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Mane IIRC, after Gotze rejected us.

Inter fans don't want him back. Apparently he's slow thinking and clumsy. What is generally recognised is that the South American leagues are much weaker than they were, with all the promising youngsters (such as he used to be) poached by European clubs, and only those who don't merit the attention of European clubs remaining.

A bit like Sterling was when he was here?

IIRC Cleopatra talking about her and Antony's earlier days.,

McDermott's goal was exactly what I thought of when Salah headed the ball.

SS guard: You have to choose between your son Jan, or your daughter Eva. You can keep one, and I'll take the other. Sophie: Take Adam. He's always sick anyway.

Cole could probably do a better roll up than Messi.

Juve won't be interested in Salah. He's not a midfielder on a free.

It was just parochial decision making again. Klopp had thrashed us by more than Ancelotti ever had, so we predictably went with the one who impressed against us.

My impression was that Johnston played more as an individual, and was less involved in those interchanges that Barnes, Beardsley and Houghton were fond of. Aldridge was involved in these as well I think. Was that so?

What was Craig Johnston like? I remember him being ridiculously quick, but I don't remember much else. Houghton who replaced him was always in the right areas and on the same wavelength for combination plays.

Sessegnon?

Well worth the 20m Leicester paid for him though. Especially if Man Utd are willing to pay 60m for him a year on.

James Maddison's being touted for 60m a year after moving from the Championship for 20m.

Neal Maupay of Brentford? Good in close spaces, scores and assists, provides needle, plays across the front line, young. On the downside, Championship team, short, not overly quick.

Was that Souness at 00:58 tapping the ball back with the outside of his foot?

How are we on the homegrown squad requirements? What will the requirements be post-Brexit? Are we going to stick with the trained with the association that we have now, or are we going back to the national squad eligibility rule circa early 90s? The former is AFAIK a compromise between UEFA and EU employment laws. The PL seems to want to move towards the latter.

Dalglish was infamously incomprehensible. Or at least according to the Anfield Rap. "Blrblrblrblr...ah yeah!"

Loic Remy?

Peter Crouch, possibly.

Pepe's a free agent, if we're looking for a short term CB. Left Besiktas on a mutual on good terms.

Is Michael Duff still playing?

Ox is in the PL squad. The CL squad has only 21 List A players (25 allowed).

I remember people rejoicing that we were getting rid of Insua, and me pointing out that we didn't have a manager at the time, and wondering who was making these decisions.

I was more annoyed by the fact that our senior squad was left with Jack Robinson (16 at the time) as the only LB after Purslow flogged him off, leading us to re-sign a broken Aurelio. And yet more annoyed by the fact that Purslow sold him on his own initiative, while we didn't have a manager in place. After Purslow had finished playing Championship Manager, he put Hodgson in place who then signed Konchesky for 3.5m.