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Wont happen, but if Chalobah is obtainable for £20m with some add ons, that’s a great deal to be had. Him, Schar, Botman, Guehi would be a right group of CBs. Option to cover RB too in first season whilst Burn is still on books.

Tino injury record is fine. It’s just been an ACL and a freak ankle injury. If it was muscle injuries based on how he plays, then I would be concerned, but freak injuries you can brush off. Krafth and Murphy as emergency RBs should be fine for a season. You don’t anticipate they will start more than 10% of league games, and you can’t go into seasons assuming your main starters are going to be injured for 50%+ of it. If a reasonable RB option comes available, I’m sure we’ll move, but it’s not a necessity this summer and better to plan and scout longer term now Mitchell is in.

Loan to a bottom 6 side, where it has obligation to buy for say £8m if they stay up is best we can hope for.

Would take Rabiot on ability, very good player, just the package that comes with him both wages and baggage, unfortunately puts me off. Rather went down a different route to gamble to get that type of quality.

Think moving them on for a fee is more funds for next season to add quality in right areas, rather than to go towards RW. We are signing a RW for good money regardless IMO this season, and the outgoings will determine how much room we have to play with next season.

I don’t think we’ll go cheap on RW. The expenditure will be weighed against what the team will look like next season and what’s needed. Say we spend £120m on Guehi and RW. Next season, we would arguably only need to sign a RB and GK, of which RB would be back up. Champions League qualification and increased revenues will enable us to sign another player, but wouldn’t be important unless someone went. Like this being squad for 24-25 is fine: New GK / Greek Guy / Ruddy Tino / New RB Schar / Guehi / Botman / Murphy Hall / Kelly Joe / Tonali / Bruno / Willock / Longstaff / Miley Barnes / Gordon Isak / Osula New RW / Murphy That’s with sales and reduced wages in that period too of Pope / Burn / Trippier / Lewis / Targett / Wilson / Almiron. All allows us to spend big this summer and not be in such a desperate situation next summer.

Not for me. Liverpool still have some star power, especially in attack. Salah has looked physically strong this pre season, and him banging in a 30 goal season will see Liverpool right up there. Man Utd don’t have that, and either need one of the younger players to really break out, or Rashford to have his purple season to get back up there. At best it’ll be 4th but could be 7th again, if the gap isn’t that big. Man Utd won’t ever fall lower because of the sheer size of club and how they can rack up billion of debt and still compete. A major global recession probably only thing that could fuck them royally.

Be all the multiple discussions taking place between clubs / agents / lawyers / companies on the package, then a bid going in that’s either bang on what club is asking or slight variation as a blink first to see if it gets accepted. Bit different to say bidding for a house where its name a figure.

Important for the other stars to feel we’re still serious at moving forward this type of deal too. Signing a CB that started every game (when available) throughout the Euros, for big fee, will reassure them and give them added motivation to kick on. The RW will really get things moving too. Giving our fixtures on paper start of season, if we can get the wins early on the board, with playing one game a week, there’s every chance we can a good groove going with confidence high in training every week with everyone happy and chomping to be involved.

This is crap IMO.

Can see them going for RW more. Savio more natural to LW, then got Grealish and Doku who primarily play there and Foden can play there too. RW, feels just Silva and Foden, and the latter is playing a lot more centrally. Part of me feels they could come in for Bowen. Just an output guy for RW who would also be happy to be rotational.

They’re so going to switch to FDJ after a whiff Barcelona want rid, and it’s totally because they’ve got this super duper scouting network and not signing guys ETH likes.

Nah, fair view and similar to mine. At £70m, you want a top end striker and he’s a good one but not someone that’s going to pump up 20+ season IMO. Another quick flip like Ferran Torres few years back, who hasn’t done nowt since.

Man City probably sign someone who can playing attacking CAM to replace Alvarez. They’re content with playing someone like Foden up front or a new guy if needed, but need them to play CM too, which was where Alvarez was popping up quite a bit last season.

Refuse to believe we won’t sign a RW We’ve made at least two signings in every position since the takeover (GK/LB/CB/RB/CM/LW/ST) and RW is the one we’ve not signed a single player, and this summer we go, nah, still won’t. Jog on RW will be a big purple chip, just a case of when and who.

Just a no brainer. One of those, where no clubs will make a move, then come next summer after Leeds a promoted and he has a 20+ G/A season, clubs are linked with £30m+ bids

Leeds in for Rowe. If we’re taking like £10m+ mark, I’d want us involved, even if it was with a loan back.

Now most clubs will be returning to UK and around Europe from tours this week, I’m expecting deals to fly through left right centre over the course of this week.

Just leave him in u23s. Guy will go to another club, even if it’s L2, see he’s actually crap, then just give him scrap minutes. It’s a dud that we’ve got till end of his contract, which you may as well keep in u23s.

Premier League Winners: Arsenal Runners Up: Liverpool 3rd-6th: Man City, Newcastle, Spurs, Man Utd Relegation: Ipswich, Brentford, Leicester Overachievers: Southampton Underperformers: Chelsea Top Goal Scorer: Haaland Break Out Year: Mikey Moore Season to Forget: Chelsea PFA Player of the Year: Saka PFA Young Player of the Year: Curtis Jones Manager of the Year: Arteta First manager to quit/be sacked: Maresca Championship Winners: Burnley Runners Up: Boro Play-Offs: Portsmouth Relegation: Sheff Wed, Plymouth, Blackburn, QPR Newcastle United Where will we finish?: 4th Top Goalscorer: Isak Top Assister: New RW signing Season to forget: No (Edit - Botman, injured on come back and won’t be hardly involved) Will Howe be manager at the end of the season?: Yes Domestic League One Promotion: Birmingham, Bolton, Peterborough League One Relegation: Crawley, Cambridge, Northampton, Stevenage League Two Promotion: Chesterfield, Notts County, MK Dons, Doncaster League Two Relegation: Bromley, Morecombe National League Promotion: Yeovil, Rochdale FA Cup: Liverpool League Cup: Man City EFL Trophy: Birmingham Europe La Liga winner: Real Madrid Serie A winner: Inter Bundesliga winner: Bayern European Competitions Champions League winner: Man City Europa League winner: Porto Conference League Winner: Chelsea General World Player of the Year: Rodri World Young player: Yamal

West Ham as a replacement for one of Kudus / Bowen.

This for me. Genuinely one of the most complete 0 out 10 performance I’ve ever seen. The chance to redeem that terrible performance with a penalty right at the end, and still fucked it

Says enough something will stick.

Got a rich owner. Spent quite a bit few seasons ago, feels they’re probably going for it again. If they get things right, they should easily be an established 2nd club in France that can beat PSG to titles.

Pre season. Couldn’t care about any of the results, more about getting players fitness levels up and avoid injuries as part of that process.