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I mean, we offered loads of money for Guehi already and couldn't get him in January. I'm not sure it's about speed, is it?

Not sure there's ever been a better DM.

Been to a pre season friendly at Palmeiras, they sang ‘fuck yourself referee’ for most of the game and the ref had to be walked off the field under police riot shields. Also nearly had a riot before KO because the turnstiles broke and nobody could get in. I wondered whether to bother going because it looked a meaningless game

Yeah that’s what happened last time. Would be a bit unlucky if Friday ends up a stronger lineup than Saturday.

Ah fair enough, I didn’t know we’d ever had a chance. Don’t disagree though.

I think Madueke is the most exciting of all the RW we’ve been linked with TBH. Imperfect still but has everything about him to be an absolutely top player.

Why?

The shield around the crest is bizarre, truly terrible design choice.

I don't think there'll be many clubs that always finish in the CL at the moment. Maybe only the top 3. Depending on Man U/Spurs recovery and Forest/Villa maintenance I guess. It's extremely competitive.

They always look much worse on the hanger. I don't like the design anyway but it will look better once we see it properly.

Awful, deffo a season to buy them in the sale next summer.

Yes and no, I don’t think Paris has that much potential except when artificially boosted by Qatari money. TBH I still think of them as a weird Frankenstein club in some ways, a relatively average club in an average league but with loads of money making them big.

As brilliant as he is I think Isak would have to stay fit and firing for a whole season for someone to spend £100m+ on him. I think the very elite clubs might still have some reservations. If his contract runs down I guess it might be different.

Well sure, just seems like you should agree with the club whether you can actually afford to buy the guy. Maybe that happens informally.

I honestly think this is the rationale behind most posts in this thread. I feel the same most of the time.

It sounded like he thought he was coming and it was just a matter of the details. Sadly we couldn't agree the price with Palace in the end.

It was pretty clear that Guehi was very close to signing for us.

It’s so weird that you deal with a player now before doing a deal with their club. Sure the other way around makes more sense.

I like Vicario, he’s always involved in some action

Ridiculous, he’ll never come by rocket.

I really don’t know what to think about Elanga. But I know he runs a lot and is very fast, so presumably out coaching can take him up another level.

Most useful way to deploy Rashford is to not sign him and hope Manchester have to keep him.

Sure, I'm sure we are. But even if you look at the likes of Khusanov, Man City swooped in and nabbed him. They're more successful and they can spend more. It's not an easy job to get things done in June, that's all I'm saying.

I feel like the only way to do deals quickly or decisively is to either be one of the elite clubs or just spend money like it's no object in the way that Man City or Chelsea do. Apart from that you are going to either have to be lucky to find a player who really wants to come and doesn't have other offers to consider, or a club that really wants to sell for financial reasons. Only so many players fall into that category and it might not be the ones we want.