2017 Football Summer Transfer Thread - Page 103 - Sporting Events and Fantasy Sports

In January they were busy figuring out how to not go to jail like Villar and Rosell.

Melchor is a moron btw, Bale leaving would be phenomenal, but highly unlikely. Cristiano and Benzema not even worth mentioning.

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07-25-2017 , 06:47 PM

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daca

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neymar leaving seems more likely than not tbh

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07-25-2017 , 07:07 PM

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thedeezy

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Would be impressive if someone managed to pay more than a player's release clause

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07-25-2017 , 07:55 PM

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this barca management is so ****ing dumb. if they intended to go for him then why werent they telling coutinho in january not sign a new 5 year deal?

Because they're not Liverpool

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07-25-2017 , 09:24 PM

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reports are city got spooked and made their offer for mbappe today

welp

l'equipe reporting it as 161/180

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07-26-2017 , 03:27 AM

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Every time I read this thread MMMbopp by Hansen gets stuck in my head

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07-26-2017 , 05:29 AM

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I am a little concerned. There can't be many instances of Barcelona bidding for a player and failing to get the deal through.

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07-26-2017 , 06:53 AM

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I am a little concerned. There can't be many instances of Barcelona bidding for a player and failing to get the deal through.

Not really worried about this year but I can definitely see him going next summer. The good thing is the squad is much better then when we lost Suarez and Klopp isn't going to allow the club to bring in Balotelli and Lambert as replacements for him.

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07-26-2017 , 06:56 AM

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There is still a significant non zero possibility that Mbappe, given his age and few appearances at the top level, turns out to be more a Walcott than a Messi.

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07-26-2017 , 07:02 AM

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I'd say it's much more likely in fact

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07-26-2017 , 07:16 AM

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Nope

He has 0% ******ness in him, he's smart and nice
He showcased his skills in the toughest games football can produce, CL KO rounds

Those are the 2 red flags that can transform a top potential into an average player

Floor is like between 10 and 20 best player itw. Ceiling is GOAT

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07-26-2017 , 07:35 AM

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I am a little concerned. There can't be many instances of Barcelona bidding for a player and failing to get the deal through.

Yea I can definitely see a scenario where he asks to leave this summer. It's a South American with the opportunity to play for Barca at the end of the day.

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07-26-2017 , 08:18 AM

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Yea I can definitely see a scenario where he asks to leave this summer. It's a South American with the opportunity to play for Barca at the end of the day.

Can't say I'm not concerned, but given the fee we want to pay for Keita, I'd say Barca would have to up the bid by another £30m before we sell cos it's crazy money.

I think we can cope without him - he's brilliant at his best, but frustrating when he's off form and doesn't dominate like Suarez did, but I think he's potentially at the start of an awesome season playing deeper and I really want to see how that plays out.

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07-26-2017 , 08:24 AM

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This 'has one great game then disappears for 5' schtick makes me laugh. He was the best player on the pitch for us in like 80% of our games. I guess because he scores some worldlies, idiots think when he's not scoring them he's obviously not playing well.

Guy is the most naturally gifted player we've had in my lifetime and it we can forget about competing for anything if we sell him. Would really depress me if we do as we have no chance of getting back to the top of we just keep repeating these mistakes.

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07-26-2017 , 08:24 AM

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All of our rags are saying Cou has agreed personal terms. BBC only reporting on it second-hand.

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07-26-2017 , 08:25 AM

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I feel like a lot of people that make this argument in general don't actually watch the next 5 games but see that the player hasn't scored/assisted and take it from there.

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07-26-2017 , 08:43 AM

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By "he doesn't dominate like Suarez did" I meant the whole team doesn't depend on him like we did with Suarez.

I watch pretty much every game - find him frustrating when he's off form as he has a habit of trying to take too much on his shoulders, and will spend the game trying to beat 3 men and shooting from 30 yards.

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07-26-2017 , 08:45 AM

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He's a high risk player though jeccross. He's always going to give off the perception of being wasteful because he's looking to penetrate so often. I'll give you the wasteful shooting, but this deeper role should restrict that somewhat.

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07-26-2017 , 08:56 AM

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It's the fact he tries to win the game on his own that's frustrating - see burnley away early last season.

I'm hoping the deeper role means he'll find more space when he does shoot and he'll be able to arrive from deep more often. He looked pretty damn good there v Leicester and v boro last season, and also back under Brendan (remember the pass to Sturridge v arsenal). I do think that it'll make the problem worse in the games where we do struggle to break people down though.

Also we are something like 55% win with him and 50% without, don't get me wrong, he's a great player, but this isn't the same as suarez leaving.

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07-26-2017 , 09:02 AM

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There is just no way this can possibly be true.

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07-26-2017 , 09:05 AM

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Tbh, he's still running WAY above expectation on those 30 yard shots so I wouldn't complain too much.

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07-26-2017 , 09:09 AM

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There is just no way this can possibly be true.

Not sure if serious.

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07-26-2017 , 09:11 AM

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Consty

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Koeman's just said Barkley's asked to leave Everton.

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07-26-2017 , 09:28 AM

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jeccross

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What's taken him so long?

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07-26-2017 , 10:40 AM

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