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    At the top of it.

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    Angel Gomes is Terry Cooke with an afro.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manc View Post
    I see Buffon has signed on for another year. Where does he rank on the all time great keepers list?
    Not as highly as he thinks he does.

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    He’s no Packie Bonner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Good enough for what, mid-table? I wasn't sure of his name, but is he the one who has been nominated for the golden boy?
    Saliba and say, an Upamecano would have the upside required to be starters. Holding and Chambers are mid table players, but what other options might we have in front of us with funds needed to be directed throughout the side, no longer being a very attractive prospect and we're talking about 3rd/4th choice anyway...

    Yes, Saliba is nominated for Golden Boy. Donning it in a shite team, in a weaker league maybe, but again - we're beggars not choosers out here.

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    On Buffon, is he the last player left playing who was in Championship Manager 01/02?

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    Wasn't Rooney on 01/02 as a youngster? He's still technically playing.

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    He definitely was after a patch, as a good player, and maybe as a shit one before. Now you mention it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Merse View Post
    Saliba and say, an Upamecano would have the upside required to be starters. Holding and Chambers are mid table players, but what other options might we have in front of us with funds needed to be directed throughout the side, no longer being a very attractive prospect and we're talking about 3rd/4th choice anyway...

    Yes, Saliba is nominated for Golden Boy. Donning it in a shite team, in a weaker league maybe, but again - we're beggars not choosers out here.
    Is there real truth around Upamecano and partey? They sound like great additions but is it realistic?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    Wasn't Rooney on 01/02 as a youngster? He's still technically playing.
    I swear I've seen a 14 year old Cabaye and Ben Arfa but he might be on 3.67 or whatever the last official patch was. Cristiano Ronaldo's in the database though.

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    Another summer, another Arsenal prince across the water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Merse View Post
    Folarin Balogun absolutely knocking on the door.
    He's off mate.

    I didn't see the hype when I watched him, he scored a hat trick but they were all penalties and two of them looked soft to me. Seemed a bit of a Walcott esque pace merchant who likes to beat his man and wait for the foul.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lofty View Post
    He's off mate.

    I didn't see the hype when I watched him, he scored a hat trick but they were all penalties and two of them looked soft to me. Seemed a bit of a Walcott esque pace merchant who likes to beat his man and wait for the foul.
    Arsenal have had a few youngsters of late leave and look really good. Gnabry being number. That dutch Malen at PSV has some hype around him, but it is the dutch league. Even Jeff was bought recently by Lyon for 20m.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Arsenal have had a few youngsters of late leave and look really good. Gnabry being number. That dutch Malen at PSV has some hype around him, but it is the dutch league. Even Jeff was bought recently by Lyon for 20m.
    Mitigating circumstances with Gnabry, who had a bad injury, a shite loan spell and a bad attitude yet still was offered a new deal. That was ready to sign when he went to the Olympics and made a star of himself and then Bayern did their shenanigans to guarantee his move to Werder. Malen similarly had injuries kill his time here but I always liked him when fit and it is frustrating to see him having kicked on. I don't think Jeff would have progressed with us, though.

    Balogun will do well somewhere, he's more than just a pace merchant. He's got good technique, some lovely evasive skills and is powerful.

    Hopefully Trae Coyle, who is training with the first team, will get a chance in the side soon. There's plenty of talent coming out of the academy, which is one positive of the past couple of years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shindig View Post
    I swear I've seen a 14 year old Cabaye and Ben Arfa but he might be on 3.67 or whatever the last official patch was. Cristiano Ronaldo's in the database though.
    Yeh Rooney was on 01/02 but one of the weird ones where he was an AM/FL IIRC and random attributes in the original database so was shite, basically.

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    The thing with the Arsenal academy is they have a continual stream of intelligent and hard-working talent coming through.

    #doingbetter

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    I did all this shit at SOAS ten years ago. In the colonies, the good old British used to label the favoured local tribe 'clever', 'cunning' etc while the subjugated scum version would be 'savage', 'strong' etc. Don't think it's something limited to 21st century football commentary. I'm 99% sure that the Belgian version of this phenomenon is how we ended up with Hutus and Tutsis killing each other in Rwanda.

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    Sky running a story saying Man Utd won’t pay over £50m for Sancho. lol at that, shame they’re as reliable as the Sun

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    Media cycle well and truly underway.

    Reports selling club won't sell for less than X --> Reports Man Utd won't play more than Y --> Blah Blah Blah ---> Simon Stone tweets negotiations are ongoing but an agreement is "not close" --> Romano "Here we go!" --> transfer announced. Same for about the last 5 of our transfers.

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    Club want £X.

    United spend 3 months saying they won't pay £X.

    United pay £X.

    Sancho is presumably heavily dependent on United getting Champions League football. Can see him staying there for another season if that doesn't happen, maybe even if it does. Dortmund must be thinking his value is only going to increase in all likelihood (what with there being a Euros next summer and all) and so are going to want crazy money for him. Like Dembele crazy.

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    If you go to United that's the endgame (unless you think you're good enough for Barcelona to spaff £200 million on in five years, which I suspect Jadon Sancho isn't) so it wouldn't matter about CL football right now if he thinks his career will be spent there.

    Obviously doesn't work out for everyone (hi Poggers).

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    For £50m they can have him ship a pair of his signed boots for Ryan Fraser to wear.

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    AFCON postponed until 2022.


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    He'll be at United before next season Champions' League or not, and the fee will be eye-watering (£100m+)

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Club want £X.

    United spend 3 months saying they won't pay £X.

    United pay £X.


    Wait, who told you Woodward's secret strategy? That's confidential.

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    Sol Campbell leaves Southend United by mutual consent, timed as Barrow AFC manager Ian Evatt is set to be poached by Bolton Wanderers. Going to be a circus

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    I wonder how much Dwight McNeil would be worth if he played for Dortmund?

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    Dwight McNeil is fucking ace.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    Wait, who told you Woodward's secret strategy? That's confidential.
    It actually worked reasonably well with Bruno in the end, although having him for those extra games may have been the difference between making Champions League and not, which is worth more than the difference in what we paid, sooo....

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    Is Sane out of contract next summer? £50m seems very cheap for the best winger in the league when fit.

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    Yes.

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    Is that to Bayern?

    I can understand why he is frustrated at maybe not getting the game time he should have at City - although hasn't he featured fairly heavily before being injured all this year? - but isn't he just going to be in the same situation at Bayern? It's not like he walks into the team there. Is it just a being German thing?

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    Pep is not a fan. Thinks he’s too flash off the field. They’ve done well getting that much for him.

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    'Pep' is a racist. FACT.

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    Black players should cost €10-20m more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Is that to Bayern?

    I can understand why he is frustrated at maybe not getting the game time he should have at City - although hasn't he featured fairly heavily before being injured all this year? - but isn't he just going to be in the same situation at Bayern? It's not like he walks into the team there. Is it just a being German thing?
    He gets into the Bayern team 100%. His competition on the left side where they could play him is Coman.

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    Gnabry left, Coman right last time I watched them. Either way, Sane is a top 5 in the world winger so lol at City and lol at everyone else bar Bayern.

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    Micky Targaryan is staying at Roma permanently. No fee. Lol.

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    United ruining Dortmund superstars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    Gnabry left, Coman right last time I watched them. Either way, Sane is a top 5 in the world winger so lol at City and lol at everyone else bar Bayern.
    Confirmed for £54m

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    Micky Targaryan is staying at Roma permanently. No fee. Lol.
    22m saved from this years salary, mind. If they’re absorbing the lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    Sane is a top 5 in the world winger so lol at City and lol at everyone else bar Bayern.
    I like Sane but really? Is a winger the same as a wide-forward?

    It's certainly a good price (assuming his knee works) but it's not really an open market deal, is it? He's not available to anyone else. It's a stitch-up that's been in the offing for ages.

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    Chump change. You couldn't even buy a David Luiz for that.

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    I haven't heard anything said about Greazy being linked to any one. Chelsea are done for that but Utd and City should be all over that. I assume Pogba could have a word with him.

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    Liverpool Twitter has suddenly come up with a deal being very close to bring in Thiago from Bayern. Rumour states that the player has an agreement with Liverpool, but they don't want to pay the asking price (€35m) in one hit, preferring to defer payments whilst they see how next season unfolds money wise.

    Seems an odd one to me.

    He's 29 already and is on more than anyone at Liverpool is now. He does add a potential creative option at CM, but then The Ox and Naby do that pretty well.

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    Thiago would be your best midfielder. That’s an absolute bargain - I assume he’s out of contract?

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    Rumours of Santi Cazorla in as a coach. Make him a player. Man could be 47 and still doing it.

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    My mushroom would obviously be red raw and at risk of falling off if it were to happen but Thiago has no place in our team and we need a CM like I need a penis extension.

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    It's an odd one. Wijnaldum might be the casualty.

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