Ketsbaia

My brother's mate (inside the club) says they're confident of this one.... must admit, I dismissed the initial link straight away because it sounded mad but perhaps this Maldini departure has caused damage with his beloved club.

For all the Maddison and Szoboszlai talk, the pain when someone else buys Guler will be so much more

Was already 50/50 on him but preferring Spurs would be a huge red flag. Then again, I'm not convinced that Spurs will make an acceptable offer so it mightn't come down to this.

No, I'm just surprised that reports say Howe's two priorities are midfielders when a left-back is mandatory. At the absolute least, we need a LB, CM and RW.

If Serie A based players care about their city, we should instead bid for Napoli players. Just spent 5 days in that shithole

Class from Wilson

He'd be spot on. A better backup than Lascelles and hopefully not a budget-shredder. Kulusevski too would be great.

Sounds like it's Villa (H) then Man City (a), which is a nasty start.

Aye, I'm already close to zero on this.... it sounded too good to be true and Edwards remains a twat.

How on earth is this realistic??? And yet, here we are

This would be mental

Bit of a contrasting day for the Bellinghams

He'll be a cracking signing for Galatasaray/Fenerbahce next summer

Refuse to believe the £75m stuff, like. Hopefully it's just to get attention of selling clubs.

I was hoping we'd be in for Marcus Thuram and Ndicka (although he's a left-sided CB), plus it looks like Veltman's contract is up? He could be handy. Guerreiro, Asensio, Aouar have already chosen their next team though.

Hoping we'll help ourselves out by grabbing one or two of the best free transfers.... it feels like more and more high-profile players are going that route. I suppose their subsequently high wages would be the setback. But there's some class ones out there.

Frustrating to see our Champions League buzz quickly turn into a realisation that it's probably a one-off because everyone is getting much better.

Howay Fiorentina

As a Messi disciple, this is very disappointing news. Gutted.

Chuffed that's all they've managed to get.

He better not leave. He's the only one helping to get through tough defences, the rest can get very predictable. And would never in a million years pick Anthony Gordon over him.

Surprised at the generally positive reaction to Postecoglu online. I'm proper chuffed that he's all they could find.

There's also the asterisk that Shearer scored 23 before it was named PL.

Hope they do

Irritating to see Chelsea sign good players this time. Guess we're banking on an Arsenal drop this season.