Pretty sure only Real Madrid will push the boat out to try and sign him.
He’s well out of reach for the majority of clubs. His wages alone are absolutely obscene.
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Pretty sure only Real Madrid will push the boat out to try and sign him.
He’s well out of reach for the majority of clubs. His wages alone are absolutely obscene.
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
I’m not sure it’s even within their gift. Jude Bellingham I think will see them have to sell a lot of players
That said he’s another player where money would be no object to bring him in, absolute top quality
Partey to Utd needs to be done before saner minds at Utd intervene.
Lools unlikely, though I'd have no objection, he seems crocked to me, be funny to see him in the Utd treatment room
As long as we don’t mince about whilst trying to source an adequate replacement they can by all means add him to their already seismic wage billQuote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Surely Rice is the replacement?Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
Haven't seen enough games to figure out the starting line-up next season. Xhaka is a big loss in terms of energy and leadership. Can Rice compensate for that. Don't know enough about the guy. But £100mill surely can't be spunked on a whim?
Odegard isn't great but he's good enough.
Who else? Honestly, a couple of years ago I could reel off every player and know exactly how they would perform. Now it's a bit of a mystery. What will the midfield be, assuming we don't want to sabotage it with Partey?
Rice, Odegard, and that chav?
I have a feeling he might convert the chav to a striker.
Nah…we were already short on numbers (and quality) in midfield. Can’t sell both the Albanian halfwit and Partey sign one midfielder and shoe horn Donkey Boy into the Xhaka role.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Well obviously we can, but I don’t think we will
Clearly some of you guys are only interested in rebuilding this team till kingdom come!!
IMO we definitely can't afford to lose Partey now if the idea is to beat Man City this season and stay above the other pretenders. To think some are even happy to sell him to a direct rival, come on guys!
An hour ago I stumbled upon this interview Edu gave a while back after his return, reminiscing on the good old days....a good weekend read.
One of the takeways from it was that despite the fact that he, Gilberto, Parlour and Vieira were all fighting for really only 2 spaces in the starting lineup, they were all great friends. However this did not inhibit the crazy competition among them which he feels only encouraged them to bring their A game given any opportunity.
The 2nd takeaway was AW agreed that one of the big mistakes he made was letting both Vieira and Edu leave at the same time (probably influenced by the untested shiny new toy he had unearthed, but thats another debate).
So can we stop with the foolishness by repeating the past over and over again. No need to knock it all down and rebuild when we can reinforce a pretty good foundation and keep on from there.
https://theathletic.com/2978675/2021...ncibles/?amp=1
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Of course, the arrival of Gilberto meant increased competition for places. Edu found himself battling for game time with some of his closest friends within the squad. “That’s what I want to see from players,” he says, the technical director within him flickering. “It wasn’t just Gilberto and Patrick — I had a great relationship with Ray Parlour as well. But when you go to training, you compete. It was the four of us fighting for the same positions.”
Edu believes that was a defining characteristic of the team that would eventually become Invincible: a close bond and unbreakable spirit, combined with a ruthless competitive edge. “The mentality of that team was something else,” says Edu. “When you’re talking about Sol Campbell, Vieira, Henry, Pires, Ljungberg, Dennis Bergkamp, Jens Lehmann, Lauren… man, all the guys were crazy to win. No one was nice. You went into games with the veins in your neck throbbing.”
It's not rocket science, if Arteta is sticking with the same system (and when doesn't he) it's obvious Rice will play DM and Havertz will play left 8, hence they're happy to lose Xhaka and Partey as they've upgraded in both positions
Given how unreliable Partey is and how well Jorginho did, they're probably happy to let Partey go
Apparently the club wanted to keep Xhaka as a utility player to have on the bench, but he wants to go to a club where he's still a regular starter, which presumably Leverlusen has promised he will be