Village Idiot

Well, Luís Enrique appointed as Spain coach.

We'd probably waste most of it, but surely we could nail at least one or two decent signings. Also there's the Camp Nou renovation. That sale would pay for all of it and with €100m remaining.

I'd think so. And I think he'll be class for us once he's settled. He already showed flashes of what he can do during the half season he had.

Spanish FA wants to appoint Luís Enrique as national coach, but apparently he has an unnamed offer from the Premier League.

I presume they are going to sell Neymar/Mbappé and want a replacement. Release fee is €400m, if they oblige I'll drive Coutinho to Paris myself.

PSG bids €270m for Coutinho, according to our press.

Any deal involving Barça and Brazilians usually is. Coutinho seems off the hook though.

Also Paulinho gets to nearly double his wages. Man, I really don't get China.

Paulinho was good for us, but the deal is a good deal. Not sure about Willian. He's had a class season for sure, but he's going to cost loads and I'd rather get somebody with more years ahead in his prime. Rabiot I'm not too sure about. He seems to go missing in about half the games I have seen him play - while being class in the other half.

No idea. Depends on what midfield we end up with after this window.

Looks like we might sell Paulinho back to China for €50m. A profit! He's beat expectations and done well for us, but we should sell him while we can, particularly at that price.

He won't start for Real Sociedad either. They lack depth though, so he'll get chances for sure.

Great player, but how long will they get out of him, 2 years and 25 + league goals a season? Is it simply for the prestige/shirt sales or such? He could potentially win them a champions league with how good his record is in the knockout rounds of that competition. No reason he won’t still be scoring a decent amount of goals for 3-4 years in a dominant Juve side in the Serie A too. Personally I don't think adding Ronaldo alone turns Juve into CL candidates unless they improve elsewhere. They'd secure their stranglehold on the Serie A title, for sure.

Rather they buy Neymar than Mbappé, fwiw. That performance against Argentina has to be one of the great WC performances of the past decade or two. That boy is so going to dominate football.

Yep, Marca claim that it has been agreed with the player, and they are essentially Pérez's mouthpiece. They probably need that cash to buy either one of Neymar/Mbpappé from PSG. Whoever goes further in the WC is my bet.

It's not funny! We sacked our DF a few weeks ago. We're on the third DF in 4 years.

Been very successful for them for the most part tbf. Alves Keita Adriano Rakitic Vidal Even the least successful of them have at least been decent squad players.

André Gomes linked with Arsenal. My first thought was "such a Wenger signing" but then I remembered... We're apparently going to finalise Lenglet this week. Not sure what to think. We do need a CB, but I haven't been particularly impressed by him, certainly not at the figure quoted (€35m)

Loving Koreans celebrating that win like madmen despite being pointless. Fucking love the WC.

Gotta say, this group phase is being class. Lots of thrilling third games. It really helps that the traditional minnows have learnt to play at this stage and become hard to beat.

All this VAR drama I'm still unsure whether it's great or whether it will ruin football.

What a crazy ending Loving this WC, VAR is such a twister.

Iniesta

According to our press the surgery went quite well. It was feared that he'd lose his eyesight but he seems to be recovering it. Get well, lad.