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Dont forget that the entertainment value he brings is worth a few bucks.

Schär will get some competition on the post match celebration pictures.

Dont underestimate the power of money, especially over those already bitten by the disease.

All depending on you believing the dodgy £30m rumours.

No way that the fee is £30m or below. He has a £32m value on transfermarkt, Saudi could easily pay 40-50 without people raising an eyebrow. People who follow other teams dont remember his injury record or that he sometimes can be frustrating to watch.

Saudi will give him whatever money it takes to tempt him down there if Howe wants to get rid, it means "nothing" to them compared to our success i think.

Like i said, criticism of his injuiry record is fine.

Why? Its a valid stat. He cant make Willock, Longstaff and Joelinton score when he playes them on in a good position.

They sure arent pointless when people are saying that he doesnt have any output. I think the only valid criticism of him is his injury record and that he maybe doesnt fit Howes playstyle

Didnt ASM have one of the highest expected assists per minutes played this season?

Worth it if Tonali is starting Possible to watch outside of UK right?

Im fine with it if we get a fee of atleast £50m. Sad to not see him releasing his full potential in our current team though.

We may all have our opinion on this case(where most of us dont have all the information), but lets not judge his friends/collegues that are relieved that he was found innocent in the court. I doubt that they are standing behind him while also thinking that the court got it wrong. Most of us want to think the best of others, especially those we know in real life.

Which stat accounts for ASM binding up multiple defenders allowing more room for the rest of our team? Stats arent everything.

Have you guys forgotten how many times we complained about our shitty bench last season? We need depth.

Seems like a sensible signing. We need squad depth for the upcoming season. Maxi is unreliable in terms of fitness and Gordon is unreliable in terms of quality. With his quality finishing he can be used as a 3rd backup striker aswell. Dont think it means that Maxi is going anywhere.

£150k a week for 4 years and a £10m sign on fee does it. Not that unlikely.

40m sounds like a pretty sweet deal, but do we know anything about his contract and sign on fee? The purchase price may not be the most expensive part of the deal.

We still had players who had been regulars last year like Wood and Lascelles on the bench. So he definiatly could have eased them in if he wanted to. Tonali got to the Champions league semi-finals this year. Not really sure that he needs to get used to the high tempo of PL, especially with the workrate he has previously shown. Not that i am in any way certain that he will start the first game. But if he gels well and impresses with the team in pre-season, i dont see why not.

Trippier, Botman, Isak, Wood, Targett and Burn all pretty much were part of the starting 11 after a game or two. Only good example we have of better players being eased in is Bruno who came in mid season. If Tonali is ready to start after spending the pre-season with the team, i think he will. If Howe thinks he needs to be eased in then he will be. But it doesnt seem to be a standard pattern.

Probably just havent agreed on the technical details regarding what activates the addons.

What happened? Crushed Southampton Crushed Brighton Played an even game against Arsenal Leeds game was very poor ok. Chelsea game doesnt matter since we didnt have a midfield at all And thats all considering we had no player of his type to replace him with. Tonali is going to be a huge upgrade.

Champions league and the new shirt deal gives us 50m more in income next year than we could have expected. So if its true that we only can "afford" to purchase players for sub 100m this summer, then that means we would have been truly fucked if we didnt get this extra income. I think its just bullshit.

Think I prefer having a home game before and not after a CL game.

Might be because he usually have started when he is in form.