'Even allowing for inflation, this thread is not worth 198 Terry Francises' - EPL 2017-18

To have sold them both tbh

But wasn't there some kind of nonchalant arrogance from Chelsea's negotiations? Like they thought they were a shoe-in to resign him at one point? God I hate that creepy, wiggy bastard tbh.

Meanwhile on the Spanish Super Cup Ronaldo came on for 20mins, had a contentionsly disallowed offside goal, scored a ripper, got booked for taking his shirt off, booked again for diving and have the referee a bonus shove on the way out.

Pretty sure Chelsea were so confident of getting Lukaku that they forgot to put an offer in.

The situation with Costa is strange as well. The move to Atleti sounded very straightforward on paper but has clearly gone off the rails.

Sanchez to Spurs rumors are persistent, and indeed seems to be abt 40m quid. He's pretty good but.. is this really the position they need enforcement?

Dier playeing 20+ games at CB last year suggests yes.

If they can him and Balde (and possibly Diop) that would be a terrific window.

I'm guessing we'll sell Wimmer but given Sanchez can play RB as well as CB it seems like a sensible buy. Wimmer tanked really badly last year and I don't trust Dier in a back four. If either Toby or Verts (or both) get injured we're kind of fucked.

Makes sense guys. Haven't been paying enough attention obv, thought Wimmer was still a bright prospect.

We supposedly bid £25m for Martial on the weekend too. Not sure how much truth in that tho as surely even Levy can't expect to get him for that price.

The move is never the move

So tonight Liverpool are up against the team that last season scored the most goals from set pieces in the Bundesliga

Wonder how that will pan out

Spurs aren't going to sign four players today

Feel like barkley, if signed, would be the floodgates on the wage bill. No harm imo.

He would also be an interesting test case on whether poch can make any willing but talented idiot a high functioning team member

Pochs going to leave this season isn't he

Serge Aurier has apparently agreed terms but then a few weeks ago it was reported he'd done the same with United.

'Was I happy with the start of the game? No,' Klopp added. 'We had pre-season where it is clear how we want to defend.

'In the end it is not fair. I don't imagine many people wrote that we won 3-2 according to the rules but, like Manchester United last year, their goal was offside.

'We can either allow the pressure on this game to increase to the extent that we cannot walk any more, or we try to enjoy this opportunity.

lol let it go buddy

Watford deserved something out of that game if we're bringing fair into it

Spurs sign someone

is that a report or a request?

Had seen keita balde announcement but maybe not final

would be surprised if he's the first, but i would welcome it. his youtube highlight reel is nice, but paolo bandini said he wasn't convinced by his finishing. he also has this strange wiki detail: Born in Arbúcies, Girona, Catalonia, to Senegalese parents, Keita came up through the FC Barcelona's youth academy. In 2010, Keita travelled with the Barcelona youth team to Qatar for a tournament, where he played a practical joke by placing an ice-cube in a teammate's bed.[1]
As a punishment, Barcelona sent the 15-year-old Keita on loan to satellite club UE Cornellà, despite Keita's reputation as a future prospect for the first team.

feel like there must be more to that, but the referenced article is in italian.

Yeah, the full detail was that he had paid ice-cube to perform sexual acts on a team mate as a prank

money on the snitch being deulofeu

If there's more, it's not there in that Italian article. It does speak of his fondness of mozzarella though, and that he eats all the time. xxp

He ain't the one

Spurs players can sleep easy in their beds etc.

Does the Italian for bed resemble the Italian for anus, I wonder...

I do work with an Italian woman but I don't think I could broach the subject without getting a 70s sitcom style slap across the chops... she's an old fashioned girl.

Che faccia tosta subject of a 90m bid from citeh

Bloody Kramaric is determined to keep making my boosting of him look foolish.

whoa

kind of lousy keeping but a great hit

actually nah that wasn't being saved

Everton have splashed out another £45m for Sigurdsson

Woof

John Terry's Aston Villa currently two down at winless Reading and bottom but one as it stands

^^ awes.

Completely forgot abt tonight's matches. Do we need a CL thread or nah?

yah

Hoffenheim's set piece delivery was great, yet we had the better chances from set pieces. Should've won that 0-3 at least.

It was a great result for Liverpool considering the Keystone Cops defending

It was like a game from the 60s or 70s. Here you have a go ok now you have a go..

Sanchez to Spurs seems like a done deal

(fact that this news got out while Ajax were embarrassing against Rosenborg is v satisfying)

what's your opinion of him?

He's obviously got the physical attributes but I thought he was all over the place positionally (although he had the pace to bail him out) and passing-wise in the EL Final. Utd basically let him have the ball all game long

was much more impressed by de Lijt tbh

He's the best defender of the league, but that doesn't mean a whole lot when transfered to the PL. Tbf to the lad, all of Ajax were outplayed in the EL final. But he's had a very good season (his first here), and I do think he can get a lot better, too.

De Ligt is a good prospect but on the whole he's just too young (18) for a step up. He's had numerous slip-ups. He's allowed to imo at his age, but there's no way he'd be of any use to any PL club right now.

Sanchez should be ready to play from the start for Spurs I mean, think he'll do well. Plus he adapted to a new continent really fast.

This is good news

johnny evans to city for 27.5m?

Nothing about that makes any sense at all. Also the fact that West Brom are apparently willing to drop £15m on Kevin Wimmer as a replacement.

Guessing they're both dependent on the Sanchez deal going through.

is there anyone worth less than 10m in the league?

john walters went for 3m. i know he's not amazing but it does feel a huge chasm between him and all other deals. how many clubs are going to be bankrupt in about 3 years?

Liverpool reject 114m bid for Coutinho.

If they really won't sell, they won't. But Barca is desperate, with a disastrous start to the season and Neymar-money to burn, but no-one will take it. Liverpool could squeeze 150m out of this if they want.