06 Aug 2026 16:27:51
@VictorGoddam Don't suppose you in a position to offer any further insight into the possible marquee player?
Obviously don't risk anything pal!
06 Aug 2026 17:25:37
I wonder if where Rodri goes will affect it.
06 Aug 2026 17:31:59
Frenkie de Jong?
06 Aug 2026 17:44:26
One hopes it ain't Barcola: These are his stats from the PSG site:
Lyon 21-24 Ligue 1: 40 apps, 5 goals, Lyon career total 47 apps, 7 goals. 21-22 season: 11 Ligue 1 apps, zero goals, no goals in 2 cup games either.
PSG: 88 Ligue 1 apps, 29 goals over 3 seasons (4, 14, 11 goals last season). 3.03 compared to Rayans 15 PL apps, 5 goals = 3.00, obviously it's harder to score goals in the PL than a Farters league!
UEFA games: 43 apps, 6 goals, a goal circa every 7 games against much, much tougher defences than French Ligue 1, and much more elite teams are in the CL, than a poxy French Ligue
season 1 in Europe = 10 games, one goal.
season 2 in CL = 17 games, 3 goals.
last season in CL = 16 games, 2 goals.
He's a bag of Kaka? 145 million bags of it!
P.S. @suarez7, Rayan has scored 5 more PL goals than Barcola has ever scored! and more assists!
06 Aug 2026 18:19:06
007 Barcola is a quality player. He doesn't play the full 90 in most of those appearances. He improves our team and adds pace and quality in wide areas. He is not by any means rubbish. He is not the complete article either, and maybe a little wasteful, but he is a lot better than our current options.
06 Aug 2026 18:28:52
007 doesn't understand sample size.
06 Aug 2026 19:10:56
@Fifth, not in the least.
06 Aug 2026 22:26:24
Barcola is a very good player, yes, he's expensive, but so is everyone. Mane and Salah would be leaving Southampton and Roma for 85-100m each these days.
06 Aug 2026 23:10:37
Wenger once bid one pound more for Suarez, to which John Henry famously said, "What are Arsenal smoking down there?"
If John Henry pays PSG £150 million for Barcola?
Luis Enrique will say, "Wonder what John Henry's smoking."
OliRed, Fifth Element, ye win a football opinion with facts, not childish name calling.
Wonder what you're smoking!
@Thiago that's a sensible/fair price range of 100 million Euros (£86 mill), has a smaller build than Hugo, too much to risk at £150 mill.
07 Aug 2026 05:21:19
Not sure you can win a football opinion.
07 Aug 2026 07:20:16
Beat me to it, @The Fifth. Is winning a football opinion a competitive pub sport?