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Exactly this.

Exponential.

1-10 rating is a linear scale, so this make little sense.

Signing Barnes would be about reliability and flexibility in my view. The last 5 seasons he played 40 or more games in 4 of them. He's a right footed left winger. Combine that with his impressive goals/exp goals stats for a winger, then at the right price this seams like a no-brainer.

It's causing me to grind my teeth at night.

Still finding it hard to fathom that he'll be a Newcastle player, he was suppose to be at Milan his whole career. Such a coup.

Debbie McGee did.

Soon I think their partnership will just be known as the "Bruno Tonali"...

Yeah I agree, he won't progress the ball like Bruno. But I think he is far more composed than Bruno in certain situations, primarily in defence. I would imagine that Sandro will allow Bruno to operate further up the pitch but with the ability to pivot. I really hope this happens, can't wait to see them both control the midfield together.

Never thought Tonali would sign, he seemed too integral to Milan’s future. I don’t think it’s too overstated to say it would be similar to signing Gerrard from Liverpool when he was 23. Let’s see, hope it happens.

From Feb/Mar our fixture list is looking decent, perfect for the latter stages of the CL...

I don't think Tonali will leave Milan, he hasn't had a stellar season by his standards, but he's a potential future Milan captain.

He played more minutes than anyone else last season.

Unless I missed something in that Chron article (detail from the FOI response), it doesn't state that the Forign Office was saying anything negative about the takeover. Sounds like anything which could have been pro/against takeover was redacted. The only section which could be spun as negative was: But I would guess they saw the lack of statement helpful as to not upset their Saudi allies.