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They are looking to sell Fofana and Tielemans though, not Maddison.

But could still turn out to have poor end product. There's no guarantee that he'll start converting just because he's a year or two older. Just look at Almiron and to some extent ASM.

Only if they are going to insist on keeping Pedro. Otherwise with only a couple of weeks left they would be better off selling now for a decent fee and and giving themselves enough time to buy a replacement.

Ugh.

He never really seemed to rate him, at least that's always been my impression.

He's made such a difference.

Or just sign a new contract and disappear into a career of mediocrity.

Geedown lad

Geeedup lad.

I wonder if he would have fit Eddie's pressing style? Can't remember now why Rafa wouldn't play him, was it lack of pressing or lack of dropping back to defend?

I heard it was a verbal bid not a formal one.

It's just each side holding out for the best deal possible, you would think they will come to a compromise figure before the window shuts.

Spurs are such wankers, I wouldn't have minded seeing them top if they had lost against Chelsea like they deserved to.

I do think goal scoring is an instinctive thing, not sure if you are going to develop it much further with age. That said, he might be a good finisher playing in a bad team, or in the wrong position. I just haven't seen enough of him to be able to judge.

He's at the right club it seems, he seems to have no ambition either.

Yep.

Shelvey's always been a very good passer, he's also surprisingly difficult to dispossess, he's good at maintaining possession. His only real fault is he's not got much mobility which means he's not going to be playing one-twos, and also means his pressing will be poor.

That's the best video of him I've seen. There's some really exciting touches in there which are not only about fancy tricks but also show some intelligence and awareness of other players around him. Get it done.

Really like the way we refused to get drawn into the Cornet/Dennis/Sarr bids despite the goals, showed we knew exactly what we wanted and weren't going to be swayed from that.

Sounds about right.

I'm assuming the whole point of Real buying Bruno will be to join him up with Paqueta, if they are buying one, they will get the second one half price.

About as much loyalty as Bruno then, barely has the ink on his signed contract dried and he's off to Spain followed by @Flip Curse the Brazilians, curse them all the deserting rats!

Yes, and that's not a disaster by any means, as that will also mean we have arrived, and are finally buying players who will earn us massive revenue. Obviously we would rather keep them, but it's still better than extending contracts of 30 yr old has beens just because it's cheaper than investing.

This is probably about right.

As far as I know Real Madrid haven't come in for him, there has just been some speculation about it which has been posted here in the last hour. I think we are jumping the gun a little bit writing farewell letters and putting loaded guns to our heads ready for his departure.