31 Aug 2023 08:09:26
Fabrizio Romano saying we never made a €2m loan bid for Amrabat but are simply discussing. Typical journalists trying to tarnish our name.
Bayindir and Cucurella announced today, Amrabat and (hopefully) one more tomorrow that comes out of nowhere a la Casemiro, is my guess.
I think today will be the day vdBeek and Henderson finally leave, too. I also wouldn't be surprised if Everton come in and throw £30m+ at us for McTominay.
31 Aug 2023 08:35:42
Fabrizio is a total flog!
31 Aug 2023 09:59:57
Downsie53 - good luck with those predictions mate.
I certainly don't see VDB and Mctominay going anywhere and if that's the case we are going to struggle to get the Amrabat deal over the line because Fiorentina don't want a loan deal.
I still don't understand why two midfielders and a striker wasn't the priority instead of paying nearly 50 million out for a goalkeeper, it's madness!
I really hope your predictions are right Downsie53.
31 Aug 2023 12:43:07
Downsie
I don't think Mc will go anywhere and we are not selling at this stage of the window for 30 mill. DVB and Bailly are two that I would think the club wants gone and putting a lot of effort into it. Your guess is as good as mine who comes. 100 percent a lb coming the rest who know.
I am an outlier and not abscessed by selling mc. I was hoping maguire would go and was replaced and more relevant in my view as what we need.
31 Aug 2023 13:08:22
DDG had to do Simmo, he was costing us games and offered nothing to the manager's style of play. I see Donny going on loan and us signing Amrabat on loan. Mainoo returning will be great and McTominay if here will have a point to prove.
Bruno - Mount - Erisken - Mainoo - Casemiro - McTominay - Amrabat
Then you get to the ones who can play there like Martinez, Cucurella potentially.
Rumour has it we want Amrabat on loan because EtH wants to sign a permanent forward. But that's just rumour.
31 Aug 2023 13:26:53
Forgot Hannibal if he doesn't go out on loan.
31 Aug 2023 15:52:28
Sydney - I agree DDG was costing us games and he had to go.
My point is that their were other keepers available that would of cost less which means that we wouldn't be trying to scrape money together for a loan deal for Amrabat.
Onana cost far to much money IMO, the striker and midfield positions should have been the priority.
31 Aug 2023 16:08:32
simo
If you want to build a team you go get a great keeper. Onana and the guy from AC milan best out there. Milan priced out for everyone including big spending chelsea.
Look at city and liverpool, their keepers are excellent. Average keepers will cost you more points than an average midfielder. We had to buy a porper keeper for the next 5-7 years.
31 Aug 2023 16:35:28
Ahmed, we don’t know yet if we got a proper keeper now, he not had greatest start, was chipped from half way line, should have given a pen away in next game, got put on his pants far too easily in last game, fallen out with Ten previously fell out with Song, but we know he got very good feet, so still a lot to prove, before we can put him in that bracket.
31 Aug 2023 17:00:04
Trafford, Onana is up for player of the month. I think he has done very well so far.
Simmo, that's fair. From what I heard though through rumour is Onana was a player who was promised to EtH by the Glazers. He was his main target.
31 Aug 2023 18:32:08
Every keeper gets chipped or something that makes them look silly a mistake. The mistake was not his but dalot, who gave it away and we were playing high up the pitch and you can already see he is not coming out as much as preseason.
He is a major upgrade on DDG imo when on the ball and even when he clears the ball. ddg sometimes could not get the ball past the half way line and his kicking was poor.
31 Aug 2023 18:58:12
I agree he is better with his feet and kicks the ball better, and supposed to be more commanding, does that alone make him a better keeper, far too early to say that after 3 league and couple of preseason games measuring against 10 years! But if that’s the case why don’t teams just put there most skill full player in the goal! If saving the ball is not such a requirement anymore, I was a bit shocked how easy he was put on his pants too.
31 Aug 2023 19:11:32
Chipped in a friendly, get rid. He’s started well, a couple of hairy moments but I’d expect that early on, DDG was terrible when he first joined, it’s an upgrade we really needed.
31 Aug 2023 19:20:21
Onana was our best player against Spurs. I like to see the keeper laying into his defenders. Call me old fashioned. We finally have a keeper who isn’t going to let his defenders off the hook for mistakes, which should hopefully raise their level. He’s looking our best signing of the summer so far.