RobinRobin 11263 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, LongTimeAdmirer said: 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20129 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Signed tbh 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20129 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Just reading that Rice has 1 year left on his contract so it may not cost £100m to get him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33180 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 If we were genuinely after him and he was on a free in a years time then it would be a case of how big are his gonads? As much as I think he's a good player maybe our gurus think there's a better player in the long run elsewhere and at a better age plus sell on value etc. It's hard to get our heads around but I don't think Ashworth and co are duck eggs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20129 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 I don't think he will leave London tbh if its true Chelsea and Arsenal are after him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 18 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: I don't think he will leave London tbh if it’s true Chelsea and Arsenal are after him. He’ll want champions league football 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33180 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 10 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: I don't think he will leave London tbh if its true Chelsea and Arsenal are after him. I think he'd be a mug to go to Chelsea tbh. Man U used to pick Arsenal's pockets for their best players but that era might be over so arsenal could be a good bet but they might deteriorate from where they are presently. Man U is a decent bet for him as they are what they are and will eventually be bought I'd guess but might depend if they fancy Kane? If Ferguson was there and they were still a power there's no doubt in my mind Kane would have been there a couple of years ago. Like I say, I don't think we're ready to spend that big on one player until the money starts rolling in and even then I don't think they're going to risk financial oblivion when there could be an alternative that makes better sense. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Howmanheyman said: If we were genuinely after him and he was on a free in a years time then it would be a case of how big are his gonads? As much as I think he's a good player maybe our gurus think there's a better player in the long run elsewhere and at a better age plus sell on value etc. It's hard to get our heads around but I don't think Ashworth and co are duck eggs. Rice is only 24, so he's still fairly young. We could field him for 4 years and still sell him for a tidy sum. I'd love him, and I think we could get him, if nobody else at the big boy table was after him. But imo he's tailor made for Pep's Man City side, and he'd improve every central midfield of the 'big clubs'. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17255 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 29 minutes ago, The Fish said: Rice is only 24, so he's still fairly young. We could field him for 4 years and still sell him for a tidy sum. I'd love him, and I think we could get him, if nobody else at the big boy table was after him. But imo he's tailor made for Pep's Man City side, and he'd improve every central midfield of the 'big clubs'. I think he’s Englands next captain too. If FFP allows it & our other main targets we should definitely try to get him into a room with Eddie Howe & the owners. That’s obviously dependent on champions league football . Shearer turned Man Utd down twice, first time was for newly minted Blackburn Rovers.. obviously it’s a vastly different football world now but there’s something about how he’s acted around the Newcastle players and staff this season…Tripper needs to get inside his head on England duty.. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20129 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Despite the loss v us, he was still a big influence for them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 He’d be a massive statement of intent. England’s most coveted player along with Bellingham 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 We're doing it again lads. We're all saying "nah he'll never sign, but..." and with each post we're getting closer and closer to thinking he might. He's not signing for us. but if he did... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11263 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Nah we're getting Bellingham. No room for him. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44864 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Howay 12496 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Rice would be brilliant for us, it’s probably the best move he can make as well (depending on what happens with a certain Arsenal DMs legal troubles). I don’t think Chelsea will be in for him, I honestly think they’re up against some FFP challenges they’ve already spent 120m or so in the coming summer with Nkuku and a couple of young Brazillian signings already signed for summer moves and on top of that they’ve signed Enzo to a one year extension after he signed for 8.5 years in the summer - that to me is a clear sign they’re finally realizing there’s trouble looming since their last set of accounts were a total fucking disaster and didn’t even include a considerable number of their signings, as that year means they stretch Enzo’s fee out even more for FFP. I really do think the owners at Chelsea don’t have a fucking clue tbh, and a lot of these players they’ve signed for massive money look fairly poor (or honestly shite in Mudruyks case), while a small sample size of games we’ve seen plenty big money signings flop and they’ll have to try and clear out a lot of players but the market knows these issues and they’ve had a really poor year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 I'd imagine Man Utd would see him as an upgrade on McTominay too. He's a perfect fit here to sit deep and allow Bruno to push forward. We would need to be in the CL to stand a chance though 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44864 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 It's not inconceivable that of the two clubs, it could be us and not Man United that can offer him CL football next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 It will be interesting to see who leaves the club in the Summer. I think the trick is not going to be to upgrade the likes of Burn, Almiron, Longstaff etc. But rather to buy first team ready players to replace Ritchie, Lascelles, Manquillo etc. That way you have a bench full of strong players to rotate into the team with cup/European games etc. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said: It will be interesting to see who leaves the club in the Summer. I think the trick is not going to be to upgrade the likes of Burn, Almiron, Longstaff etc. But rather to buy first team ready players to replace Ritchie, Lascelles, Manquillo etc. That way you have a bench full of strong players to rotate into the team with cup/European games etc. I'm confused, can't you do both? Buy first team players to replace Ritchie and that lot, who are also upgrades on Longstaff and the others? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9399 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Fish said: I'm confused, can't you do both? Buy first team players to replace Ritchie and that lot, who are also upgrades on Longstaff and the others? My hope would be the players mentioned become the squad depth, replacing the Ritchie's and Manqillo's etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ackas 311 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 If Chelsea are doing a mass clear out in the Summer, then I wouldnt mind Kante on a 2 or 3 year deal, if Rice isnt a goer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Howay said: Rice would be brilliant for us, it’s probably the best move he can make as well (depending on what happens with a certain Arsenal DMs legal troubles). I don’t think Chelsea will be in for him, I honestly think they’re up against some FFP challenges they’ve already spent 120m or so in the coming summer with Nkuku and a couple of young Brazillian signings already signed for summer moves and on top of that they’ve signed Enzo to a one year extension after he signed for 8.5 years in the summer - that to me is a clear sign they’re finally realizing there’s trouble looming since their last set of accounts were a total fucking disaster and didn’t even include a considerable number of their signings, as that year means they stretch Enzo’s fee out even more for FFP. I really do think the owners at Chelsea don’t have a fucking clue tbh, and a lot of these players they’ve signed for massive money look fairly poor (or honestly shite in Mudruyks case), while a small sample size of games we’ve seen plenty big money signings flop and they’ll have to try and clear out a lot of players but the market knows these issues and they’ve had a really poor year. I heard a rumour claiming their yank owner thought Chelsea qualified for the champions league automatically every year and didn’t realise you need to finish too 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said: I'd imagine Man Utd would see him as an upgrade on McTominay too. He's a perfect fit here to sit deep and allow Bruno to push forward. We would need to be in the CL to stand a chance though True. Bruno is arguably better at the DM role than rice though. I thought he had to play further forwards after he scored all those goals last season but he’s been bloody brilliant in the deeper role this season. While we’re playing fantasy football, if we got rice and Maddison, we could rotate Bruno and Rice at “number 6”, while also rotating him with the others at “number 8” 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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