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Renan Lodi, about whom it was said we were very interested last summer (for around €30M that Atlético was asking for) has just arrived at O Marseille for €13M. A dodged bullet.

If Maxi leaves, then yes, now is the time to make a great signing to play in the attacking midfielder line.

This girl 2 days ago was a Sunderland player and from today she has become the love of my life.

In this case, yes. Because I don't mind Gordon coming in a little tired. In the end, for the moment, he is not an indispensable starting player who is going to play 3,000 minutes this year. Or at least he doesn't have that obligation at first. He can wait a bit, recover his form, rest, and for the attacking front we have many options to rotate. I always remember when Atleti signed Kun Aguero in 2006. He played all the games in 2006-2007, but he didn't really break it, he didn't stand out, he even seemed a little fat. He went to the 2007 U20 World Cup, Argentina won there, he was the MVP and the Top Scorer... And he came to Atleti and had an absolutely incredible 2007-2008 season... (He scored 27 goals and gave 11 assists and played all matches) It earned him a lot of confidence and establish himself as indisputable. Without resting at all, he went to the Olympic Games in Beijing... There Argentina won Olympic Gold and just 48 hours after winning the final, the guy was in Madrid playing a UCL preview match that qualified Atleti against Schalke 04 later of more than 10 years without entering the Champions League. And the match that he played was unbelievably crazy. And that same 2008-2009 season, he once again had a spectacular level. (He scored 21 goals and gave 15 assists and played every game without problems). He chained 3 seasons playing every game with the club and without rest in three consecutive summers.

I didn't remember this match. 😅

I have not understood this expression. xD

It is true that what happens in youth tournaments must be taken with caution, but it is also true that in this U21 practically all the players are 22 and 23 years old and are footballers who are already going to make a living from professional football. I do see Gordon's performance in the tournament as positive. Even if England ends up winning the tournament, he can opt for the MVP of the tournament, something that players like Fabian, Thiago Alcántara, Ceballos, Mata or Fabio Vieira have won in recent editions. But I think Gordon needed this boost of confidence and adrenaline after the very difficult months he's been through, first at Everton living through the relegation situation, then the criticism for leaving the team and then the bad luck he's had at his first months here, with some painful episodes like those substitutions soon. I don't see negative aspects of him putting together a great performance and the physical issue doesn't seem like such an important problem to me.

Is Partey i guess. https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1676208393525121026

I agree. In fact, I think pretty much all of us would have accepted that Almiron had been sold last summer for an appropriate amount because the guy hadn't really progressed or exploded in all his years here. But of course, with the level shown this season for several months... My only question is whether Miggy will be able to maintain that level throughout the season. Because that is the level that sets him apart and makes him important in a Champions League team like ours.

If you go for Maddison and Szoboszlai, but Chiesa or Diaby eventually arrive, you're kind of changing the idea you have with those players, because they can play the same position, but their style is radically different. Chiesa I love it. At least the version up to before he was injured. I think he was one of the most differential players in the world playing on the right wing. I do believe that a player with his ambition will be able to recover stability and return to his level. But if the signing is Chiesa, I think Almirón or Murphy would have to leave, because there are 3 players who clearly play in the same position.

I think that Pep has simply not liked him and he has a bit on one side. In addition, his competition has been Rodri (who is a physical marvel and has played everything), Gundogan and the new version of Stones. At the start of the season, Pep said that Phillips had had that serious shoulder injury the previous season and that he needed to get back to his best. In the middle of the season (after the World Cup), Pep said that Phillips had arrived a bit overweight and that this was unacceptable. To justify his absence for the entire season, he said that this year he had decided almost not to rotate his players because other years he had done it and it had gone wrong. It's complicated. He may be some kind of Rodwell, but like you say, the only way to prove it is to sign him. He has already been at a good level for 3-4 years in the Championship and for two years in the Premier with Leeds... But it is true that sometimes there are certain players who only know how to perform in one team and not in the rest.

I don't know if he has a place in the team, now with Tonali... But Phillips is a player that I love and for whom I would have gone on the first day of the market.

Is very beautiful. Probably I buy it.

Not really. Fernando (Ex City) is a very good player, but it's already 35 years... Bono (the goalkeeper) would be a good substitute for Pope, but we already have Dubravka. Acuña (Left Back) I like a lot, but I'm not sure he can adapt to the Premier League. Little more. Gudelj, Ocampos or En Nesiry are good players, but here they would come to play a substitute role and we already have better players in their position, even as substitutes.

He is a pure right winger. Very fast. But it is very irregular. We can say that it is a small version of ASM on the other band. In recent months I have been talking with a person in charge of the Villarreal sports management with whom I have become friends and she has confirmed that for them she is the best pearl of their academy. This year has been his best year. And for example, he himself destroyed Real Madrid. I think he could have a good impact in the Premier.

The club's strategy, for the moment, does not seem to be giving too many clues to the press. The players that we have signed that have been more expensive have hardly been mentioned or it seemed that they were going to another team. Isak and Tonali arrived overnight when there were no rumors for them. Botman (Milan) and Bruno (Arsenal) did make a lot of noise, but because it seemed like there was a war that we had lost. Those who have really sounded the most have been guys like Diego Carlos, Maddison or Paquetá, and they never came. The Trippier, Pope or Burn thing was also sudden and almost without knowing. Gordon never made a sound either and when it seemed like he was going to Chelsea or Tottenham, suddenly we made it official. If Szoboszlai doesn't end up coming, he doesn't worry me, although he seemed like a good player to me. Surely the club has other ideas that have not yet come to the press. And if the level of Almirón or Murphy is the same as last season and Gordon and Saint Maximin can really contribute more than last year (something easy to do), it would not seem like a drama to me not to sign anyone.

I don't like Pau Torres at all. It seems to me a very soft central. He is good with the ball at his feet to make first passes and come out with the ball played, but I think it will be very difficult for him to adapt to the level of the Premier League.

We value Ryan Fraser at 38M then. 12M+ Fraser Seems like a fair deal to me.

If we manage to sign Livramento and Szoboszlai... We would have something like that. It's not a starting XI and substitutes, it's just a way to accommodate 25-26 players on the field. In my opinion, I would sell Lascelles, Manquillo, Hendrick, Fraser, Lewis and Darlow. It seems that Howe has Dummett and Ritchie, even if they are not going to play. He would also sell (or perhaps give away) Krafth. I think it would be great to sign a starting left back (Tierney or something similar) and a center back who can make things difficult for Schar. I have doubts with Hayden. Possibly selling him is the best, but he is a player that I always liked for Stopper work and we don't have anything similar in the squad.

I think after signing Tonali, it makes even more sense to go for Szoboslai than Maddison. There is a more compensated staff. So it's fine by me that Mads is going to Tottenham.

Livramento is fine for me.