Yorkie

I'm saying the Premier League represents the best talent pool out of anywhere. Maybe I shouldn't have said 'best', because some of the European leagues still harbor immense talent. The likes of PSG and Real Madrid will still have some of the very best on their books. Ultimately what I'm saying is, I bet there's not many wingers on the continent who are realistically attainable who are as good as Elanga. I mean Scott McTominay just owned Serie A ffs.

I'm not saying we should never look abroad, I'm saying the closest way to guarantee success is to buy someone who's already demonstrated their quality in this league. And we got Burn from Brighton.

Those are three of the best players and all of them are already here yes.

Quite surprised by the level of angst, like. I think those who think it's 'boring' forget that - due to how the Premier League has gone way beyond any other league out there - most of the best players are already here. Certainly the best attacking players. PSR limits us to being risk averse, therefore it's sensible for us to use the domestic market, despite its inflated fees. We don't have the flexibility afforded to say Chelsea and Man Utd on account of their financial capacity, or say Brighton and Brentford on account of their modest aims. If we're going to keep swinging at the CL places and possibly the title, we need as close to a guarantee as possible. You're only going to get that if they've already demonstrated their capability here. No beef at all if he's our top target. The boss has demonstrated continuously that he knows what he's doing in the transfer market.

Levy will keep them pinned down.

Nah. Good wind-up though.

Will look forward to the fume at us signing another keeper.

That's mint. Panels for numbers is a very classic look.

Big Man Mitch: "He has lots of potential, and the next phase of his development will be for the club to select a loan move that will challenge him and build on his experiences."

Looks like a bit of a unit

Probably because most from the academy are barely National League standard. Anderson had loads of chances and Miley played shitloads last season. Hall is first choice LB.

Less rare with VAR. It would've been imperceptible without it. It was barely perceptible with it.

With Ligue 1's broadcasting disasters, their clubs will be ripe for some low-balling you would've thought?

My ludicrous shout is that there was more to the Kelly transfer and we'll get someone from Juve. Let's go with Koopmeiners.

Wages will always be the biggest lure but CL is a good kicker if you're competing for signings on a more even financial playing field.

Feels like 'Get into them' is practically lore at this point. Adidas missed a trick not sticking that on the shirt rather than Howay The Lads.

Man Utd signing Mbeumo and Cunha whilst managing to peddle that turnip Hojlund would be some going.

Dunno. In terms of the quality of player and the notion of shopping in the bargain bin, I can see why you'd make that comparison. But the two key contextual differences are: we now operate in the club's best interests, and PSR. The likes of Joselu, Muto and Carroll were signed with other interests in mind and in a different financial environment.

I think Tino still has a lot to prove at RB. All of his best performances, certainly last season, came on the other side and people were rightly calling for Trippier to keep his place there. If a mental offer came in it would be one of the easier ones to stomach for me, though we could do without having to replace another player.

It's not a crazy shout but even if you want to keep Murphy as first choice, he doesn't keep to these levels without genuine, high quality competition imo. According to the manager, we are able to invest heavily this window, which wasn't possible before and may not be possible after. It makes sense to maximise the opportunity by going big on something like RW now.

this amount of expectation will do very little for your mental health this summer.

Could happily feast on Brighton hate for days, like.

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No recollection of my own but was Nakata considered world class? Nominated for the Ballon D'or a few times.

I always want the Italian teams to win unless it's Italy.