Morata would never come to a club like us. He will go to a top team abroad if he leaves.
He is still levels above what we have, he doesn’t suit Chelsea, like most the strikers they have spent big on over the years.
For £25m I would be judging at the end of NEXT season and see where he is.
It’s not a great amount in today’s market but it’s the cost of a player we bought to replace Lukaku with, so in those terms it’s not something we throw around on potential.
Richarlison good signing, no idea on Bernard never seen him. Digne and Mina decent but not exactly bridging a gap to top 6.
Should keep us 8-10th at least.
Last season people would have disagreed, Gylfi, Keane and Klaasen were just as highly thought of on especially on this forum as any signings in this window.
Richarlison was not popular on here until he played in pre-season.
Means nothing unless they can perform.
We tend to forget and re-write...
And it makes no difference when one ball over the top and they bypass everything and tap in against a dodgy defence. Seen too many very expensive centre halves flop in this league, never mind an average one like Mina.
We’ve never tried this system but for some reason since we came into money we throw everything out the window and suddenly change it all. For the first time in 30 years we have decent money and we have wasted most of it in recent seasons, we may finally get the system working within 18 months...
Which has been the case for a few years now, ever since we had money. When we had Moyes we were skint and we still had a turnover of players but everything seemed so more planned and strategic. Maybe the so called dithering was for a reason.
I don’t like the manager myself, But he was clearly picked to come here last year before Brands was approached.
I am of the opinion that Silva was coming no matter whether Brands was or not, Brands has probably came knowing he had to work with Silva.
This is the reason why I don’t like the DoF...
‘Weighing up’ that’s a new one for our pre season, the papers have literally gone through every possible way of saying we are thinking about making bids.
There would be plenty of teams sniffing about if that’s the price. I thought £10m was the base price these days.
I liked Drinkwater but he is just Gueye and Schneiderlin combined we need a midfielder who can take a pass and go forward, Mata, Barkley even Shelley like, not saying I want them but deffo not like Schneiderlin who can only see sideways and backwards.
Him and Schneiderlin should have been binned the second they took the mickey in training last year. No respect whatsoever.
Mirallas is finished but still better than a few we have playing, that’s how bad things are.