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All the players we've signed so far under him are players that other big clubs have also wanted. So what's he really done apart from offering higher wages maybe? Getting Mosquera for only £13m and a player like Hincapié on a season long loan are the sorts of deals you'd hope he'd have done. Maybe he wanted the multi club model sorted so he could use his contacts/data to sign the next Kerkez or Semenyo.

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Why will it cost us millions? If we don’t change the agreement he won’t play for them any more and so won’t trigger the buy option. If we do, they play him more often and he does well, will be easier to sell him in the summer. They’ll pay his loan fee and wages regardless.

It was an option not obligation to buy. Sunderland couldn't find a replacement so deal didn't go through. Like the Guehi deal, we left it to the last min of the transfer window. The club can plan for the years ahead but can't deal with any short term needs.

“I’m very happy with the squad. Let that be clear,” Slot said. “But it’s all clear and obvious that we have three long-term injuries. That’s why we’ve tried to strengthen the squad in the winter break and the player you mentioned [Geertruida], in the end, wasn’t available. “That we tried to strengthen the squad is clear and that tells you we think that it would have helped us. But we’re not going to sign players that are not good enough to play for this club. “I think there’s more to come from this group of players than we’ve got out of them until now — for obvious reasons. Some reasons I probably blame myself a little bit but some things I cannot do anything about: injuries, a player’s not ready to play three games a week.

Times today: There is a growing conviction among Premier League managers that this will be Pep Guardiola’s final season at Manchester City even though his contract runs until 2027. Guardiola’s future is understood to be a burning topic of conversation among many managers and coaches, with one at a leading club having told his executives last week that he is sure the 55-year-old, who arrived at City in 2016, will leave at the end of this season.

£2m?

PLTBT

Explains why crap like that is getting airtime: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DTdYNZskQm3/

Hopefully we get Alonso, he got the best of him and they have a great relationship.

Asked Slot for more minutes

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-115-charges-verdict-delay-premier-league-b2901819.html#

Joyce: Conor Bradley ruled out for the rest of Liverpool’s season. He has suffered a significant knee injury and will undergo surgery. Defender avoided ACL injury but still suffered damage to ligaments and bone

Good read https://archive.ph/QXMaX

It is understood that it is Isak’s lower leg, rather than his knee, which has been affected by the tackle. the rest of the article is just waffle

Gerrard said in an interview somewhere that one of the reasons he hasn't take another job is that he hasn't got the right team together. I think he wants to be more of a man manager and have a few top coaches around him.

Read somewhere than we advertised or looked for one, couldn’t find anyone suitable so gave to someone already in the coaching staff