Summer Transfer Window 23/24

One of our biggest profits ever. Hope he does well (but not against us). He definitely has the potential but so hard to do it at a top club, especially under multiple managers, multiple styles of play. Had to play out of position most of the time too, he'll show more if he's playing regularly on the left. Just unlucky that he had so much competition here and especially the breakthrough of Garnacho.
 
BaZ87 said:
Has this news come from anywhere reliable or from pound shop Romano's on twitter?
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It feels like a sensible and appropriate signing (despite the fee - I think we're now in a world where paying £50m for significant talent is unsurprising, unfortunately), and wouldn't surprise me at all, but I've not seen anything concrete on it.

That said, if it's Lavia I'd also hope that we're looking at someone a bit more experienced, with some time under their belt, who we can get on the cheap to "replace" Milner and Henderson. The equivalent of Eriksen at United, for instance.
 
Tombstone said:
I read it in the Daily Express, not sure what Twitter is, havent heard of that, do you mean X ? :D
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I'd imagine they're just reporting guff off X ( :p) then.
manic111 said:
It feels like a sensible and appropriate signing (despite the fee - I think we're now in a world where paying £50m for significant talent is unsurprising, unfortunately), and wouldn't surprise me at all, but I've not seen anything concrete on it.

That said, if it's Lavia I'd also hope that we're looking at someone a bit more experienced, with some time under their belt, who we can get on the cheap to "replace" Milner and Henderson. The equivalent of Eriksen at United, for instance.
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Yea, I get the feeling it's going to happen but all I've seen today is some Belgian journo, who's found a way of tweeting a new update on the story every 5 minutes for the past month, reporting his latest twist on the story. And I agree on getting a more experienced player as well. A couple of reports came out linking us with Palhinha the other day and providing he wasn't going to cost much more than £50m, him + Lavia seemed to be a perfect combo. The club clearly feel Lavia's the long term option for us but maybe isn't ready from day one to play week in week out and while Palhinha wasn't going to set the world alight, he does everything we need from a 6 and would have been a safe bet in the short to medium term while Lavia beds in. Needless to say just being linked with us lead to Palhinha dislocating his shoulder which probably puts that link to bed.
 
Story on the Athletic that the Fabinho move is in trouble. To be honest, if the Saudi interest means that we get a young future replacement (eg Lavia), and we keep Fabinho for one more year while that replacement and Baj develop, that's a pretty good outcome.
 
manic111 said:
Story on the Athletic that the Fabinho move is in trouble. To be honest, if the Saudi interest means that we get a young future replacement (eg Lavia), and we keep Fabinho for one more year while that replacement and Baj develop, that's a pretty good outcome.
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From a purely football point of view it would make sense but in 12 months you're probably still going to need to sign another CM and you're not getting close to £40m for Fab, not unless he's found his legs over the summer.
 
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