Beth

It is like. Forty year old men with Shearer, Ronaldo, Bale, Kane etc on the back of their top is sad as fuck and basically says "I still live with my mam and have pictures of footballers on my bedroom wall".

It's true though.

Lets be honest, anyone over the age of 14 that has done needs to have a good hard look at themselves.

He is what he is, a decent 5th choice central midfielder.

Just seen that Trippier played every league game last season, quite a feat for a soon to be 33 year old. Let's hope he can repeat it this season or Krap comes back as decent back up.

In a back 3/5 he's fine, its in a standard back 4 his lack of pace gets exposed. I can see Man U letting him go for £10-15m just to get his wages off the books.

FFP is all well and good but it came about 15 years too late for Chelsea and 10 years too late for City.

So you think we were never in for him this summer then? It's a pity he didn't fancy joining us, as along with signing Tonali that would've been our entire midfield sorted for the next 3 or 4 seasons. Like Gascoigne joining Spurs over Man U all those years ago for extra money, I think he could regret it.

It was nowt to do with valuation, we would have paid £40m but Spurs offered a higher wage and his lass probably fancied London more as well.

This is going to be Maddison all over again isn't it.

Any future for him then? Limited but always put a shift in. Under contract till 2026 so would be almost impossible to move on.

Please fucking God no.

With Tonali's arrival and Gordon hopefully getting up to speed It's a pity Maddison didn't want to come, if he had the entire midfield five spots would have been well covered for the next 2 or 3 seasons.

Why are they playing Israel again in the semis? Should not be playing them again till the final.

Anyone who thinks they've overpaid at that price is wrong. Wages are another matter of course if he's on the reported just under 200k a week.

We've already got four right backs at the club. Unless he can play LB as well I don't see the point of this one at all.

His first six months here he was amazing like. Everyone wanted to let him shag their wife, and even shag him themselves.......

Yes I understand that. It's still a shame though as a fully commited Maddison would have completed our midfield going forward for the next few seasons, but he's on his way to Spurs so it's a moot point now anyway.

Don't know why they'd baulk at his age. They were happy to sign off a £25m fee for a 30 year old donkey in Chris Wood.

What is this "62k is too small" logic. It would take us to second in the country behind Man U and level with Spurs and West Ham. Is there any clamour/plans for Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal's grounds to be extended again anytime soon?

See the bit highlighted in bold. FWIW I think he'll end up joining Spurs for around £40-45m, which would be a fair price, so pointless arguing about it further.

Bruno is exactly one year younger than Maddison.

But thats Mike Ashley logic right there. Man City have just paid £30m for a 29 year old. Maddison has got a solid five or six years left at the top level at least, he just seems to not want to come here.

Imagine this season he'll be in the same role as Lee Clark in the first few prem years under Keegan, won't start many but dependable enough to come off the bench when needed.

Oh yes, sorry, the £10m or so we got for Wood will make all the difference.