Diego21

Love you, lads. You deserve this. We deserve this. Safe travel to people in London today. Enjoy the night, the party. Enjoy with families and friends. We are Champions.

Alex Baena is an absolute scandal of a player. He is not a typical left winger. He plays in the middle. In fact, in games, he tends to play more on the right and plays better there. He would never be competition for Gordon, but rather for Joelinton or even Tonali. (In fact, I'm sure that if we had Baena in this team, the one who wouldn't play would be Murphy and we would have 4 players in the middle) There are few players in the world with his quality to make passes into space. Here are Baena's statistics in the two (and a half) years he has been playing in the First Division (he is only 23 years old). PS: The only thing I don't like about Baena is that he is a bit 'dumb'. PS2: If the source is Fichajes.net, then it is a fake rumor.

There's no point in having Kelly in the squad. It had him while Botman was injured (and Lascelles). A left-footed centre-back can only play on the left side of the centre-backs. We have Burn, Kelly and now Botman. We have to get rid of one. If we want a fifth centre-back (which we could say, when Lascelles is there, that could be Kratfh) it should be a right-footed one.

Agree. Although Malen had a good 2023-2024, he seems to me to be a very irregular player who gets injured a lot.

If it's any consolation, I think I was a little hesitant about the signings of Gordon and Isak. (I will never admit to having said this.)

I don't know him very well, because he started playing this season and I've hardly been able to see Lens. But last year and the previous years I did and I loved the other centre-back they have: Facu Medina.

I did this two hours ago. Players who ending contract un June. There are some like Son or Diallo who will renew because club has 1 year option and thera are others like Mendy or Anguissa that it's not clear if they renewed their contracts or no in the past.

It would be amazing to win and finish the year in the Top 5. We have to start cutting points on Nottingham Forest and get away from them and take advantage of Man City's bad run to get away from them.

Massadio Haidara playing in UCL against Barcelona. Oh la la

Never Forget

So close Dubravka; Livramento, Krafth, Schar, Kelly; Joelinton, Longstaff, Willock; Almiron, Osula, Barnes

Saturday's game was a tremendous physical challenge. Personally, I would like to see those who have had fewer opportunities. I think Osula, Longstaff and Almirón have to play no matter what. Also Livramento, Hall, Willock and Barnes. It's time to see Kelly and I would like to see Krafth with him. We cannot make the same mistake as last year and see many players take on minutes and start to get injured. I think Joelinton, Gordon, Bruno and Schar deserve a rest today.

We knew it was a unique season for Miggy, but to be fair to him, it was also the first time in his entire time here that the team wanted to attack and Almirón didn't have to run 80 metres on every play to try to have a chance.

I have seen few defenders worse than Mario Hermoso. I still don't understand how we won a league with him as a centre-back. He makes absurd decisions, commits stupid fouls and penalties, jumps into pressure when he doesn't have to... His best quality is that he joins the attack well. Which I don't think is the best thing that can be said about a centre-back. He is a player who believes himself to be much better than he is, too.

The bad thing about Trippier wanting to leave is that, if he ends up staying, his level will drop a lot. It's something that has already happened to him at Tottenham and Atlético. And the drop is really very noticeable. I think it seems clear that it was he who asked to leave and who leaked the rumours. The Turkish transfer market closes in two weeks. Today, it seems that Howe already thinks that Tino is the starter and Trippier is going to be the substitute. Maybe it's not a bad idea for him to leave. I've never really liked Krafth, but little by little the guy is performing well and I think that's enough to be a substitute. When Botman and Lascelles return, which will happen in a month or two, the most normal thing is that Krafth will no longer be a centre-back. We're not going to get anything for the transfer, but we will get rid of a very important player, perhaps the player who earns the most, and that will help our Fair Play. And we can always sign someone who is free (I've been looking and there really aren't many options, although some like Sarr or Atal who, if healthy, could be interesting). But I'm very afraid that Trippier will stay at the club and take away more than he adds.

A Turkish team in talks with Trippier. https://x.com/yagosabuncuoglu/status/1829825423112286692

Keith says that we asked them for Elanga and they asked for a specific player in return, but we didn't want it. And that was the end of it.

Fabrizio says is over https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1829562986756792790

They can't all play and they will be forced to give away players on loan at the last minute. Madueke, Palmer, Felix, Sancho, Mudryk, Sterling, Angelo, Nkunku, Neto and Kellyman for 3 places. Even for two, if they continue to play with Enzo as an attacking midfielder. Shame about Madueke's hat trick the other day, because I think he was the player who would go the easiest and maybe they would accept a loan fee.

Lads. I think we have to have perspective. It's important to make a correct analysis. Let's see. The market may really seem disappointing to us. But let's take it step by step. First of all, we know that we had to sell for a high amount because we were threatened with losing points if we didn't do it, as happened to Everton last year. We got rid of two projects like Minteh or Anderson who have not yet exploded and have not had time to prove anything. It could have been worse. Bruno or Gordon were in the rumours to leave. Secondly... Not all markets can afford to spend a lot of money. After many years without doing so under Ashley's command, the situation has now changed. In recent years we have made many expensive investments. Gordon, Barnes, Isak, Bruno, Hall, Botman, even Joelinton if we go a little further back. That is unsustainable. In the 2021-22 season we were fighting relegation... Remember the first 15 games, which we didn't win any of. The 'problem' is that in the 2022-23 season we finished in the Big Four positions... We performed way above our possibilities. And now it seems to us that we have taken two steps backwards when we finished seventh. We have been in absolute shit for many years. Now it is time to enjoy, but enjoy it wisely. This is a long-term project. This year we have had a couple of structural potholes. Amanda has left and we have changed our DOF. We really had very few arguments to improve the team. We all agree that the right flank should be reinforced, but perhaps there is no good player on the market that the board likes and they prefer to wait and save that money so that he is the big bet for next year. I have not followed Mitchell's work, but I know that he is a good worker, that he is the man who has discovered players like Sadio Mane for Southampton. He is the man who turned Tottenham into a Champions League finalist with signings like Trippier, Son, Alderweireld or Dele Alli. He is the man who has worked at Leipzig and signed players like Nkunku, Dani Olmo, Mukiele, Haidara (not Massadio), Matheus Cunha when they were unknown. He discovered Disasi for Monaco, he gambled on Caio Henrique for a very low price. We will be patient. Big projects take years to build. Now we have to lay the foundation.

I accept for half of Mitchell's salary

A lot. What's more, I think Takefusa Kubo had the potential to be a Ballon d'Or-winning player. But his signing for Real Madrid went very badly because they loaned him out to teams that didn't benefit his football for 3 years and that's why he stagnated a bit. If we had the slightest chance of signing him, I wouldn't hesitate. Also, he wouldn't have any problems adapting, a barrier that many Asians tend to have.

I imagine what happens is that with the split, Charlotte is going to be left with half of what Trippier has. And Trippier is going to have to keep paying a lot until the kids are 18. That means that if they want to continue with the same standard of living, Trippier is now going to have to pay almost double, so he will need to earn almost double. In short, I imagine that Trippier wants to go to Saudi Arabia to sign a big contract so that he can continue living a life of luxury in his later years of career and have enough money to do so when he retires.

So... Trippier left Atletico Madrid because his wife had returned to England with the children. He missed them. And now this happens. It doesn't sound very smart on his part.

From the distance, it seems that Palace is closing the door on negotiations and has convinced the player to be the captain. After the transfer market, he will surely get a pay rise and a renewal. I think it's time to move. There are players who can still fit in very well. And now we have two options. Look for a proven player to compete with Schar, or look for a player who is good now, but who is more of a prospect for the future. In the first group we can have those from Leverkusen (Tapsoba, Tah or Kossounou). There is also Schuurs. I wouldn't be surprised, because this guy shares an agent with Botman and I know that last year the club asked for a report on him (from a friend of mine who is a professional scout). In the second we have Antonio Silva or Diomande. We also have a third option: bring in some loaned player who doesn't seem to count for much at his club: Disasi or Lindelof. And finally, a fourth. Bring back some player who is in Saudi Arabia: Demiral