at Barca, I wonder what a deal for him looks like. Loan with Barca paying half his wages (rather than just paying all his wages to no register/play him).

I remember really wishing we picked him up when he was at Rennes, and there’s clearly a fantastic player in there when fit, but that _when_ does so much carrying. I saw something along the lines of him having completed 90 minutes less than 20 times at Barca, that’s a pretty worrying state of fitness
Sounds like we’ve found our new Ndombele.
 

$hoguN

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The only thing surprising right now is that more of the deals haven’t been announced.
 

WorthATry

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Prof on COYS:

Based on what I heard on Friday, and without breaking my word to Guinevere, we've still got a number of irons in the fire that are independent of getting the Juve pair, ranging (based on my opinion of the players) from underwhelming, through solid, to spectacular. Hitchen working on a couple of youngsters but hope isn't high for getting those deals done in Jan. Some parameter-establishing work for the summer window also being done, including on the young HG front. FP still very (though not entirely) Mediterranean-centric in outlook, which is a concern to some at the club, but is fine with AC for now.
 

rossdapep

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We’re at an all you can eat buffet, so far weve only decided on a couple of dishes and still considering what else to have from the mountain of food on offer??

Also we need to think about not eating too much otherwise we’ll be full and could miss out on some delightful dishes being offered up in a few months time…

All that glitters is not gold….
 

rossdapep

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VY on TFC

We’re at an all you can eat buffet, so far weve only decided on a couple of dishes and still considering what else to have from the mountain of food on offer??

Also we need to think about not eating too much otherwise we’ll be full and could miss out on some delightful dishes being offered up in a few months time…

All that glitters is not gold….
I think the second part is important. We shouldnt just take any player who is offered to us because in the summer we will be able to get better options.
 
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