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Wonder if we showed that photo to PSG during negotiations to help bring the price down.

In fairness, every team other than Spain and now Barcelona lacks a Rodri type.

If Wirtz and Isak click and Barcola hits the ground running, we could be in for a very fun season. I don’t think the squad is strong enough to compete for the big pots but after last season it’ll be a relief just to enjoy and look forward to the games again.

I mean, Monaco and Camara kind of have to wait until 2027 now.

https://x.com/AnfieldEdition/status/2094913943441469615 https://x.com/AnfieldEdition/status/2094914589297140209 "Could" doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Still, funny. Chelsea's midfield options until January are: Caicedo (injured) Lavia (usually injured) James (often injured) Henderson (older than the sun) Gusto (a right-back) Barco (a Strasbourg diddle) Turns out even clubs that sign dozens of players every year aren't much better than us at squad planning.

No, Genk, not Brugge.

"HOOF!"

I don’t think CFC would have signed Henderson or Welbeck had Alonso not wrested the title of manager out of them. Or gone for Xhaka.

We should definitely let Fofana go to Palace for 30m so he can prove himself in the PL and set us up to miss out on him due to cost on deadline day 2028. “No value in the market” etc.

I also have no idea if Ben Jacobs is reliable or not. I guess if we sold Mamardashvili it would free up a slot, even if the Belgian lad came in early. You’d also have to assume some Serie A club takes Chiesa on loan today. Similar could happen with Endo.

Ben Jacobs reckons Minteh’s reps are still trying to make a deal for him happen.

Assume that's because De Zerbi had him at Shakhtar.

Or when we realised Palace and Brighton weren't going to budge on their valuations for Sarr and Minteh. Ah yes, the multiplying effect of putting two things together. Was hoping to see Abel Xavier's face upon clicking this link.

Spent most of his career on the left, as I recall. At Palace he became a right-sided inside forward behind Mateta in Glasner's 3-4-2-1 and didn't ever really seem to attack from out wide. But maybe that's what Iraola wanted, given he often fielded one "narrower" winger with Semenyo wider on the other side. My theory is they wanted both Minteh and Sarr – the former as the right winger, and Sarr as a multi-functional forward who could also rotate in for Isak and Wirtz.

We should field all four of our left wingers on the left at the same time for a laugh. Give Frimpong space to do his thing on the other side.