Diego21

Yesterday I told you that audios of the owners of Valencia are leaking. Okay. One leaked last night. In it, Anyl Murthy (the owner) says that Valencia is a beautiful city, but that they don't know how to export the club's brand. And for comparison, he says: 'Newcastle is a shitty city. But on the other hand, the club, at the sponsorship level, knows how to move'. This gentleman hasn't been eating at Greggs.

Should be Targget plus one young LB with so much future.

Valencia CEO are in talks right now with Barcelona try to sell Gaya and Carlos Soler. Both of them are very good players. Gaya should be the LB starter for Spain (and he is better than Lodi, that is the player that have sound the most for us). With Soler I have more doubts how can him adapt to PL. (In fact, I want both of them for Atletico too hahaha). I told this because looks like Barcelona have said they don't have money to sign him and Valencia need to sell both of them In addition, they are the two captains of the club, but yesterday some audios of the president were leaked saying that he threatened the players with screwing up their lives and their families and after this they will have to sell them.(). To 'cure' their accounts, Valencia is selling players below its value in the last years.

Bruno G. The start of a new era.

Allow me to expand a bit on the Carrasco issue. I will start by saying that he is a superb player. And that at the level it is currently at, €60M is a fair price. In his day, Fooball Leaks leaked the transfer of Carrasco from Monaco to Atleti. Monaco kept 25% of the pass, because they understood that Atleti was going to sell it shortly. But it is that, in addition, Atlético put the player's file (valued at about €20M at the time) as collateral for some loans that the club had requested from a Canadian investment fund. OKAY. this was 2015 Carrasco grew a lot as a shock in the 2015-2016 season. He was a pure winger, a dribbler, but it was difficult for him to start because Atleti did not usually play with wingers. But that year Atleti hardly had any real strikers (Griezmann and later Torres had a few good months) so Carrasco played a lot as a second striker. In his 2016-2017 season he was incredible, but little by little he was deflating. He started having a bad attitude. When the coach put him on the right wing, he stopped running and fighting. He had problems in the locker room. One day, after drawing in the UCL against Qarabag (for which Atleti was eliminated from the group stage) he had a fight in the locker room with the captains Koke, Gabi and Godín. In February 2018, with the market closed to sign players in Spain... he went to China (the same day that Atleti opened a franchise team in Canada. Do you remember that he came and was put as a guarantee for a Canadian company? ) Also, he went to the Dalian team. The team was owned by a Chinese businessman named Wanda. Wanda is the man who in 2017 bought 20% of Atlético de Madrid for 50 million euros and also put his name as the name of the stadium (Wanda Metropolitano). That same day, Atleti sold Nico Gaitán and Carrasco to the same team, but the amount of the operations was never known. In China he played as a second striker (the team was coached by Benítez). But there he had many discipline problems. He got into a fight with a teammate (he broke his jaw Steven Taylor-Carroll) and was suspended from employment and wages twice. He returned in January 2020 because he came for free... Atleti needed attackers and at the last minute they couldn't sign Cavani. So Carrasco arrived. The truth is, he did not have any impact between the months of January and March. He could tell that he arrived without rhythm and from a minor league. But then came the break due to the pandemic... He now seems like a much more mature player. Last season he played the whole year as a left winger and it was incredible the fight he put in and the tactical conditions he showed. He is a player who, when he is plugged in, reaches the 90th minute after running the entire game and continues to run and dribble rivals. Today he is one of our best players. In my opinion, together with Correa, he has been the best player this season. It is true that he had some bad games (when he was sent off in the Champions League and was banned for 3 games he seemed to fade). I really believe that he has the quality to play for any team in the world and when he is at his best he is an absolutely differential player. I also think that his best position is on the left wing and that it wouldn't make much sense to sign him if the club is going to stay and really trust Saint Maximin.

Is Joelinton the favourite to win the Balón de Oro 2022?

Interesting to know the Gabriel Jesus movement.

I agree with Lascelles. I mean... The man is more a problem than a solution. He is the captain... He is playing last weeks when he doesn't deserve because Schar and Burn are better than him. But he has some special power in the team because he is the captain. He has a contract in that probably is write he has to play is he is fit... And in the other side, is a man with some behaviour problems. Diame, Willock, Hayden... The man has in some fights with some teamates.

Ludovic Blas could be a good player. In my opinion, if Paqueta is in his top level, he is better than Blas. But I have some doubts with Paqueta. He is very good in Lyon, but he was failed in Milan. Bruno and him are best friends and Paqueta have been in St Mary Stadium this year watching Newcastle againts Soton.

And next year he will sign another again. You need Academy players to complete the list for Champions League😇

About what?? FFP??

Probably Carrasco and Lodi. Maybe Hermoso.

Gabriel Jesús, Morata, Belotti, Mousa Dembelé, Icardi, Jovic, Maxi Gómez, Lacazette, Lukaku, Depay, Milik, Origi ... All of them will be in the market next summer. And if Everton get relegated, Richarlison and DCL too. I like anothers interesting like Jonathan David, Iheanacho, Gouiri (is not a striker, more like second striker similar to David Villa)

I suppose that you know it, but there is an anecdote in that signing. I don't know how it was reported in England, but here it was given a lot of coverage because Robinho was leaving Real Madrid and here the press is 99% Real Madrid and 1% other teams. The fact is that Robinho landed in Manchester, they went to introduce him... he entered the stadium... and he realized that he didn't know anything about the shield or anything out there. Until they told him that he was signing for Manchester City… he thought he was going to sign for Chelsea!

Tavernier 94 matches, 34 goals and 32 assists in the last 2 season. 340 matches, 80 goals and 106 assists since he joined Rangers. I would like to see in Premier League next year and he could be a good choice to be the reserve of Trippier. I have to say that when he was our academy player and he played very little, it seemed to me that he could have a future.

I must say that Wilson is a player that I have never liked... Until I saw him play here. Obviously, if Wilson can't stay healthy, a striker needs to be signed. Because Wood is a player who has never scored more than 10-12 goals per season. It is a very difficult decision because everything will depend on the striker you sign. If you can bring in someone like Dembele (Lyon) he is a player who will fight Wilson for the starting job. The 'problem' is that if you bring in any striker, Wood will be left as a third option. And it has been quite an expensive investment to keep him out. And no other team is going to buy it for anything close to what it cost us.

Agree. Is very hard to maintain this because really the currently squad is not for getting 60 points. The best thing I see is that the winter transfers really haven't really meant much. I mean. Targett have been amazing, but he is on loan. Next season we get Targett again or another, probably with the same or better level. Burn have been very good. But is not a player for thinking in Top6. He is very good for us and I love him, but probably we need someone better. Trippier really only played 4-5 matches an later the injury. Bruno has started to be starter in the last weeks and Wood... Ok. He is acceptable to improve players like Murphy, Almiron o Willock. But Really He is playing just for the Wilson injury. If you can get a good CB, a good LB. a decent playmaker (Paqueta, please) and more players for the bench. And Wilson and Trippier recovery to his best form, the team would be very competitive.

With Eddie Howe, Newcastle is getting 1'68 points per game in Premier League. This means that in 38 games in the regular season he was proyection to get 63-64 points. With 64 points, in the lasts seasons, the team finish in: 2020-2021: 7th (Conference League, the Top Four was in 67 points) 2019-2020: 5th (Europa League, the Top Four was in 66 ponits). 2018-2019: 7th (Europa League, the Top Four was in 71 points) 2017-2018: 6th (Europa League, the Top Four was in 75 points)

To be fair, he was in Rayo Vallecano ground too following the new mister Iraola (ex Athletic Bilbao player).

I am not sure if you know... Howe was in Madrid in Atletico training camp some days before he sign as a Newcastle Coach learning Simeone style and tactics. For nothing.

I only hope we can add Paqueta to our team in summer. The man was very bad in Milan, and I have some doubts about him... But he is the best Friend of Guimaraes and I am sure we can get some things next seaton with the Brazilian Trivote Bruno-Paqueta-Joelinton 🤣

I need subtitles to see that.

Thanks. If the real advantage is to jump for tickets... Is not very good for me (I have seen a 5% discount in stores too). But I don't understand why there are a limit... I mean... Is money almost for free. In Atletico we are more or less 150.000 members... But only 60.000 with season ticket.