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3 hours ago, LFEE said:

“There’s a strategy in place,” the senior figure says. “It’s not random. We will go for big players but the price has to make sense and it’s all about what our needs are. At no point do we have the intention of making a statement signing. The intention is to get the right player, the right character, the right position, the right fit.“


A timely reminder for those who keep banging on about statement signings…

 

“A case in point: Declan Rice. While Howe and Newcastle are full of admiration for the England midfielder, who is joining Arsenal from West Ham United, they are not yet at the stage where they can pay £100million-plus and a weekly wage of more than £200,000 for a single player, who wants “all the bells and whistles”. Their approach from day one has been to develop and grow, develop and grow.

 

The hope is that Tonali can be “as good as Rice, maybe better, but “we’d rather do it this way. We want to be No 1, but in the right way; smart, sustainable, different to everyone else. We’re not spending Manchester United, Manchester City or Arsenal money.”

 

If this is the mentality in 20 years the toons will be regular contenders in the EPL and the CL.

With the money the Toons have and with that aproach, in 5 years CL football will be just business at st james park.

 

(My club in brazil has been doing it with this kind of philosophy  since 95, coming from a small club to one of the biggest clubs in brazil in this period and without heavy funding behind it.)

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1 minute ago, joeyt said:

Can you name the previous 3 Italian players to have played for us

 

One of them is a doozy

 

Santon, Pistone and that LB we had who made 1 substitute appearance on loan under Benitez? Weird signing. Can't remember his name. Could include Giuseppe Rossi as well.

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1 minute ago, HaydnNUFC said:

 

Santon, Pistone and that LB we had who made 1 substitute appearance on loan under Benitez? Weird signing. Can't remember his name. Could include Giuseppe Rossi as well.

Antonio Barreca ?

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1 minute ago, HaydnNUFC said:

 

Santon, Pistone and that LB we had who made 1 substitute appearance on loan under Benitez? Weird signing. Can't remember his name. Could include Giuseppe Rossi as well.

 

Antonio Barreca was the name. Legend.

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We signed Barreca on loan in January, made 1 appearance as a sub away at Spurs for 4 minutes in early February and made only 2 matchday squads between then and the end of the season afterwards.

 

What the hell :lol: so odd

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2 hours ago, TRon said:

 

That's not bad but the last line would probably make him put in a transfer order.

 

'he'll help us beat Milan away' might be little bit less infuriating for him

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On 20/06/2023 at 23:00, ponsaelius said:

Somewhere between Gattuso and Pirlo in terms of style, but nowhere near as good as either. I've never been entirely convinced by him ever since he came through with Brescia and wouldn't be as confident in him as a signing as I would Barella - but still a good player with years to improve.

 

Again feel however it's unlikely for all the same reasons the Barella one was. You might as well copy and paste that thread. Our transfer operations are starting to feel a little slap dash if these reports are true.

How you feeling today?

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To the Italian national anthem.

 

Tonali, d'Italia

D'Italia, he's belta

With Bruno. Longstaff & Jo

Midfielder, from Brescia

Cristante, Barella?

Sandro's the best of Serie A

Tonali, d'Italia

The new idol, of the Toon. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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