23 Nov 2024 10:03:59
Tchouameni plus £21m for TAA is doing the rounds. I can almost hear Ed2's voice ringing in my ear, castigating me about how difficult swap deals are.
23 Nov 2024 12:04:39
Oh I feel ya.
23 Nov 2024 12:32:02
Why would Real give money and a player valued at 50-80 mil to sign a player that they can get for free 6 months later.
23 Nov 2024 12:33:16
They can sign him for free in just over a months time!
23 Nov 2024 12:41:35
What was it he’d say? ‘Someone on twitter teasing you’ ?.
23 Nov 2024 13:46:25
Sounds like a great deal for us if TAA won’t sign… don’t see why Madrid would do it.
23 Nov 2024 17:39:50
I'm having flashbacks to the Fat Kid from Bolton era West Darby.
23 Nov 2024 18:22:41
I just read it and felt I needed to post it as homage. It is a ridiculous story but I hope the big guy is smiling down on us as he reads it!
23 Nov 2024 18:30:26
Me too.
23 Nov 2024 19:24:26
As most people have been pointing out it would be a ridiculous move by Madrid.
I know they have a bit of a defensive crisis and no right-back so would like to take Trent in January but even so, they aren’t going to give us a £100M package for somebody who they could get for free in the summer.
24 Nov 2024 03:35:39
As someone famous here used to say, "I think someone is pulling your chain mate" *wink* YNWA.
24 Nov 2024 08:52:29
Stetienne keep posting them mate.
My reply was aimed at the Context of the story and not at you mate.
24 Nov 2024 09:17:58
I don’t really rate Tchouameni, what’s the appeal?
24 Nov 2024 10:48:22
Thanks JK, I am not that precious that I took it personally and had hoped that was your sentiment.
Always difficult to convey emotion in words and easily misinterpreted, so I try and envisage all eventualities and scenarios.
The rumour has absolutely zero traction for me, just to be clear lol.
24 Nov 2024 16:23:45
unfortunately, as ed002 isn't here to quash the rumor, i'll have to believe that it has some legs
and i can explain why it may be possible
- RM needs a RB
- LFC wouldn't want to lose a key player on a free, especially to RM (Steve Mac 2.0 anyone? )
- AT was someone we had some interest in few seasons ago
- AT is not having a good time at RM
- LFC missed out on a MF in the summer
- because having some fee and player swap will help us feel better if TAA does really leave us, so we want to believe it
- because someone (dont know who though) reported it
- because there is no RTFP to read
so yea, i'm going to believe it! >, -.
24 Nov 2024 20:30:30
Rtfp glifnard.
25 Nov 2024 06:15:13
I'd go for Camavinga and not Tchouameni. Camavinga seems to be similar to Gravenberch and were Slot to want to play the double 6 (as he has done in the past with other teams), Camavinga is Slot's type of player and would slot in quite easily. ?.
25 Nov 2024 08:33:44
Didnt they try to buy Mbappe with only 6 months left? and didn't get him?
25 Nov 2024 13:30:50
We absolutely need to get additional player to play a 6.
I always rate Endo, but with the team's current style of playing, the team will have to adapt to him when he play. He is too different from Grav.
Any injury to Grav, while we can have (existing) players coming in, w will suffer unless we adjust the way we play too. Just ask City. how not adjusting the playing style but attempting to do a like for like with another lower level player.
Back to Endo, the adjustment is too big to expect of him.
Thus, another player is a big bug must.
Even if we do not really in fact rely on this player and say Grav stays healthy, it will help refresh the team after a hopefully successful year.