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  1. Monsieur Hazdazler
    I am right in thinking you can only sign 2 players from the same club during a transfer window? I'm not sure if I am imagining that, but as we have Konsa already, if true it would mean either Benrahma or Maupay?
  2. Monsieur Hazdazler
    I can neither confirm or deny have intricate details of his small knock.
  3. Monsieur Hazdazler
    I heard he had a small knock
  4. Monsieur Hazdazler
    Is there anyone else who thinks this Marvelous Nakamba link is a red herring/non-starter? Seen so much about it on twitter with people expecting him to join, it just feels like him and his agent getting his name out there at this stage, especially after we’ve signed Douglas edit- changed Luiz for ‘Douglas’ to please @dont_do_it_doug.
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    I don’t think he’s seen much of Taylor
  6. Monsieur Hazdazler
    I think he was being diplomatic with the Targett/Taylor bit. I don’t think you spend 11mil on him if you don’t intend on him taking the spot, but Taylor should know he has a chance if he performs well
  7. Monsieur Hazdazler
    Does Smith have a history of that? I thought he was more of a 4-1-4-1/4-3-3 kinda guy, but I’ll happily admit to not being familiar with his approach at Walsall. I don’t remember Brentford playing 3 CB’s
  8. Monsieur Hazdazler
    With a name like Björn Engels from a town called Kaprijke, I’d say that’s a definite. Probably speaks French too though given Belgian schooling and time at Reims.
  9. Monsieur Hazdazler
    Yeah absolutely that’s a bit concern, I think I noted in my original post that the success of the deal for me will come down to this very point, and whether the fee received will be suitable for any market inflation and limit city’s ability to buy back strictly for profit. Hell if we want to be smart about it we agree to a fair buy back clause, but there’s a stipulation if it’s activated that city can’t sell him on for a set time period after or something. Not sure if that’s possible though
  10. Monsieur Hazdazler
    A fair view for sure, I think a financial profit is always attractive though. Loans suck as you do the development but often for a chunk of the bill (with some at least). On this one, we come out of it well either way. Buy back clauses don’t work like that. If city activate it he would have to go back, no choice for him
  11. Monsieur Hazdazler
    Although you want to know you have certainly over the ownership of your players, there’s a strong business case here. Man City are likely selling him at a very reasonable price because this transfer will enable him to get a work permit...all City can do with him is loan him again to Girona or similar as he can’t get a work permit for them. This transfer should give him enough points for that. The result is city get to see him in the premier league, make a profit on him overall if he never goes back. However if he excels they can buy him back for the first team with no permit issues. For us, if they do that we get a couple years of service (most likely) and make a profit on the deal. For me the success of the transfer comes down to whether or not the buy back clause is high enough to allow us to adequately source a replacement down the line if the market continues to inflate, and avoid a situation where he is just being bought for resale.
  12. Monsieur Hazdazler
    I saw this list yesterday as well and this name seemed so out of the blue I pretty much discarded it, sounds like I wasn’t the only one. What was this guys twitter handle?! Gotta drop that man a follow
  13. Monsieur Hazdazler
    I’m a little tentative about Heaton, sole reason being that I’m always tentative about pulling a player from a successful system and planting them in a different one. Both Heaton and Pope kinda came out of nowhere and cemented themselves as quality keepers, but they did it behind the same resolute, organised Burnley defence that restricted oppositions to a lot of low percentage chances. I can’t help but think that’s made them look better
  14. Monsieur Hazdazler
    I do feel there’s a bit of sub text to this graph, being that a big chunk of our % lost are the rotation options we’ve let go, who quite simply were not up to the standard and needed moving on. The big chunks are either loan players or older ones, slight guess but I think: Abraham - will be a loss but not irreplaceable Whelan - older player, great servant but not someone I’d want for a prem squad Adomah - no longer good enough Hutton - was he ever good enough? The rest are minor bit part players or loan players Tuanzabe and Mings. Squad depth is obviously a concern, but right now my only major concern is centre backs, once that is rectified I’ll feel way more comfortable, and we can look at perhaps a couple of improvement additions like a top DM and another winger. yeah we have work to do but I think this graph isn’t necessarily as bad as it looks
  15. Monsieur Hazdazler
    This kinda thing concerns me for the window but the season ahead, Smith has plenty of support, but I’ve seen a lot of people saying they expect us to finish mid table or some have said even top half. I think there needs to be something of a realistic removal of the rose tinted specs... 1) we came up through the playoffs so statistically are the most likely side to go back down 2) we went up with a lot of loan players, many aren’t still with the club 3) we are having a significant squad turnover this summer We are clearly doing some well thought out work in the market, not scatter gun, focused around a preferred playing style which is a huge plus. However given where we finished and squad turnover we have a long way to go to survive in the league this season. We could do really well, but there’s an awful lot of variables at the moment. My biggest concern is opinion turns against Smith if we start poorly, I hope we are better than that, but judging on people’s expectations I am somewhat concerned some fans will end up making things really tough it it starts badly. Even if we went down I’d want to seen Smith continue, no question, I think people are underestimating how challenging it is going to be this year given the situation we are in.
  16. Monsieur Hazdazler
    Pretty sure players can count as both homegrown at club and homegrown within country...so Grealish, Davis, Steer, Hause, Chester, Green, Lansbury, Taylor plus say Ramsey would fill our criteria (included one extra in case one is wrong!). Ramsey, Green, Grealish And Davis fulfil the youth academy ones. In other words it shouldn’t affect our recruitment
  17. Monsieur Hazdazler
    My favourite transfer expression so far...James Nursey said yesterday we ‘slapped in a bid’ for Targett. I love the idea of CP rocking down to Southampton and slapping their chairman while loudly exclaiming the details of the transfer
  18. Monsieur Hazdazler
    Everyone’s favourite journalists Nursey and Nixon saying it’s 11.5, rising to 17 with add ones which seems more reasonable
  19. Monsieur Hazdazler
    What do you mean, they're signing Justin so they've got a replacement for Chilwell as he's gonna sign for the Villa, champions of Europe, greatest club in the world, loved by all. After all, we're going to be fighting for top 6 next season, despite statistically being by far the most likely club in the league to go down.
  20. Monsieur Hazdazler
    This, and I think it’s why all journo talk linking us to high fee English/British based players needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. They’re making obvious links. We may be enquiring about these players but it doesn’t mean they are our first choices. I would imagine the club would make a lot of enquiries to see what might stick based on their long list of targets, then remove the expensive ones and whittle the list down
  21. Monsieur Hazdazler
    I don’t disagree with this in many ways, but I think he was probably more saying that teams are just asking for silly money. Fits with his story about Leeds wanting 30 for Kalvin Phillips. I always thought Nixon does know some stuff, and for a journo does a lot of interacting/sharing on twitter which is cool. I just don’t think any of them know what we are doing
  22. Monsieur Hazdazler
    Probably not much going there, either going to bigger clubs for big money, or certainly would be valued beyond our budgets (e.g. De Ligt, De Jong, Van de Beek, Onana, Tagliafico, Ziyech), Neres looks likely destined for Everton, Schone, Tadic and Blind don't fit the profile. That only leaves Veltman (stand in RB I think), Sinkgraven (back up left back I think), Mazraoui (no idea on him) who i don't know enough about, Bruno Varela was on loan from Benfica (back up keeper). That leaves Kaspar Dolberg, who they won't want to sell yet (and will likely go for big money in a year or so). After that you're going into their squad/youth players, many of which will be promoted to replace the mass of big money outgoings.
  23. Monsieur Hazdazler
    Kounde was mentioned on the recent Tifo podcast in regards to Arsenal...if you weren't referring to that one, that's probably where they got that from. Apparently Brekalo wants out, 20million euros touted. Absolutely no clue if this site is remotely reputable, it got posted on AVFC reddit so just sharing http://www.fussballtransfers.com/nachricht/wolfsburg-kommt-skov-fur-brekalo_105485
  24. Monsieur Hazdazler
    Some quality players on show...did you see the Italian lad Chiesa against Spain? Looked awesome. Tonali is a super hot prospect, linked to PSG so he is destined for bigger things I think. Hard to know who would be 'gettable' I guess. I like the look of Jorge Mere, Spanish centre back, really good on the ball. Tousart from France, he's at Lyon and could be a top DM in the future, that's from my knowledge rather than this tournament so far though, probably unlikely for us though. Mere is at Koln, maybe more realistic? Brekalo from Croatia is someone I've seen play before as well, at Wolfsburg I think. He looks very tidy.
  25. Monsieur Hazdazler
    I should have specified how much later
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