Just read that if Max Dowman gets integrated in to the first team he’d have to get changed in his own changing room until Jan 1st 2028!

I saw someone post the other day that the signing of Sterling was akin to the KLF burning a million quid. I thought that was a perfect analogy.

https://youtu.be/Y6mlXx_MBRE?feature=shared

Good video on what Zubimendi might bring

I think Garcia’s release clause is £20m. £12m if Espanyol get relegated which is technically still possibly but very unlikely.

I think we need 6, the 4 positions you list above and another central creative midfielder and a left sided defender.

Add someone like Eze or Simons or Cunha and you have Ødegaard cover, greater creativity, direct dribbling ability and goalscoring threat and each of them could play a floating wide left role to give depth there
Add a proper left back and it allows MLS to play more games in central midfield.

The leaving prices look attainable except for Vieira, I’ll be amazed if we can get more than £15m for him.

If we sign a wide left player we might see one of Trossard or Martinelli leave, and there are questions over Tomiyasu’s future still, injured far too often and is essentially 3rd or 4th choice in 3 positions.

Thanks Rich. So in a nutshell he is a younger more defensively effective Thomas Partey who in theory will allow Ødegaard and Rice to play slightly further up the pitch.

I think Garcia’s release clause is £20m. £12m if Espanyol get relegated which is technically still possibly but very unlikely.

I think we need 6, the 4 positions you list above and another central creative midfielder and a left sided defender.

Add someone like Eze or Simons or Cunha and you have Ødegaard cover, greater creativity, direct dribbling ability and goalscoring threat and each of them could play a floating wide left role to give depth there
Add a proper left back and it allows MLS to play more games in central midfield.

The leaving prices look attainable except for Vieira, I’ll be amazed if we can get more than £15m for him.

If we sign a wide left player we might see one of Trossard or Martinelli leave, and there are questions over Tomiyasu’s future still, injured far too often and is essentially 3rd or 4th choice in 3 positions.

https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1922985315104616490

Young player of the year award nominations. I find this award ridiculous in the cut off point. Really Palmer and Saliba should be nowhere near this list - it should be a strictly U21 award.

Surprising MLS isn't on the list. That media campaign really did for him

I’m biased obviously but seems weird that MLS isn’t a front runner for the prize. He’s been practically flawless in his debut season

I’m biased obviously but seems weird that MLS isn’t a front runner for the prize. He’s been practically flawless in his debut season

He's only played for a little over half a season. I'm not sure if there's a minimum number games criterion. Conor Bradley isn't nominated either. Lewis Hall's absence is probably the biggest surprise. I agree with Rich on the age. Having 23 year olds in there is silly.

If Foden has finally slipped of the list, put your money on the new golden bollocks englander, Palmer.

Not difficult really Bored.

He's very young. Too soon to tell, maybe?

He's a tad arrogant - those meditation celebrations have annoyed the media, because of the above, and also because...

He's black.

What a load of bollocks.

Frimpong set to sign for Liverpool. On the face of it a very good signing - low release clause of about £30m, only 24, counts as a home grown player and racks up goals and assists.
The downside is he rarely plays as a genuine right back, he's a right wing back or often a right sided midfield player. His attacking play far out performs his defensive play.

Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid for £50m looks close too, hopefully that should keep Madrid away from Saliba for this summer at least. Get Saliba on a new deal so if/when he does decide the lure of Madrid is too much we need to be making him the most expensive defender in the world - £80m+

Not sure if anyone has noted this yet but Havertz was back in training, Arteta says he looks in great shape and a decision will be made whether he can feature v Newcastle. I can't see him starting but being on the bench would be good. He isn't the solution to take us to title and CL winners but we have also missed him badly in the 2nd half of the season

We were all hoping that Salah would feck off as he would leave a monstrous gap to fill. While TAA's loss is not as significant, they can't sign a direct replacement for him. There is no fullback in the world who can deliver those passes. They will definitely have to change their tactics and it might not be too straight forward.

Up to a point, but the way liverpool play with players running the channels, any player with decent lomg passing ability is going to look fairly good.

Spurs heading for defeat No.21

Trent's passing is a lot more than decent though. He puts in fabulous balls to the back post from a deep position. He occasionally hits rakers from his own half to the opposite wing. It's a unique talent for a fullback.

You can see him pinging it right to left to the galloping legs of Vinicius and Mbappe can’t you.

Of the 3 Liverpool had going he was the one they could most afford to lose here and now though. AA out for chunks this season and no drop. Van Dyke or Salah out different story in my opinion.

Next year you’ve got to think (hope/pray..) Salah can’t have 1. such good form and 2. Such an injury-free run, especially in an AFCON year.

TAA only missed 4 PL games all season so we don't know what they will be like without him. He helps hugely in combatting a press. Get the ball to your right back who can spray it around the pitch.

I'd say you are right about Salah. The AFCON really disrupted his club form last time around.

One for you, Rich. The failure to award a red card to Henderson is up there with the worst decisions this season.

Is it an automatic red for Hendo deliberately playing the ball outside his area? It wasn’t dogso.

If he didn't swat the ball away Haaland just walks it in. That's a blatant red card. You can't have keepers deliberately handling it outside the box. If that happened to us, we'd be raging.