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I would like to see Guido Rodriguez at NUFC, he is a brilliant CDM and should be available for a reasonable fee (less than 25m) because Betis are struggling financially, and they need 25m before the end of June.

Here is a comparison:

There is no chance that the club's budget is anything less than 100m. It is safe to assume that it is between 150-250m. We certainly should expect at the very least a CB, LB, RW, and CF. A midfielder and a GK is very likely as well.

16 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

Agree. Love his proactive way of defending as well. He’s aggressive but not too much, reads the game very well and has great mobility and general athleticism. Would love him here 

You can see here that Ndicka (12.37) got better pressure stats than Botman (7.39): https://fbref.com/en/players/441197b8/Obite-NDicka vs https://fbref.com/en/players/ccce7025/Sven-Botman

Physically not as exciting as Evan Ndicka, but I think he has a better character. I prefer Ndicka, personally.

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

I disagree that Barca’s opponents where harder. City and PSG weren’t serious contenders at the time. Madrid beat those Bayern and Juve sides year in year out themselves. 

I personally believe that Juve and Munich 2015 (and Madrid 2015, for that matter) are superior to CFC, City, LFC, and Madrid 2022. Overall, football's quality was better back then than it is right now.

4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Madrid beat both those Bayern and Juve sides in their CL wins either side of that Barca win.  Nobody considered those especially magical runs. 
 

With the exception of Bayern (who were beaten by a non-elite team anyway) Madrid beat the 4 best teams in the competition.  

Now I get your point, and I agree. What made Madrid's run tougher was their situation, they clearly were not the favourite in any of the ties unlike Barca. I think the quality of football and Barca's opponents were so much better, and perhaps that what gave me the impression that it was a harder run.

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

I agree with this. But if Spurs or Chelsea where in the final - Liverpool would’ve won. Madrid’s character made it a much easier game. Liverpool had chances but they didn’t pummel Madrid. For a bit of a smash and grab it was pretty routine in execution.  

Football, unfortunately does not work with ifs and buts. It is really unacceptable to blame anyone when you fail to score in three finals in a season.

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

Nah City and PSG weren’t as good as they are now.  
 

Madrid where reigning champions and a real favourite. Barca didn’t beat them. 
 

Everyone said City and Liverpool are the best teams in Europe this season. Some say 2 of the best teams ever. Madrid beat them both. PSG where favourites at the start of the tournament and favourites in their tie against Madrid - Madrid beat them. I think the bookies had Real as underdogs in all of their KO games including the final.  
 

 

I agree with PSG and City. But that Munich and Juve teams were levels ahead of any team this season, particularly Juve. I still believe that Barca's run was overall tougher, but Madrid's is certainly more impressive when we take into account Barca 2015 vs Madrid 2022

6 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Real Madrid play with such character. 
 

Liverpool were the better team but they didn’t play at their best at all. Suspect defensively and ok going forward. 
 

This season when you against top teams - they haven’t been very good. They played 3 finals and scored 0 goals with the best attack in the league. 330 minutes. That’s not by accident. 

I disagree. I think it is more on LFC. Klopp cannot get away with 0 goals in three finals, that is just simply unacceptable. I genuinely do not understand how the media is not as critical of Klopp as they are with Pep.

10 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

That’s gotta be one of the toughest routes to the final I’ve ever seen I reckon 

Barca had a tougher one in 2014/15

Group stage ahead of PSG and Ajax who were the winners of their respective leagues.

Knocked out City who were the winner of PL

Knocked out PSG who were the winner of L1

Knocked out Munich who were the winner of Bundesliga

Won the CL vs Juve who were the winner of SA

I really hope that his future gets sorted as soon as possible, as I do not want us to miss on Evan Ndicka, particularly when he is available for a reasonable price.

1 minute ago, andyc35i said:

Bruno with a new DM behind Paqueta is the way to go for me 

Paqueta seems more of a CAM (Coutinho/ Bruno Fernandes), which is fine if he was available for around 30m. I would not spend anything more than that on him, though. We should wait it out and address our other positions before we go after him, in my opinion.

Ideally, you would want both defensive and offensive midfielders alongside Bruno.

Paqueta signing is more of a luxury one. The club certainly needs a RW first, followed by a CF, and then perhaps a defensive midfielder. That is not to mention a LB and a CB.

Not the biggest fan of Diaby, I wish we were after Antony instead.

42 minutes ago, SAK said:

The No.7 for Feynoord looks ok so far.

Luis Sinisterra (1999), 48 games 23 goals and 14 assists this season. I think he was linked to NUFC a while ago, interesting player.

2 minutes ago, Rocker said:

Nah, the lad works there. It was today. Middayish. 

 

The video is him wishing my name a happy birthday (36 today!) and that mad hand gesture he Bruno does, like answering a call.

Happy birthday ? ? 

2 hours ago, Groundhog63 said:

As I said, Howe all day for me but I do recognise how good Klopp is.

 

Liverpool v City, spends, for eg... 

 

https://www.si.com/.amp/soccer/2022/05/03/liverpool-outlook-jurgen-klopp-contract-champions-league-salah-mane

 

Klopp is certainly good, one of the best in his generation. The issue is not about his quality, it is more about the narrative that he is doing more than expected just because he is not spending as much as his rivals.

Pedro (free) Villa (40m) Messi (fee)

Iniesta (free) Busquets (free) Xavi (free)

Abidal (15m) Pique (5m) Puyol (free) Alves (35m)

Valdes (free)

The cost of one if not the best starting 11 in football history was 95m

What I am trying to say is that the quality of the squad should not be judged by how much you have spent to build it, rather how much you are spending to keep it = salary. Although Klopp has not spent as much as Pep, he still has as good of a squad as Pep; therefore, both should be held to the same standards in my opinion.

14 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said:

I wouldn't, personally, argue for either, just offered a suggestion as to why one was chosen over Howe. 

Howe all day for me tho but. 

On paper, Klopp has the best squad in the world individually. Third highest paid squad in the world after PSG and Man City, but somehow, Klopp managed to convince the public that he is still managing an average team. Recruiting top players is hard, I must admit, but keeping them is harder, particularly because you need to pay them well. The tale that LFC does not have resources or spend much is hilarious.

Zero win vs top 4 this season, that is also something to keep note of.

PSG is preparing a 45m offer for Ekitike.

15 minutes ago, xLiaaamx said:

Ramble says we won't make a huge splash this summer. I think Luke/Hope/Douglas are more likely to be right. 

I think they meant relative to what people expect (500m+). I still believe that the club is going to spend something between 150m-250m.

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

Why would it ?

I assume that they will not make any deal before securing a CL spot. Could be wrong, though.

Nightmare for Arsenal supporters. Hopefully, tonight's result will give us the opportunity to get Aaron Hickey before Arsenal do.

That is unfortunate. Young, can play on either side, cheap, most importantly though is that he is brilliant offensively.

This is their account for anyone who might be interested: @aycazehraakcay

Honestly, that is just amazing and clean, love it.