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If Barnes is wearing the 3rd kit when it’s announced then he’ll pull me right back in

I really don’t see this as a tactic we will pursue hence why I think Burn and Targett will be who we go with this season. Obviously we need some width and dynamism on the left, but the right side is where we attack / create and shifting the left back to a makeshift back 3 is how we play. It’s similar to what Man City and Liverpool now do

I just don’t rate Gallagher at all, he doesn’t offer anything more than we already have. I’d rather keep the money and play Anderson

The size of these offers are just so tempering. You can set yourself up for life over two years and then come back to Europe

As much as I adore Schar, really want to see a player with pace brought in next to Botman. Or alternatively the left back we target is in the Burn mold, but a lot more athletic

He’s got the technical ability to play on the right and offer something. But whoever replaces Trippier there will be an obvious drop off in quality

Just the £200m spent in 6 months for two central midfield players - madness

Struggle to see who will actually pay that for a friendly

I don’t want him sold as I love the guy. Plus the undeniable uniqueness of his talent is an important point of differentiation to the squad. But a £50m offer from Saudi means we have to sell

Yeah he gives us some recovery pace that we lack for sure. The only issue we have with a transfer like this is the price. Given the budget (whatever that is), would we spend a significant amount of money on him now given that Eddie doesn’t break up a settled defence

Disasi is the one that I want us to sign. Whenever I’ve watched him play I’ve been impressed. He fits our age profile and would slot in perfectly on the right side of defence - let’s make this one happen

Imagine how different the league would be right now if teams like us and Villa (even Everton to an extent) weren’t restricted in the spending that available

Yeah he’s the one I think we should go for on the right side as he ticks all the boxes for us. I’d be amazed if we don’t try for him if he’s up for sale, but you’d think that a +£60m fee may be the issue

Still gave them a really good game and I came away thinking how didn’t we get a goal in the match

I’d buy him just for that recovery run alone

Such a poor penalty

Looked like a dive to me

The way he played against Liverpool at Anfield one year was the only time when I thought there’s a real top player in there. Admittedly I never watched him that much for Everton so I wasn’t sure what we were buying. It’s the price tag that has made us all think harder about what he actually offers and that’s been a bit unfair, especially since we’ve signed some elite level players for in and around his fee

I often dream of taking a bath with Bruno and Joelinton

I’d take bath Thuram and Tobido without any hesitation

Bringing in Thuram would give us 6 quality players for 3 positions. I’m all for it, but doubt that’s the route we’ll go given the other priorities.

You can just see that this guy isn’t going to accept us failing - he wants us to be the best team in the world and won’t stop until we are

Yeah he said 1-2 elite players in his last press conference

I only see one more singing of similar value. Pretty sure Eddie mentioned that we will go after two elite players and only look to get in those that make the first 11 better

A mixture of Pirlo and Gattuso has me convinced