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    Luka Vuskovic

    Vuskovic will likely end up having a great career... IF he can get rid of some of his entourage. His agent is trying to move him on every other year in order to make a quick buck. He's got the talent, there's little doubt about that, but at some point, he will need stability and stability in a...
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    Sandro Tonali

    Pretty much everyone agrees that our chance creation was absolutely abysmal last season. Forwards play a part in that with their runs, but if we significantly improve our midfield and left wing, our forwards, no matter how poor they are, should score more goals. More goals = more suitors and...
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    Sandro Tonali

    Richarlison's goal ratio isn't great, but it's fairly decent. In a better/more controlled environment, Solanke had a decent record at Bournemouth. We're not winning the league with either of them, but they can do a job in front of goal. Richarlison's main flaw is his lack of contribution to our...
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    Sandro Tonali

    We seem to attract that kind of characters though - people who think they can force their will onto the market. I think I remember Alan Sugar decided to fight the rise of transfer fees by selling Sheringham to Man United for a fairly reasonable price (3.5 maybe?), only to pay almost double that...
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    Mateus Ferdnandes

    One aspect our board completely missed these past few years is that a young players also needs quality players around him to develop. It's nice to have good coaches and superb facilities, but it's not enough. I was the first to laugh at Chelsea when they signed Gullit and Vialli but it...
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    Transfer thread

    He got three different coaches in one season - including one who had worked with him at Juventus - and there wasn't much difference in terms of performance. That's why Ronaldo is such an exceptional player: gifted footballers rarely have to push their limits. Palinha and Richarlison are useful...
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    Transfer thread

    I've seen someone making a case for Rashford the other day. I think his mentality is suspect and for that reason only, I wouldn't touch him with a bargepole. He's earning way too much money for his contributions, too. There's always a sucker who thinks he can get that kind of player's career...
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    Backup Goalkeeper

    For me, you want two things from your backup keeper: a personality that fits the role and a skillset slightly different from your number one. If your understudy has the right mentality, he will pass a few things to your starter that will help him with his own game. Worst scenario for me is...
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    Lucas Bergvall

    I'd say Vuskovic's problem is he doesn't want another loan. He looks way ahead of Bergvall in his development (albeit in a different position) and could be good enough for a starting place in a mid table team. The problem is, our ambitions are higher than that, but a good season in a club of the...
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    Lucas Bergvall

    I haven't watched much of Fernandes, but you're a tad unfair on Tonali - he's a decent passer. I think one problem that has been largely overlooked last season is the lack of movement from the forwards and, to be even more precise, the lack of diversity in runs. Under Frank, it was 'pass to...
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    Lucas Bergvall

    Baggio was probably one of the last pure world class playmakers. Whether we like it or not, football has moved away from that type of players. Press is replacing creativity and De Zerbi is a modern manager. As for the youngsters, they don't have a higher ceiling - they have potential. They...
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    Lucas Bergvall

    I understand why Bergvall would want a permanent deal and we're doing business with a lot of Premiership sides so a move is a strong possibility. However, if nobody is willing to pay in England, we'll be looking at part exchanges (something that might happen with Romero too, as I don't think any...
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    Mateus Ferdnandes

    Definitely agree. While I agree that we definitely needed to shake things up in midfield and fill the squad with better passers, we are extremely weak in CF. It also depends on whether they consider wingers as forwards or midfielders but our wing play has been catastrophic (too) last season...
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    J P van Hecke

    If the asking price is too high, I think the club should be asking themselves whether he is that much better than Vuskovic. That's money that could be spent elsewhere - our midfield is in dire need of a revamp and midfielders tend to be more expensive than defenders. Assuming Romero leaves for...
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    Luka Vuskovic

    Honestly, I don't believe that for a second. If you're looking for an explanation, German football has a good rep in Croatia and HSV has a lot of similarities with Spurs. There's a good chance he and/or his agent believes if he was worthy of a first team spot there, he deserves one here too...
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    Free transfers

    It's always interesting to look at a situation from an different viewpoint. Of course, I don't know who's correct, but I'd add a couple of things. First, the club paid zero attention to squad building. Most signing were opportunitic, leaving us with a very unbalanced squad, both in terms of...
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    Free transfers

    I think that, at some point, the club convinced themselves that it had a knack for finding world class players who were under everybody's radar. Berbatov, Bale, Modric, Son, Eriksen, Vertonghen and so on. They were all quality players, but we didn't have to beat major competition in order to...
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    Free transfers

    Unfortunately, there aren't that many good strikers around at the moment. Vlahovic is an unknown quantity in the Premier League, but signing someone on the back of a World Cup usually means paying more than they're worth and I can't think of anyone who'd be a nailed-on certainty to be a success...
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    Free transfers

    More interesting question is, would De Zerbi be happy? Provided we bring a couple of youngsters into the first team squad and get to the bottom of our injury curse, it might be ok. It also depends on whether we keep one of Richarlison or Solanke, as I'm not sure Vlahovic would hit the ground...
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    Daniel Levy - Former Chairman

    I've heard some very good things about Auxerre's Chinese owner, James Zhou (I think). Of course, it's a very small club, but he's done all the right things: let the people he hired work, never interfere with the sporting side, pay the checks to keep the club afloat. Unfortunately, he's...
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