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by PeterParker » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:16 pm
The best first touch I ever saw.
Looks like he is going. He will be missed.
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by Mase » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:30 pm
Think he’s still got a place in the squad and would be useful but hard to argue with going somewhere that you’ll earn loads for barely any work.
Good luck if you go mate
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by nottsblue » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:44 pm
PeterParker wrote:The best first touch I ever saw.
Looks like he is going. He will be missed.
His first touch is as filthy as a £10 hooker
He has been a great player for us, but at 32, £30M or so when he has a year left on his contract is too good to turn down. And it's also a great opportunity for the boy himself to score a few quid in his latter years which you can't begrudge
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by Original Dub » Sun Jul 16, 2023 6:45 pm
I'd be ok with him going but why shouldn't we get setting stupid lime 50m for him.
They're willing to throw huge sums at this new project. Throw some of them at the club
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by Mase » Sun Jul 16, 2023 6:56 pm
Original Dub wrote:I'd be ok with him going but why shouldn't we get setting stupid lime 50m for him.
They're willing to throw huge sums at this new project. Throw some of them at the club
Scousers getting £40m for Fabinho so we should at least get that
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by nottsblue » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:03 pm
Mase wrote:Original Dub wrote:I'd be ok with him going but why shouldn't we get setting stupid lime 50m for him.
They're willing to throw huge sums at this new project. Throw some of them at the club
Scousers getting £40m for Fabinho so we should at least get that
Why?
Mahrez is 3 years older and only has a year left on his contract. That determines price more these days
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by johnny crossan » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:05 pm
Who we gonna replace him with though? - forget anybody in the squad now, nobody even remotely suitable when Palmer goes on loan and Foden is pulled into the centre to replace Bernie. Nico Williams, Joao Felix, Kvaratskhelia - currently the barcodes are in for him - Adama Traore on a free, likewise Wilf Zaha?
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by nottsblue » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:23 pm
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by Mase » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:36 pm
nottsblue wrote:Mase wrote:Original Dub wrote:I'd be ok with him going but why shouldn't we get setting stupid lime 50m for him.
They're willing to throw huge sums at this new project. Throw some of them at the club
Scousers getting £40m for Fabinho so we should at least get that
Why?
Mahrez is 3 years older and only has a year left on his contract. That determines price more these days
Mahrez is a treble winner and has won double what Fabinho has over the last 5 years.
Plus he’s an attacker. I’m sure those Saudi fans aren’t going to pay to see a DM tackling. They’ll want goals
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by CTID Hants » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:41 pm
Ignore JC he is upto his usual closed season WUMmary linking us to every unwanted piece of shit known to the football world
Training starts Monday and we fly off to foreign climbs on Wednesday i believe.
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by johnny crossan » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:45 pm
CTID Hants wrote:Ignore JC he is upto his usual closed season WUMmary linking us to every unwanted piece of shit known to the football world
Training starts Monday and we fly off to foreign climbs on Wednesday i believe.
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by PeterParker » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:55 pm
Football is lacking quality players, sadly. My pick would be Rodrygo from Madrid, but he is not coming.
Maybe Mitoma and move Phil on the right where he is at his best, imho?
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by nottsblue » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:57 pm
Mase wrote:nottsblue wrote:Mase wrote:Original Dub wrote:I'd be ok with him going but why shouldn't we get setting stupid lime 50m for him.
They're willing to throw huge sums at this new project. Throw some of them at the club
Scousers getting £40m for Fabinho so we should at least get that
Why?
Mahrez is 3 years older and only has a year left on his contract. That determines price more these days
Mahrez is a treble winner and has won double what Fabinho has over the last 5 years.
Plus he’s an attacker. I’m sure those Saudi fans aren’t going to pay to see a DM tackling. They’ll want goals
Mahrez is a better player. Far more a game changer than Fabinho. And on a level field would command a bigger fee. But as pointed out, his contract is the sticking point.
But I don’t quite get why the Saudi’s are happy enough to offer eye watering wages yet so far seem reluctant to pay big transfer fees as most of the players so far who have gone have gone on frees. Is it because they are going to default on salaries in the future? And if club’s default on transfer fees then they can be sanctioned more easily and seeing as how they all seem to state owned, maybe the Saudi FA could fall foul and face repercussion’s themselves?
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by Mase » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:57 pm
The kid from Leeds would be good. Italian lad, Gnonto
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by nottsblue » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:59 pm
Mase wrote:The kid from Leeds would be good. Italian lad, Gnonto
Looks ok. Let’s not forget McAtee will likely get a chance to shine this season as well. Doubt there’s much between them even now
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by CTID Hants » Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:04 pm
PeterParker wrote:Football is lacking quality players, sadly. My pick would be Rodrygo from Madrid, but he is not coming.
Maybe Mitoma and move Phil on the right where he is at his best, imho?
Applying Pep's logic.... why not go for Vini Jr and play him on the right wing instead of the right, only 23..... no idea of his personality would fit?
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by johnny crossan » Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:08 pm
CTID Hants wrote:PeterParker wrote:Football is lacking quality players, sadly. My pick would be Rodrygo from Madrid, but he is not coming.
Maybe Mitoma and move Phil on the right where he is at his best, imho?
Applying Pep's logic.... why not go for Vini Jr and play him on the right wing instead of the right, only 23..... no idea of his personality would fit?
right...anyway it's Leroy for me

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by Mase » Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:19 pm
nottsblue wrote:Mase wrote:The kid from Leeds would be good. Italian lad, Gnonto
Looks ok. Let’s not forget McAtee will likely get a chance to shine this season as well. Doubt there’s much between them even now
I could also see Alvarez doing a job playing inside right as well.
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by johnny crossan » Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:25 pm
Mase wrote:nottsblue wrote:Mase wrote:The kid from Leeds would be good. Italian lad, Gnonto
Looks ok. Let’s not forget McAtee will likely get a chance to shine this season as well. Doubt there’s much between them even now
I could also see Alvarez doing a job playing inside right as well.
has it escaped notice that Mahrez plays on the right wing?
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by Im_Spartacus » Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:59 am
I'm happy with him going now. He's contributed when he's played, but I don't see his impact to be any more than Sterling's was, eg, hit and miss, anonymous and wasteful at times when he plays which is why he's ultimately not a starter.
I can't help thinking we're potentially on the verge of a couple of monstrous transfers subject to a couple of these outgoings, and it wouldn't surprise me if maybe we're not looking for a like for like replacement and there's a change of style afoot
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