Really?Wasn't that briefing to one of the investor summits that was before that? Maybe I remembered it wrongly though. Jose comments on 3-4 signings were also made quite a while ago, and he did admit that Zlatan's and Rojo's injuries have changed his plans as well. He gave his list to Woodward in March, so by all accounts he could have added a couple more names to that to make up the numbers.
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Really?Wasn't that briefing to one of the investor summits that was before that? Maybe I remembered it wrongly though. Jose comments on 3-4 signings were also made quite a while ago, and he did admit that Zlatan's and Rojo's injuries have changed his plans as well. He gave his list to Woodward in March, so by all accounts he could have added a couple more names to that to make up the numbers.
Don't forget the height, Mourinho wouldn't have to choose fellaini for his ability in the air
You do know briefings are not exactly word by word accurate account of transfer plans of a club, don't you ?
The number is not set in stone, although ideally the manager and ceo would like to keep the flux of inflow and outflow to maybe 3 or 4. They could have a change of heart, a target may suddenly become available that interests us and things could always change.
I hope some of our English players can fit into the potential team for next season. If we get our targets it's only Rashford and maybe Shaw that have any chance.
That is completely irrelevant to my posts.
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It's gonna be him or matic. Hope it's him.
We need both.
Carrick and Lingard will still get loads of games. Probably one of Jones / Smalling too. It's a long season with loads of games.
Rashford will play plenty as he rightfully should. Shaw will play more. Smalling or Jones (whoever stays) will play as a rotation cb. Carrick will play if we don't get Fabinho. And we know Jose has that bizarre love for Lingard so can see him starting quite a lot of games. Wouldn't be shocked if he started the opening game of the season.
Sorry but club over country for me. If the English players are good enough, sure give them the games. If not, play the best players the team has.
Yes please Fabinho, along with a new striker and central defender are our most need new signings.
JM loves Rashford as well and he even said he liked him. So I don't know why you ruled him out from your dream of theatre dream XI. And why Morata is right winger?
Perisic Belotti Morata
vs
Neymar Suarez Messi OR
Ronaldo Benzema Bale OR
Robben Lewandowski Muller OR
Hazard Lukaku Pedro OR
Alli Kane Eriksen OR
De Bruyne Silva Aguero Benardo OR
Reus Aubameyang Dembele
I must say I'm not too confident with that front three when I look at other club's attackers.
Mourinho loving Shaw has to be one of the weirdest opinions I've read on here recently. All the evidence points in the opposite direction.
You do want the team to be successful ? When was the last time a team was successful with a core of English players ? The reality is that apart from Deli Ali none are good enough for the really top tier in Europe and even that's debatable or Madrid would get him .
Kane?
Fabinho NEEDS to be our next focus and signing seeing as we've already got the ball rolling with Morata, the more I watch of Fabinho the more I see a more defensive version of Vieira in his Arsenal days and his qualities could genuinely kickstart Pogba into doing his thing as the shackles could come off.
Alli, Kane, Rose, Walker, Dier...
Are you saying rhey are all good enough or that Spurs have been successful? Because to my reckoning so far they haven't won anything.
Exactly this. Maybe because I am not from the country, but I would not want to sacrifice club success for English players developments. As you mentioned, this English core of the Spurs side has won nothing so far. If any of our own English talent bar Rashford comes through the ranks, like Mitchell or Gomes, then great for both club and country. If not, I couldn't care much about not having an Englishman in the starting 11.
I think a DM should be at the top of our priority list right now, I don't see any other position that would improve us as much as getting a quality defensive midfielder to allow Herrera and especially Pogba more freedom when attacking. Fabinho would be my personal favourite and he would instantly make our midfield a lot more balanced and would allow Herrera and Pogba to play in role's more suited to their strengths.
Of all the English players we have in our squad you picked out Shaw? The guy who has had a grand total of about 9 good games in 3 seasons?
Most likely, we will see Smalling, Lingard, Rashford play in several games, for us. I'd also expect to see some youth players to play in the League Cup, as our focus shifts to CL and the league.
Not sure if this guy can be trusted, but he is a city fan who thinks fabinho is joining us
So far only ITK reporting something. That chap reported the Silva medical pretty early, he ruined my day i remembered him. Dont know if he only goes by the recent whispers or knows more, i assume he speculates
Hmm then we may be on to something - di marzio did report our interest in Fabinho. Some others said we are waiting for him to return from his holidays - whenever that date is, to go ahead with the transfer.
Will be announced before monday ends that the fee is agreed. Happy days people.
Really? Haven't seen anything about that yet.
Fabinho and Lindeloff would be a fantastic start to the window.
If that were true we'd have heard something by now.
Get him in and Morata and we are looking pretty freaking good.
Says on his bio he is journo for O Jogo the newspaper.
No way Morata is a better number 10 than Mikhi or Mata. It is Morata/ Balloti for number 9.
freelance journo and runs a MCFC website. Why are all these randoms talking in such certainties all of a sudden? The best i can take from this is that he might know someone within City that said he was off to MUFC??
Whose the best french journo that would know things about this possible deal?
Where did you get this from?
Mikhi Morata Rashforld would be better for me.
Might have been posted before.
He might have heard something from the club? Like that other city journo who did the livestream and was almost talking in certainties about City not getting Fabinho
Bouhafsi
that's him! thanks
, the name was escaping me. I'm really surprised he hasn't made any comments on this, which makes me think there's nothing much to it right now.Let's get Fabinho
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