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Yeah, why the fuck would anyone even dignify it with a comment?

Yes I get that, but I'm going off the rumour he's wanted a London move from last time we made a move. I think we could match Spurs for wages anyway, it's the likes of Chelsea and City we are still a year or two off. Can't see that tight cunt Levy blowing us out of the water.

Not only did this tit make up a swap deal, he even put a random valuation on it. Impressive wummery.

Perfect.

I don't think they are particularly, it depends on the player's personal preference. If ponceing about to experience London life is a big draw then fair enough, Spurs is a good shout. If you want Champions league football and the ultimate football arena, then Newcastle is the place to be.

That finish has been underrated btw. A bit similar to Isak's volley against Forest. Not that easy to fetch the ball from behind you and still place it where you want. Props need to go to @KaKa here as well. Let's be fair, he backed him, he was right. He's backed McTominay as well and he's probably wrong there, but you can't win them all. When you back a Joelinton against popular opinion I think that overrides all else.

Aye no blame to the thread starter, the way the news was released it certainly sounded a lot further along than it's turned out.

Sorry I have to take issue with that. When a player gets his own thread I think it's understood that the move is imminent. The likes of me who refuse to watch youtube videos unless it's on, get lured in and all excited watching the skills and boss ability. We start dreaming of Barella in a black and white shirt. We don't want to open the thread and hear that we are nowhere near a deal, and he might piss off to Liverpool.

Has to be the worst transfer exclusive since the takeover. Based on absolutely fuck all. No wonder he went into hiding with his bottle of cheap wine straight after releasing it.

Having seen the type of footballer Barella is, I'm pretty sure he'd be a smash hit in England, he just looks a class above. So if he's coming here, I hope it's to us.

International football is different to club football though, we can see that with English domination of Europe at club level which is totally different from the international stage. Because England can't pick the likes of Gundogan or Haaland just to name two. Not saying Italian players aren't good, just not sure they are top whack. But let's name a few and see which clubs they would fit. Chiesa maybe? Who would have him?

Hope this doesn't affect the friendship between our lads. Paqueta is yesterday's news, didn't Brazil get the memo?

Maybe they do, but I still don't think there's that many outstanding ones which Premier league clubs would be chasing. Barella actually is one though.

I wonder if it's on tv anywhere? Would definitely give that a watch.

It's Chelsea, they might be hoovering up all the Onanas just to be doubly sure they get the right one.

One of the other reasons not many Italian footballers move to England is there just hasn't been that many good ones since the PL became the richest league in the world. There are decent players, but how many of them are actually good enough for one of our top clubs to pay big money for them?

I'm surprised it's getting so much stick here, it's not much different to other cities in Europe, plenty going on there, and it's an hour train ride away from Lake Como which is spectacular.

Overrated. Not a patch on Whitley Bay.

Agree. If he could add anything at this level they'd keep him at Liverpool.

Yeah, admittedly the gelato is nice, but you could sit in the Tesco cafe at the Bridges and tuck into a tub of Kelly's cornish ice cream and still have change for a pack of digestives.

Oh yeah. I'm sure they'll dust off their magnifying glasses to investigate a takeover which might be favourable to the hallowed Man U.

Debate over. Turin can't even hold a candle to Middlesbrough which would be voted amongst the top 5 shittest towns to live in England. Newcastle would be like Barcelona in comparison. Now some bright spark will be claiming Barca is a shithole no doubt, but let's keep it on track eh?

Who's in charge of passing/failing them?

Personally never thought any other bid had a chance once the Qataris came in. Not just because of the money, but I would imagine the PL bigwigs would prefer them as well, given Man U and Liverpool are considered as royalty among English clubs.

If I was a Celtic fan I wouldn't be thrilled at the prospect of him coming back. You just know any if any half decent Premier side comes in he'll jump ship again.