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7 hours ago, Cort said:

What chance Jassim miraculously gives actual power to Al-Khelaifi once the Man U takeover is complete and they then flog PSG?

 

 

Think he’s a front for the Qatari state, PSG got Qatar what they wanted i.e. a World Cup but the premier league is where you go to buy a club to boost national pride/standing.
 

Think they’ll quietly drop PSG, first by spending less on transfers, we already see it with them stating they’re going for a homegrown policy. Eventually they’ll sell them to a wealthy French national.

 

 

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Manchester United are willing to sell England winger Jadon Sancho, but while Aston Villa are keen on the 23-year-old, they do not want to pay the £60m asking price. (Football Transfers)

 

Manchester United will lead the race to sign France forward Kylian Mbappe, 24, from Paris St-Germain if the Premier League club is taken over by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani. (Metro)

 

Chelsea are also expected to register an interest in Mbappe after the striker told PSG he did not want to extend his contract with them beyond 2024. (Times - subscription required)

 

Real Madrid are also keen on signing Mbappe this summer, which will improve Tottenham's chances of keeping England forward Harry Kane, 29, who has also been linked with the Spanish club. (Mail)

 

However, Kane's representatives have also met PSG officials. (Mirror)

 

Manchester City are waiting to see whether Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, 32, and Portugal forward Bernardo Silva, 28, will remain at the club before finalising their summer transfer plans. (MEN)

 

Barcelona are tracking Villarreal's Spanish midfielder Alex Baena, 21, as an alternative to Gundogan. (ESPN)

 

Arsenal have no plans to reintegrate £72m club-record signing Nicolas Pepe in their squad and want to offload the 28-year-old Ivory Coast forward this summer. (Telegraph - subscription required)

 

West Ham will target Valencia's 20-year-old United States midfielder Yunus Musah as a replacement for England international Declan Rice, 24, who is expected to depart. (CBS)

 

Chelsea's Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 30, has been offered a deal worth up to £20m a season by Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. (Guardian)

 

Aston Villa and Wolves are interested in Borussia Monchengladbach's 22-year-old French midfielder Manu Kone, who has also been linked with Liverpool. (Mail)

 

Tottenham are close to agreeing personal terms with Brentford keeper David Raya, 27, and hope to negotiate a lower fee with the Bees, who want £40m for the Spain international. (Standard)

 

However, Manchester United could attempt to hijack Tottenham's move for Raya, with manager Erik ten Hag keen to sign a new goalkeeper regardless of whether Spain's David de Gea remains at the club. (Mirror)

 

Inter Miami face competition from Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and clubs in Saudi Arabia for Barcelona and Spain defender Jordi Alba, 34. (ESPN)

 

Coventry City are interested in Chelsea's 20-year-old English defender Bashir Humphreys. (Standard)

 

 

BBC's gossip round-up from this morning. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/gossip

 

Lukaku and Chelsea officials supposedly already held talks with Saudi people; Mahrez rumoured too, according to the same Guardian article. They're not fucking about, like. Doesn't feel like the China thing from a decade ago. 

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7 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

BBC's gossip round-up from this morning. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/gossip

 

Lukaku and Chelsea officials supposedly already held talks with Saudi people; Mahrez rumoured too, according to the same Guardian article. They're not fucking about, like. Doesn't feel like the China thing from a decade ago. 

 

I've got a bet with a mate that the following will be off to Saudi this summer:

- Aubameyang

- De Gea

- Modric

- Busquets

 

Any other bets on who might go?

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The profile of the players means it's just a new pre-retirement destination that doesn't really impact the major European leagues at all. All 30+, with their best years behind them. 

 

 

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54 minutes ago, Matt1892 said:

I’ve read that Jadon Sancho earns £350k a week. Good luck shifting him even if they wanted to.

Been linked with Villa

 

actually wouldn’t mind him as think Howe can definitely get him back to his best and there’s a lot of quality there

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I believed the hype about Sancho based mostly on clips I'd seen of him, rather than that many games. What's the craic with him, is it the Bundesliga illusion at play again? He was the most universally tipped prospect in Europe.

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39 minutes ago, McCormick said:

Bit of Bundesliga tax and bit of mental health issues from what I recall. Still has bags of talent but -as harsh as this sounds- he’s not got that “bite” that truly elite players have.


Sancho’s career seems to have gone backwards since arriving in England. l’d still have playing out wide for us in an instant mind 

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The College Dropout

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53 minutes ago, Interpolic said:

I believed the hype about Sancho based mostly on clips I'd seen of him, rather than that many games. What's the craic with him, is it the Bundesliga illusion at play again? He was the most universally tipped prospect in Europe.

Using FM stats his issue is:

Aggression 4

Bravery 2

team work and work rate 10

acceleration and pace 14 & 15

Dribbling, creativity, passing etc. 16

 

He’s got no bite/tenacity to this game defensive or offensively. With the slightest adversity he folds. Technically he might be better than Saka or Martinelli. But mentally and physically he’s levels behind. He strikes me as one of those people who has always been by far the best at every level of his development. On ability alone. He hasn’t had to fight to succeed it’s always come to him or when it didn’t at City he just left for somewhere he excelled straight away. 
 

Germany seems a more open and less physical game in a club with less pressure. Which in turn would help his confidence and mentality. 
 

For him Dortmund was a mistake. He would’ve been better off having 2 seasons in the Championship. Getting lumps kicked out of him and still coming out on top. Wilfred Zaha might be a whinger but he’ll pat himself down and demand the ball again and again. Nearly All the lads that come up with through the Championship have that bit about them where they can mix it with the rough.  That’s would’ve been way better for him than playing through balls to Haaland on carpet pitches in Germany. 

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4 minutes ago, andyc35i said:


Sancho’s career seems to have gone backwards since arriving in England. l’d still have playing out wide for us in an instant mind 

He has less ‘get up and go’ than ASM. It wouldn’t work. ASM actually attacks with a level of aggression and explosion that Sancho doesn’t have physically or mentally. And defensively he’s probably worse. 
 

There’s this one clip of him bottling a tackle that’s 60/40 in his favour. That’s how he plays all the time. Timid. 

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1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

He has less ‘get up and go’ than ASM. It wouldn’t work. ASM actually attacks with a level of aggression and explosion that Sancho doesn’t have physically or mentally. And defensively he’s probably worse. 
 

There’s this one clip of him bottling a tackle that’s 60/40 in his favour. That’s how he plays all the time. Timid. 


Agreed, he seems to have lost something over the last year which I think is a lot to do with his mental health.

 

We wouldn’t go for him anyway and I’m happy with ASM on the left. I’m always going to be a supporter of ASM and want him in our starting 11. He brings something exciting that we can’t just replace without spending a huge sum 

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59 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Using FM stats his issue is:

Aggression 4

Bravery 2

team work and work rate 10

acceleration and pace 14 & 15

Dribbling, creativity, passing etc. 16

 

He’s got no bite/tenacity to this game defensive or offensively. With the slightest adversity he folds. Technically he might be better than Saka or Martinelli. But mentally and physically he’s levels behind. He strikes me as one of those people who has always been by far the best at every level of his development. On ability alone. He hasn’t had to fight to succeed it’s always come to him or when it didn’t at City he just left for somewhere he excelled straight away. 
 

Germany seems a more open and less physical game in a club with less pressure. Which in turn would help his confidence and mentality. 
 

For him Dortmund was a mistake. He would’ve been better off having 2 seasons in the Championship. Getting lumps kicked out of him and still coming out on top. Wilfred Zaha might be a whinger but he’ll pat himself down and demand the ball again and again. Nearly All the lads that come up with through the Championship have that bit about them where they can mix it with the rough.  That’s would’ve been way better for him than playing through balls to Haaland on carpet pitches in Germany. 


Dortmund wasn’t a mistake ffs :lol:

 

Man United was the mistake for him.

 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said:


Dortmund wasn’t a mistake ffs :lol:

 

Man United was the mistake for him.

 

 

 

He needed toughening up at that age. He’s overly suited to German football and particularly not suited to English football.  

That dog needed developing. I like Tifo but not enough emphasis is made on mentality on that channel. 
 

If he’s going to be an elite PL player he’s going to have to change his mentality.  
 

He’s not a Howe player at all. 

 

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