comment by Geoff Tipps (U1449)
posted 14 minutes ago
No matter what happens

This will never be topped

https://youtu.be/9cIDzJeebMg
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Reliable people have reported Cavani, Telles, Traore and Pellestri will all get done so it would be a surprise now if any one of those deals collapses.

Obviously anything can still happen but it would be a surprise.

I've a feeling we might just get Dembele through the door too.

That's Telles done.

Demebele news has been up and down throughout the day but now it’s looking more likely because we seem to have told Barca we would cover his wage

comment by Constantinople (U11781)
posted 3 seconds ago
Demebele news has been up and down throughout the day but now it’s looking more likely because we seem to have told Barca we would cover his wage
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Can't get excited about that one at all

From what I’ve read Barca want to sell Dembele so they can bring in Depay, but we only want a loan with an option to buy.

From what I’ve read Barca want to sell Dembele so they can bring in Depay, but we only want a loan with an option to buy.

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Which it seems they're now willing to accept.

comment by Clockwork Red (U4892)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Constantinople (U11781)
posted 3 seconds ago
Demebele news has been up and down throughout the day but now it’s looking more likely because we seem to have told Barca we would cover his wage
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Can't get excited about that one at all
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It’s a joke signing but sums up the shambolic club for what it is. We had lockdown to prepare for signings and how to move forward, we end up scrambling round on deadline day again.

it really isnt a joke signing at all.... its a risk.

if he stays fit Dembele could be a great asset to the squad.. to write the likes of him off ( if he does come) and cavanni before theyve even kicked a ball shows the kind of fans we have on here

from what i read, dembele's wages are not that stupid - c £200k, nowhere near the silliness of de light/suarez/griezmann wages - so a loan could be very interesting.

No it’s a joke signing, this club is pinning its hopes on a player who done his hamstrings THREE times last season.

That should be an automatic no no, and given the fact we’ve got the worst medical department when it comes to helping injury prone players then we’d be lucky to see this guy make 10 appearances for us.

comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 4 minutes ago
From what I’ve read Barca want to sell Dembele so they can bring in Depay, but we only want a loan with an option to buy.

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Which it seems they're now willing to accept.
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Seems like a compromise could be met, similar to what Barca did with Bayern for Coutinho. Though Bayern’s option to buy him was hilariously over €100m.

comment by dunc manson... you must follow ole... you must follow ole (U11713)
posted 1 minute ago
it really isnt a joke signing at all.... its a risk.

if he stays fit Dembele could be a great asset to the squad.. to write the likes of him off ( if he does come) and cavanni before theyve even kicked a ball shows the kind of fans we have on here
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I'm certainly not writing either of them off but you have to say Cavani and Dembele smack of panic buys and the kind of things that have gone wrong in the past.

comment by Constantinople (U11781)
posted 2 seconds ago
No it’s a joke signing, this club is pinning its hopes on a player who done his hamstrings THREE times last season.

That should be an automatic no no, and given the fact we’ve got the worst medical department when it comes to helping injury prone players then we’d be lucky to see this guy make 10 appearances for us.
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which is why a loan signing is nowhere near the risk of a perm signing.

how many times did giggs do his groin and hamstring during his career?

comment by Clockwork Red (U4892)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by dunc manson... you must follow ole... you must follow ole (U11713)
posted 1 minute ago
it really isnt a joke signing at all.... its a risk.

if he stays fit Dembele could be a great asset to the squad.. to write the likes of him off ( if he does come) and cavanni before theyve even kicked a ball shows the kind of fans we have on here
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I'm certainly not writing either of them off but you have to say Cavani and Dembele smack of panic buys and the kind of things that have gone wrong in the past.
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i think cavanni might just shock a few people if he signs

comment by dunc manson... you must follow ole... you must follow ole (U11713)
posted 2 minutes ago
it really isnt a joke signing at all.... its a risk.

if he stays fit Dembele could be a great asset to the squad.. to write the likes of him off ( if he does come) and cavanni before theyve even kicked a ball shows the kind of fans we have on here
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Hardly, between them they played fewer games than Luke Shaw did last season.

comment by dunc manson... you must follow ole... you must follow ole (U11713)
posted 25 seconds ago
comment by Clockwork Red (U4892)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by dunc manson... you must follow ole... you must follow ole (U11713)
posted 1 minute ago
it really isnt a joke signing at all.... its a risk.

if he stays fit Dembele could be a great asset to the squad.. to write the likes of him off ( if he does come) and cavanni before theyve even kicked a ball shows the kind of fans we have on here
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I'm certainly not writing either of them off but you have to say Cavani and Dembele smack of panic buys and the kind of things that have gone wrong in the past.
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i think cavanni might just shock a few people if he signs
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I'm more optimistic about him. Always handy to have a proven goalscorer in the squad.

comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 13 seconds ago
comment by dunc manson... you must follow ole... you must follow ole (U11713)
posted 2 minutes ago
it really isnt a joke signing at all.... its a risk.

if he stays fit Dembele could be a great asset to the squad.. to write the likes of him off ( if he does come) and cavanni before theyve even kicked a ball shows the kind of fans we have on here
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Hardly, between them they played fewer games than Luke Shaw did last season.
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didnt cavanni have a major falling out with neymar.. if reports are true thats the real reason he missed a chunk of the season

comment by Clockwork Red (U4892)
posted 34 seconds ago
comment by dunc manson... you must follow ole... you must follow ole (U11713)
posted 25 seconds ago
comment by Clockwork Red (U4892)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by dunc manson... you must follow ole... you must follow ole (U11713)
posted 1 minute ago
it really isnt a joke signing at all.... its a risk.

if he stays fit Dembele could be a great asset to the squad.. to write the likes of him off ( if he does come) and cavanni before theyve even kicked a ball shows the kind of fans we have on here
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I'm certainly not writing either of them off but you have to say Cavani and Dembele smack of panic buys and the kind of things that have gone wrong in the past.
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i think cavanni might just shock a few people if he signs
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I'm more optimistic about him. Always handy to have a proven goalscorer in the squad.
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the guy is high energy and will make those runs that we need from a CF

comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 13 minutes ago
Reliable people have reported Cavani, Telles, Traore and Pellestri will all get done so it would be a surprise now if any one of those deals collapses.

Obviously anything can still happen but it would be a surprise.

I've a feeling we might just get Dembele through the door too.
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If you do is that a good window?

comment by dunc manson... you must follow ole... you

how many times did giggs do his groin and hamstring during his career?
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are we including when f@cking his sister-in-law?

I'd say it's somewhere between joke signing and professionalism.

On one hand:

- Dembele has world-class potential talent / Cavani has huge talent and experience and we'd be getting both at relatively modest cost
- You'd imagine some due diligence has been done on their fitness / likelihood of recurrence of injury problems / attitude
- It's probably naive to imagine they were plucked out of the air as panic buys when first choice targets fell through: there's always a list of targets in descending order, and they were probably on that list

On the other:

- Why spend months chasing the first choice targets and conclude deals in the last hours of the last day of the window, when everyone could anticipate a challenging start to the season due to the truncated summer?
- How did the club with the biggest revenue fail so spectacularly to buy its number one target?
- Feeling of sickening deja vu around purchase of famous players that seem to fit the marketing team's requirements better than the coach's template.
- Looking forward to seeing two players who managed about half a game between them last season working with the Manchester United Harold Shipman centre for health and fitness.

One thing though: I feel more positive about signing Cavani than I did about signing Michael Owen. The one good thing about that was the way it ruined a few golden memories for the Scousers.

Cavani’s fall out with Neymar was over a pen three years ago. He’s played loads since. But not last season as he was always injured. What’s your next excuse?

I'd say it's somewhere between joke signing and professionalism.
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A professional joke, then?