Transfer Tweets - 2018/19 | Remember if posting foreign language tweets to post in English too

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VanGaalyTime said:
Completely agree. I'd say Leeds and Bristol City or an under-performing non-league team in a high population area, Stockport County for example. Look at what the Salford lads are doing and follow their lead. There's incredible revenue for those who can stump up a few million.
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Salford and Stockport have to compete with United, City, Bolton, even Liverpool and Everton to some degree.

Leeds have the two Sheffield teams, Huddersfield and Bradford in close proximity.

What makes Bristol perfect is that there are no teams nearby with a recent PL history. They get to write their own narrative.
 
Dante said:
Salford and Stockport have to compete with United, City, Bolton, even Liverpool and Everton to some degree.

Leeds have the two Sheffield teams, Huddersfield and Bradford in close proximity.

What makes Bristol perfect is that there are no teams nearby with a recent PL history. They get to write their own narrative.
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True, but as you saw with Man City, you can define your success based on your neighbours. You create a narrative about rivalries and history and bring international attention to what was a local event. Without United, City's owners wouldn't have had half the attention they got in the beginning. But beyond this point, my main contention is that it's far better financially to purchase a non-league team and make them into a strong league team that pushes into the PL eventually, than it is to purchase a middle of the road championship team and turn them into a premier league team. Bristol City would be a great option for any country that has 100m-to-500m to spend and that wants to whitewash any human rights questions. Stockport, Salford, etc would be ideal for the millionaire looking to make a quick 100m with a 10m investment.
 
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Oh wow that's some real inside info right there. Hummels to leave BL and to go to either the PL, the La Liga, the Serie A or Ligue 1 or he could be going anywhere and we have no idea where he could be going but here is our exclusive
 
Dolf said:
If we really need to get an Eredivisie winger i'd rather have Neres than Lozano.
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100% agree, Lozano would be an underwhelming signing, he's quick but does not have the fundamentals of a technically proficient player so he wouldn't be able to use his speed in the context of a competitive game.

Neres has more craft to his play In my opinion. These options should only be a fallback to Sancho however.
 
Adnan said:
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Nice and straight words from Ole. Hope he doesn't face a summer where he sells everyone before better replacements are secured though.

For 5 players in, that really takes some solid groundwork or a solid purse from Woody to bring the real targets in early, so Ole's not stuck in the middle, and has to rely on players like Sanchez.

Its really a big test for Woodward's craftmanship in the market to put it that way. A little bit more than just faxing Bayern with a late offer for Müller and wishing for the best.
 
The fact that OGS is saying something this publicly (and not for the first time) makes me believe that the board have hopefully got their shit together and will carry this out.
 
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BILD quoting Luka's father - "Luka has questions. The ones (offer) from Barcelona are there. But he has no interest. He does not know if he can play football there"

We need to buy him ASAP especially if he's available for the rumored fee of 50 million Euros. Doesn't look like he's hell bent on playing in Spain and is IMO the best young striker out there. Sell Lukaku, promise him the #9 shirt and starting role and sign him. But I'm afraid Ole considers Rashford to be his #1 striker, a responsibility I don't think he's ready for yet. Also there are rumors of Real Madrid interest.
 
Sanche7 said:
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BILD quoting Luka's father - "Luka has questions. The ones (offer) from Barcelona are there. But he has no interest. He does not know if he can play football there"

We need to buy him ASAP especially if he's available for the rumored fee of 50 million Euros. Doesn't look like he's hell bent on playing in Spain and is IMO the best young striker out there. Sell Lukaku, promise him the #9 shirt and starting role and sign him. But I'm afraid Ole considers Rashford to be his #1 striker, a responsibility I don't think he's ready for yet. Also there are rumors of Real Madrid interest.
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Don't be ridiculous.
He's too cheap.
 
Sanche7 said:
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BILD quoting Luka's father - "Luka has questions. The ones (offer) from Barcelona are there. But he has no interest. He does not know if he can play football there"

We need to buy him ASAP especially if he's available for the rumored fee of 50 million Euros. Doesn't look like he's hell bent on playing in Spain and is IMO the best young striker out there. Sell Lukaku, promise him the #9 shirt and starting role and sign him. But I'm afraid Ole considers Rashford to be his #1 striker, a responsibility I don't think he's ready for yet. Also there are rumors of Real Madrid interest.
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I guess with Coutinho and Dembele there, obviously alongside Messi (Suarez I'm considering won't get the same playing minutes next season), he might have legitimate concerns about developing there.

Good to see him thinking from that perspective as well, he's still really young and has a lot of time to make the next big move to top European club, if he continues to play in his current form. If he has the confidence in himself, he can either stay at Frankfurt or move to a slightly bigger club and aim for the top European clubs later on.
 
Woodenlung said:
The time to but him was when he was still at Dortmund. He's been dropped by Low for a reason.
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Well a lot of people were critical of Low for dropping Hummels because his performances haven't been as bad as Boateng or Muller. He is still a top defender imo if he's motivated, which I don't think he's lost in the last season.
 
Jovic has more to his game than Piatek, I'd take him here to play central over Rashford and Lukaku. He seems more instinctive and more importantly actually contributes to the attacking phases of play. That's why Barca are looking at him as an ideal Suarez replacement
 
Adnan said:
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Strong comments from Ole, hopefully he's as ruthless as he needs to be and I can't help but feel some of what he says hints towards Pogba perhaps leaving, he needs everyone on board with total commitment, if his head is turned by Real then there's no point in a "one more season" thing like Fergie had with Ronaldo, we are in a totally different situation now with totally different personalities involved.
 
All this talk about being ruthless and getting rid of dross...We've already given contracts to Young and Jones, and offered a contract to Mata.
 
Adnan said:
Benfica have a 19 year old midfielder called Florentino Luis who looks a big talent for the DM position. Not only is he good at winning the ball, but his passing with both feet is impressive. Reminds me of a mix between Pogba and Kante. YouTube vid and Whoscored rating below..

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/369712/Show/Florentino-Luís

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I'm not saying he's not going to be a good player but he's got 5 appearances for Benfica and he will be 20 in August. At the same age Ruben had something like 50+ appearances for Porto. captaining the club in the process.
 
Kostov said:
I'm not saying he's not going to be a good player but he's got 5 appearances for Benfica and he will be 20 in August. At the same age Ruben had something like 50+ appearances for Porto. captaining the club in the process.
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Dalot had 6 at Porto, to be fair.

When the talent is there, it’s there.
 
DWelbz19 said:
Dalot had 6 at Porto, to be fair.

When the talent is there, it’s there.
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I agree, but just wanted to put a different perspective on Neves. He just turned 22 and has 50+ games for Porto and 70+ games for Wolves. He's so young and already has lots of experience.
 
Kostov said:
I agree, but just wanted to put a different perspective on Neves. He just turned 22 and has 50+ games for Porto and 70+ games for Wolves. He's so young and already has lots of experience.
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Some players mature at an earlier age. Lukaku and Rooney were first team players by 16, whilst Lingard was only really ready by 22-23.
 
Kostov said:
I agree, but just wanted to put a different perspective on Neves. He just turned 22 and has 50+ games for Porto and 70+ games for Wolves. He's so young and already has lots of experience.
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Players develop differently. Does not mean that the one who breakthrough early will be the best player or are the most talented.

But yes, Neves looks a bit special.
 
AndyJ1985 said:
All this talk about being ruthless and getting rid of dross...We've already given contracts to Young and Jones, and offered a contract to Mata.
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Also Rojo says Ole has told him he's in his plans so looks like he's going nowhere.
 
Sanche7 said:
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BILD quoting Luka's father - "Luka has questions. The ones (offer) from Barcelona are there. But he has no interest. He does not know if he can play football there"

We need to buy him ASAP especially if he's available for the rumored fee of 50 million Euros. Doesn't look like he's hell bent on playing in Spain and is IMO the best young striker out there. Sell Lukaku, promise him the #9 shirt and starting role and sign him. But I'm afraid Ole considers Rashford to be his #1 striker, a responsibility I don't think he's ready for yet. Also there are rumors of Real Madrid interest.
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It's easy reading those comments the know it's his father who is his agent because he has his sons best footballer interests at heart. Any modern agent would be filling him with false hope and lies to get the biggest move as early as possible. Football has truly gone to the dogs but that's a conversation for another day.

As for Jovic, I was take him in a heart beat. He's a better baller than Lukaku and a better finisher too. €50m sounds like a steal.
 
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