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BENNO

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Wout is waaay ahead! I don’t call ‘done deals’ and this not ‘done’. But caution required! But very optimistic. As you never know with our Daniel if he is forcing Benfica’s hands with CV. Dias wants to come here. It is about the financials. We do have the money. We are targeting experienced quarter-back midfielders (as I call it) with contract down to 12 months as a guide. Or clubs willing to sell realistically. A lot of clubs have financial issues, and DL taking advantage of that. Kim stuff is very complicated.

Jessie Lingard offered to us by his camp. As far as we know, he is not who we are looking at profile-wise.

Out of all the fantastic bits of info we've had this window, this has made me the happiest
 

JayB

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Glad to hear we’re in for a quarterback style CM, Winks’ defensive positioning is miles away from good enough. It’s absolutely a position we should be looking to upgrade.

Rakitic has been confirmed to Sevilla, I wonder if the player might be Brozovic — he’s got more than a year left on his contract but Conte reportedly wants shot of him so Inter may be willing to sell at a reasonable price.
 

wrd

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It's funny. This rebuild feels anything but painful!

I think it was meant on an emotional level. It's been left so long that a few of the players like Rose and Eriksen are more of a relief than a sadness.
 

BuckeyeSpurs11

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It's funny. This rebuild feels anything but painful!

last year was the pain...not winning away from home for a year, sacking a beloved manager, forced to sell Eriksen at a discount without replacing him, our full backs being poor AND having no cover for them. Fighting/scrapping to finish 6th.
 

easley91

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This is turning into the defining window for the club. Dias and Wout plus that midfielder and we're balanced in the squad well and truly.
 

fletch82

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This is turning into the defining window for the club. Dias and Wout plus that midfielder and we're balanced in the squad well and truly.

If by balanced you mean we have 80 players for a 25 man squad then yeah I agree

Its feckin great fun though get em all in let em fight it out show the losers the door later
I like this new way of doing things :)
 

worcestersauce

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this is the benefit of being a well run club, we can poach during these times
We still have our TV money our largest income stream so with the handle we've got on our wage to turnover % we can take advantage and make these purchases.
 

stonebrow

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All so positive, id rather we go for a striker in the WW mould than an Ings. We have Bale back, id love Modric to add that calmness and experience to the midfield ...his reading of the game would compensate for the potential issues that may come with his age.
 

hutchiniho

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Two runners off Kane seemed to work pretty well today.

two runners off Kane was dreadful today. We were far mor effective when Son went more central to directly like with Kane. Moura was a passenger all game. Didn’t join as a front three or drop when defending to help protect the back 4 and midfield
 

Archibald&Crooks

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Two runners off Kane seemed to work pretty well today.

Lo celso is a cert he just has that bit of quality . Can pick a pass long or short and with licence can be a real threat in final third . Not to mention he likes a tackle and is pretty robust with it

two runners off Kane was dreadful today. We were far mor effective when Son went more central to directly like with Kane. Moura was a passenger all game. Didn’t join as a front three or drop when defending to help protect the back 4 and midfield

I'll deal with this later.
 
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PhantoM47

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Thanks for the ITK. It's interesting how D1 calls Dele out but Rebrab snuffs it. Also tasty info from Herc.

Between the various ITK, it feels like the striker is between Vinicius and Wout. However, Edouard has been hammered on about by D1 and he was on the money for Reg, so who knows?!

Exciting window. Got to the best ever in our history?
 

freeeki

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I wonder why Jose has u turned on dele because he was teachers pet a few months ago, and personally I think there’s a few others that need to go before him

It’s really very obvious.

Jose, like most managers, has always admired Dele. He wanted Woodward to sign him at United.

So of course he’s going to come in, big him up, and challenge him to recapture the form and performances he’s been capable of in the past.

Dele, quite simply, has not met the challenge aside from a handful of occasions.

If Dele was performing regularly, there would be no “U turn”.

The manager challenges players to prove their worth, and gives them the opportunity to do so. Some will, some won’t. See also: Tanguy Ndombele.

This shouldn't be too much for anyone to wrap their head around
 

Danny1

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Cheers Herc! Thx for the update and glad to hear we are still targeting the important positions that Mou wants!
 

Stoof

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Have asked the wife whether she’ll weg my horst given the ITK. Will let you know the woutcome.

EDIT: Turns out the “Optimistic” votes were the winners. Thanks for your time. #WoutWout
 
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Bubble44

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Has dragon1 ever mentioned WW as a possible signing? I don't recall.
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I have not

I am told we are down to 3

celtic boy , ings and I’m not sure who the third is , I know we spoke to Milik and the benfica boy but it could well be this Dutch lad but I’m speculating I’ve not had it confirmed
 

srups34

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Dragons frequently updated ITK has been a breath of fresh air this window. Good stuff from all the ITKers. ?

I would be up for loaning Dele out if our asking price is not met.
 

Anurag Jo

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Dragons frequently updated ITK has been a breath of fresh air this window. Good stuff from all the ITKers. ?

I would be up for loaning Dele out if our asking price is not met.
These past few days I feel like I am sitting in the same room Levy and Mourinho are.
 
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