Maldini

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Some of these beat reporters think they're Woodward and Bernstein don't they. The reality is they're just assembly line workers in the quote factory. The ego of the man!

This must be by far the biggest turnover ever from a league winning side

He's just been on Sky there saying it publicly as well, saying we all knew there was a chance Eze and Guehi could go but we haven't replaced them and there's nobody to blame but ourselves. Said they're scrambling around now at the end of the window and it shouldn't be like this.

Sky Italy saying Milan are interested in Joe Gomez if they can't get Akanji

Lewis Steele linked us with Can Uzun yesterday, young Turkish #10 at Frankfurt. I'd imagine he'd be Elliott's replacement if he goes

I've a bit less sympathy, he forced their DOF out at the end of the season and he and his son are the recruitment team at the moment. I'm sure he's getting pressure from above to do certain things but he's responsible for this mess too.

He's really leaning into the your-wife's-friend's-husband "who's into football" aesthetic

As mad as it sounds, he's not a big lump, he's actually more of a skillful 10 who drops off and plays in the channels

True yeah, he was out injured for a couple of months as well though. 4 goals, 2 assists in that 500 mins too. The manager really didn't seem to trust him in the first half of the season but he featured more in the second. I don't think he has a long-term future here but it may be one "out" too many this summer given deficiencies in other areas.

He didn't think he was good enough to start but he was very good off the bench in a lot of games. He seems to have a great ability to see what a game needs when he comes on, Monday night being another example, we'll miss that if he goes. I don't think we can let him leave if Isak isn't coming in, Wirtz will need to be pushed up at some point

A visual of this transfer window

That's not how I interpreted that at all, is he not just saying they're waiting to see if they can get a fee from Newcastle rather than a loan from Bayern?

I don't think there is an 8 in this system though, there's two 6s and a 10

I would, I think he still has the potential to be a world class player. He's been incredibly poorly coached there. I don't think he's as good as the Mancs were hyping him up to be but he's still a big prospect.

Hypothetical question: would you take Mainoo for £50m?

All his tweets read like those "to camera" bits in Geordie Shore

That's an incredible move for McConnell, will likely improve him a lot and/or bump his value

He had good moments at times but he kept getting caught high up the pitch pressing too hard, it left us unbalanced. You could get away with that with Szoboslai playing the 10 and covering a ton of ground but not with Wirtz, it was one of the main reasons we couldn't get out all game.

This is nonsense, he hasn't signed any contract yet and legally can only sign a 3-year-deal because he's under 18

I thought Jones did him no favours last night. If we're playing Wirtz the other two need to be more disciplined than they previously were and Jones kept Roy Of The Roversing it trying to make things happen. I think a fit and firing Mac and Grav behind him will get the ball to him more. The pace of the last two games will probably be top 5 for the whole season as well. I think he'll get better at finding time and space as the season goes on.

Which one of you is this https://www.threads.com/@l_and_p_hand_i_craft/post/DNx18Zf2v0H?xmt=AQF0tFaKTO9rgQ3eiPRUD9tg3mU5tqj3SZl0sbdd456RRA&slof=1

He's playing scared, he got in his own head for their first

We don't win the league last season without the impact of Gakpo, Nunez and Jota off the bench. It seems we won't have that this season which is a huge blow. I think we need one more even if we're getting Isak. We can't rely on a 16-year-old and Chiesa who has an awful injury record

Straight out of Black Mirror. What the f*** has happened to humanity?