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Given Man U, Arsenal and a few other massive clubs were linked with Tielemans a couple of seasons back I think it’s indicative of his fall that even on a free he’s ended up at Villa. It’s still potentially a good signing for them.

Maybe I’m being dumb but I don’t see how Maddison fits well in the same team as Kane. That position Kane commonly drops into is the same sort of area Maddison likes to get into. Unless Spurs are going to change systems or sell Kane.

Adams would be a great signing if the numbers are right. He’s impressed every time I’ve seen him and he’d suit our pressing/aggressive style. I’m not sure he offers a lot going forward though and as long as we buy a creative player he’d be worthwhile.

Some great tackles in that phase of play

Hate than fan that gets on the tv all the time

Did Darlow save a Fernandes penalty or did I just make that up?

That’s definitely a pen by the rules but it’s mental that it’s a pen and the one in the Europa final wasn’t. One was point blank the other travelled further.

I’ve watched bits of Roma this season and he’s looked shite every time. I expected him to kick on much more.

Kovacic is such a brilliant signing for City. I can remember when a few on here said they wouldn’t have him for us.

That’s a good point.

I’d be really disappointed if our budget is around the £100m mark like I’d suggest and we spend £40-50 of that on him. It doesn’t seem like the Ashworth model at all.

I’m not the biggest fan of Poch but can see him doing well at Chelsea. He’d have to really fuck up to not look like a messiah in his first season.

Everton scraping survival is miserable.

That midfield 3 is mental

This Dortmund title bottle is the most miserable thing to happen this season.

Do you believe for a second that if it’s true the lads in the dressing room didn’t know about it? Have you been round men before

What I quite like about the Liverpool reaction over the last few days is that I think most of them genuinely believed they were going to catch us up until the Brighton game. The meltdown has been quite glorious on twitter since last night.

Really harsh that

100% agree.

I think if we sign a world class right winger to have more of a threat down that side, a proper defensively minded midfielder who’s good in possession and an offensive left back we should have enough of an upgrade to continue competing at the top level without affecting the current dynamic of the squad. I guess there’s also cb and rb covet needed too. I’m guessing we need to make room in the squad though and even after you remove the Richie type players I wonder if any of the more used squad players will be sold if there’s an offer. I haven’t really been that excited by any of the persistent links but maybe that’ll change now we’ve qualified for the Champions League.

I think I read Chelsea want to make him a first team player next season. It’s mental he isn’t in the England squad.

Maybe I haven’t paid much attention but don’t remember a club getting so much media coverage about an imminent announcement of a sponsor. It’s almost like they’re baiting outrage from the usual suspects.

I wonder how much this messes with Liverpool’s rebuild. I know there was talking of them wanting 2 new first team cms. FSG have been reluctant to invest too much in the past apparently. Salah can’t keep putting together these high stat seasons for much longer.

The gravity of what we achieved has really kicked in today. A squad full of players that nearly got relegated has finished in the Champions League spots ahead of Liverpool, Spurs, Chelsea. Consider the wealth those teams have had and how heavily they’ve invested over a squad full of players we couldn’t sell a few windows ago. It’s absolutely mental. What an incredible achievement Howe and the coaching staff have managed.

Well now I’m shitting myself