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It'll all start hotting up once teams stop with their ridiculous fee demands and players with their daft wage demands. We'll just be playing brinksmanship now

I guess we'll see if he joins. Other than Maxi i don't think any of our wingers cut it at this level and need to be replaced. I'm not sure Barnes elevates that level much at all. Gordon is excluded from that comment because the jury is still out

I can see us aiming a lot higher than Barnes. Seems a bit of a sea change signing the Italy U21 captain from AC Milan and then going after a decent but nothing special, newly relegated winger. We're probably happy the rumour is out there and we're not denying it so reporters are thrown off the scent of who we're really after. Of course, if i'm wrong and we do sign him, he'll be England regular Harvey Barnes who has the potential to be world class.

The same could be said for Trippier, Bruno, Isak, Botman and Tonali. The fact that it’s so publicly reported suggests it’s just agent talk anyway but if not and we can snag him, great. Some players want London, some move for the wages and some only want to sign for Man City. But some love the idea of being part of the new NUFC legacy. Maybe that’s Chiesa as well.

That’s the one. I used to play football with Cole Pearson. We definitely don’t want him! ?

He’s had a fall from grace but when he broke through he was excellent. At 22 he could be an absolute steal. I’d still prefer Cole Palmer from Man City. Similar age and hasn’t properly broken through yet. Whether they would let him go or he would move is a different matter, but they do tend to let some fringe/youth players move on ??‍♂️

Good on him if true, it's exactly the right attitude. It's short career and he doesn't want to spend it warming a bench. At 20 years old the best payers are already established first team regulars. If he backs his own ability to do the same, fair play to him

Not enough end product for a team in the Champions League and challenging towards the top of the PL. If he could add composure to his game he’d be a fantastic player, but it’s a big ‘if’

I reckon Eddie would turn him into a world beater again but he’s apparently on £350k a week at ManUre. He’ll just see his contract out there or go on loan - no one is picking that wage bill up

The first half of the transfer window is a seller's market - teams chucking out inflated prices, not budging on valuations etc. As long as we've got a list of alternatives for each position we want to recruit in, the sensible play is to wait. Every club knows we have money so they'll try to bend us over. Players too. We just need to hold strong and the prices and wages will start to come down

That’s a shit compilation and doesn’t come close to doing justice to the season he’s just had for us. Who the fuck put that together?!

Pretty wise move targeting more players from Italy to help Tonali settle. I’m sure the relationship between Bruno and Joelinton is one of the reasons Bruno settled so quickly.

Classy as fuck midfield if we sign this lad. We're going to look like a Ferrari with pram wheels if we don't get some matching class out wide though. I love Almiron and Murphy to bits, but they're hardly going to frighten Europe's elite

Remember when we were told Botman preferred AC Milan and didn't want to move here etc.?! Just clickbait merchants trying to justify their dwindling existence. I think you can count on one hand the number of 'journalists' who really know anything

Not sure how happy I’d be knowing I was a depth piece ?

Who was the last top class Italian to move to the PL in their prime? It barely ever happens - they tend to stay put. For that reason I can’t see it happening.

True but Ashley is so thin skinned he’d probably still try and take legal action. Who knows what the detail of the agreement are. Maybe we’ll see them chucking darts at a cut out of Ashley’s face in the board room. Fingers crossed!

Jesus they're insufferable. Proper little victims

One is shit and the other is a permacrock. Let's hope they both do go away eventually

We should sign Maguire, Martial and Dalot while we're at it. Who else can't get in their first team, there must be others?

Watching the Brighton v City game and Cole Palmer is so impressive! Plays left wing and he’s 21 - not yet a first team regular, so time to move on?

Look at what we have with Trippier on the other side. Now imagine that on the left as well. Once we have a mobile, technically-gifted left back with pace we'll realise how limited we've been with Burn playing there. All credit to him for what he's done but I want a proper modern full back doing proper modern full back things, not a CB filling in

I'm sure the neglect will come across loud and clear but Ashley made the new owners sign an agreement that they wouldn't criticise him/his reign

There still seems to be quite a lot of value in the French market. It's when they leave France, have one good season in Germany, Holland, Italy or Spain that their pricetag rockets.

They'll have to edit out any criticism of Ashley and his poundshop approach, which is a shame really. Hopefully they'll be able to allude to it without incurring legal action from the fat prick