The Tier system is just another way to keep the Reddit hive mind going imo, people look down on any source lower than 2, but a lot of the time it’s the lower down sources that break news first. The Tier’s reliability varies from club to club tbh, and for us I wouldn’t pay it too much attention.I never paid much attention to it because over time I've established my own idea of who is reliable and who isn't, but having looked at it closely recently, as impressive and detailed as it is, I think there's a hell of a lot of inaccuracies.
But then again, it depends on each club I suppose. The Sun for example is like Tier 5 on there but they have a decent record with our transfer news, and at least better than some of the outlets listed in higher tiers.
Paul Brown has been reporting it, just remembered. I think he’s been pretty open about Ndombele, Clarke and Lo Celso as well.The most bizarre thing about this rumour for sure is the fact that it just isn't commented on in England. Like, not even a single denial.
At the end of the day he writes for the Daily Star and his article seemed like a copy of the AS article.Paul Brown has been reporting it, just remembered. I think he’s been pretty open about Ndombele, Clarke and Lo Celso as well.
Multiple ITKs have gotten in on it, no JJ or Ally Gold telling us it’s BS and multiple tier 2 type sources in Spain reporting it.
And Dan KP retweeting reports out of Spain that Ceballos has been convinced by Poch.
Exactly this, we would have a number of midfield players capable of playing the killer pass and opening up a tight defence. Yes Eriksen can do that, but as teams know he’s our main playmaker they can snuff him out of games. Having multiple creative players makes that very difficult.Sign Ceballos and Lo Celso and our midfield options are amazing. Of course Eriksen would be a miss but the style of player we would have in the squad would be great.
Exactly this, we would have a number of midfield players capable of playing the killer pass and opening up a tight defence. Yes Eriksen can do that, but as teams know he’s our main playmaker they can snuff him out of games. Having multiple creative players makes that very difficult.
Got to get them through the door though.
The Daily Star is almost as bad as the Express and Metro. I’d be very sceptical of believing anything read in it.
I’m still convinced this is bollocks.
What has Dan Ashcroft said though?
I can assure you our interest is real. Weather we end up getting him is another issue.
I can assure you our interest is real. Weather we end up getting him is another issue.
Always take the whether.So if it's raining it's a no go?
I personally think Winks has now replaced Dier in that area of the pitch. The role in centre midfield has changed now largely because of the high press. The deeper midfielder needs to be comfortable facing side on or back to goal. Dier can't play that way but Winks does it well. He can turn in small spaces and pass the ball out from midfield under pressure. Dier needs to be facing forward with a picture in front of him. I actually think the way the game has evolved he will suit playing centre back. From there he can play more facing forward. I would not be surprised if Dier replaces Toby at the back. In that case Ceballos would compete with Winks.
I really do think we should be looking at an u21 attacker to compliment the squad and not affect the homegrown numbersI like Ceballos but if we're also getting Lo Celso, I hope signing him wouldn't mean that we didn't also go for a quicker, more attacking forward as well. It'd be great to have a similar midfield to Liverpool and City but their players have the likes of Mane, Salah, Sterling, Jesus and Mahrez as options for the out-ball.
I don't think we can go in to next season with only Son and Lucas again, as much as I love them.
Alasdair Gold confirms we are interested.
Alasdair Gold confirms we are interested.