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He won’t be signing a new contract until the window has closed, at the very earliest. If he signs a new contract it will have a release clause much much lower than we’d want for him. Think it might be a while before he signs a new one, if he does. Don’t see us agreeing to a too low clause.

Would be insanity to sell him. Having said that, If we are to have any chance of keeping him beyond this coming season we have to invest heavily. Get quality and numbers in and strengthen the team and squad properly. Fail to do that and he won’t be here for long. Couldn’t blame him either if so. No matter when/how late we get the players in this window, there can be no fucking about and time wasting that results in us not getting enough through the door.

Anyone with a YouTube link? Tried to find but it’s idiots playing fifa or talking about the game.

Cheers. Will have a search later on. Want to see Tino.

Sweden. Is Channel 4 available online for free if from outside of UK?

Is the U21 game tonight on YouTube or where can I watch it? Don’t have iptv.

Because the report is from Turkey I would guess. Same shit in England and most countries though so not much of a difference imo really.

Rather him than Elanga. Probably half the price.

He is very talented. Leftie though from all the games I’ve seen.

Haven’t checked for a while but isn’t it much closer to 35 than 30?

I think you know the answer to your question. Apologies. Give him a bit of patience and it won’t be too long before he’s settled and at his best tearing it up*

I’ve seen quite many questioning the signing of Wirtz. Or people saying he has never impressed them and that they can very well see him being a big flop. You can never say never in football or take anything for granted. But judging by what I’ve seen I struggle to see him being anything but a massive success for years to come. It might take him a bit of time to settle before he hits the ground running. Despite the price I can see him being a bargain when you consider how much is being spent on some players.

Well I think he has been injured a lot in the last two seasons. If that’s wrong then let’s agree to disagree.

It’s also easy to forget that he’s got older. Especially when you consider his build and playing style. I hope I’m wrong but can see him struggling with fitness to a degree in the coming seasons.

Missing almost 30 games in two seasons is a lot. And this season he probably has even played when not fit.

I could be wrong but in the last two PL seasons I think he has missed more than 30% of the games

He isn’t on it all the time. Also different tools for different games. Plus he’s injured a lot and is also likely to have a suspension or two. It’s a squad game and I think it’s good with a diverse setup tactically as well. We also need to rotate.

Obviously that’s what matters the most. Getting them in very late would be far from ideal though and if it’s only one in for pre-season then it’s quite poor. Albeit not the end of the world.

IF it happens and it’s only one in before then yeah it’s poor.

I’m not stressed now at all really since it’s so early, but this somehow feels like one of those games you watch where you feel “we’re never gonna score today no matter how long we play for”. Similar gut feeling about signings this summer somehow . Nothing to do with window licker’s tweet. Just a general feeling. I’m sure we will get players in. Question is how many and how late.

As if pre-season starts tomorrow

Yeah I thought 10-15 would be way too low as soon as I posted it A bit lazy to do the quite simple math. Unsure about their wages but still a poor guess. Cheers.

What is the “yearly cost” for a player like Isak/Tonali when it comes to amortisation and wages? 10-15m?

I’m 100% certain that he won’t want to leave this summer and that we won’t sell him. I’m pretty certain that he will leave next summer though. Because I don’t see us strengthening the squad enough this summer to be able to cope with both CL and everything domestically. I just don’t think we’ll get enough quality/numbers in this summer. I would say that we need at least 2 more or less guaranteed starters and then 3 players that are very talented that can start and be rotated with others as well as challenging for regular starts. Do that and yeah anything is possible. But I don’t see us getting 4-5 players in. Hope I’m wrong.

Being a “journalist” these days might be the easiest job in the world.