Doctor Zaius

I agree with this to an extent. I think he'd improve our midfield for sure, but for how long? I think he'd be the weakest of the midfield three. Off the boil last season. Lost his place in the Leicester side, lost his place in the Monaco side before that. Initially I thought 20m would be a snip but considering his wages and after what I've read about him, I'm not sure. Leicester fans seem to be sick of him. There's an article in the Athletic which suggests that Leicester are happy to move on and his lack of athleticism really does give him a ceiling as a PL footballer. He won't be taking a paycut and might be very hard to shift if we need to. I wouldn't be totally opposed but the more I read and think about it, the more I can't say I'm convinced he's what we need in the longer term.

90+8 is an outrage man. An outrage.

Also man, is there a fucking more detestable club than Liverpool under Klopp? Tourist cunts booking our team off. Klopp going on like that. Hate them me. Hope they win fuck all.

I cannot believe my eyes that some folk I'm this thread are justifying an extra 3 minutes and 33 seconds added on from the previous 5, when they saw fit to add on 5 from the previous FORTY FUCKING FIVE. It's an absolute disgrace and Andre Marriner is a bottling cunt. Dropped his arse the wanker.

An absolute disgrace

Really not even that arsed about Luiz or Tielemans but I'd fucking love to see that stupid baldy prick proved wrong.

Hwang absolutely ruined Fede Fernandez when they beat us at their place.

Agree. Proven PL player for 25M is a deal. Could imagine his wages being astronomical though.

Ha, here was me thinking it was today. Anyway, I think Howe is reasonably happy with the squad. I don't think there will be much opportunity for a deal and we won't overpay now we have spent on Isak. I'd be very surprised to see any through the door permanently. Perhaps a loan.

Don't think we'll sign anyone today tbh

Seen someone on twitter whinging because Sky Sports showed us as the highest spending team since January by taking into account net spend. We went on for years and years about net spend.

tbf to Parker he's been calling out the owners all summer.

Wonder why we didnt fancy Pacqueta at all? Too expensive? FFP? Howe didnt want him? Not sure there was ever any genuine interest from us.

Pretty sure Chris Wood will start

Can he play on the right too or is he an out and out striker?

Stevie G gotta be close

They might have to deviate from the plan of not meeting selling clubs valuations else they'll end up with nobody.

At one point we're just going to have to meet the selling clubs valuation of a player. I get that we won't pay over the odds, I get FFP and all that but this charade of bidding for players and the selling club saying, no that's not enough is getting tiresome. We're going to have to start bidding for players that are within our price range. The summer has largely been a waste of time so far.

I'm not sure we've done enough in terms of other signings to convince him to stay. Regardless of who we signed, I think he'd want to go to Real Madrid. Who wouldnt but I think we'd be more inclined to get a bit longer out of him if we'd actually made some moved.

Think Pulisic is pie in the sky for us

Pulisic would be a tremendous signing imo

Masterclass this like

Josh Da Silva a steal at 4.5m. Two goals in two weeks. Ive had him on the bench for both...

I'm really not sure he leaves for a team not in Europe tbh. Wages wont attract him because he's already on a decent wedge either.

What worries me is that none of our supposed targets seem all that realistic. Diaby, Maddison and now Pulisic. None of them feel achievable, either through lack of player interest or through us not being able to agree a fee. Just over two weeks left and we really need attacking options if we are to kick on this season.