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[QUOTE="Liverpoolphil, post: 2016503, member: 15344"It might be worth looking abroad but to find out how good he really is then a step is needed - in the games I have seen him he has either been very dangerous and given the right back a hell of a game ( at Palace ) or he just wasn’t in the game ( at Anfield )[/QUOTE]

Agree, but in Zahas defence, he is playing for Palace. Put him in a top top side with danger and threat across the team (City or Liverpool for instance) and i believe without 2 or 3 players man marking him every time he receives the ball he would kick on. Hope I never see it and he stays. Word is he may end up in Germany, not sure what their Croydon equivalent is......
 
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At any point are you going to admit that the important part here is that Salah has forced the hand of the Egyptian FA with an attitude of “no means no but give him a second chance”? That’s clearly the issue here.

How can he admit to that? It wasnt just Salah who forced the hand of the Egyptian FA, alledgedly it was several players.

I wouldnt be surprised if powers above Mo Salah have had a bigger say in this.

For clarity, i am not defending the actions of Warda.
 

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[QUOTE="Liverpoolphil, post: 2016503, member: 15344"It might be worth looking abroad but to find out how good he really is then a step is needed - in the games I have seen him he has either been very dangerous and given the right back a hell of a game ( at Palace ) or he just wasn’t in the game ( at Anfield )

Agree, but in Zahas defence, he is playing for Palace. Put him in a top top side with danger and threat across the team (City or Liverpool for instance) and i believe without 2 or 3 players man marking him every time he receives the ball he would kick on. Hope I never see it and he stays. Word is he may end up in Germany, not sure what their Croydon equivalent is......[/QUOTE]
Is London in Germany now?
 

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I wonder what Zaha will do when his London only option runs out and Arsenal don't meet the asking price. Pretty sure Palace won't drop the price or accept the player and money deal being bandied about and why would they on their prize commodity. Chances are when his agent sees a lucrative payday slipping away Zaha will swallow his London for me principles and go for the best deal out there at a new club and doubt it'll be anywhere near the capital
 

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Since Palace have just sold Wan Bissaka for £50 mill, it’s unlikey they would even dream of letting Zaha for £40mill.
They don’t want to let him go as well, and aren’t as desperate for the money as in the past.
I hope Palace stick to their guns, and even refuse to deal with Arsenal full stop on this.
 

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I'm not sure Zaha is good enough to make it in a top six side. I think he enjoys being a key player in a small team, where he doesn't have to track back and can just be the main outlet. In the top six sides you either have to put a shift in or be good enough to get away with it (Hazard level). Even if Arsenal somehow pull their finger out with a sensible bid (they won't) I don't think he'll be a roaring success there or anything.
 

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Apparently City have paid £62m for a midfielder from Atletico Madrid, perhaps surprisingly that is a record for them. For those that follow Spanish football educate me as to the skills of this bloke, why have City bought him, where will he fit? (no google, copy / paste cop outs :D)
 

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Apparently City have paid £62m for a midfielder from Atletico Madrid, perhaps surprisingly that is a record for them. For those that follow Spanish football educate me as to the skills of this bloke, why have City bought him, where will he fit? (no google, copy / paste cop outs :D)
Care to give us a name? :LOL:
 

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Care to give us a name? :LOL:

Rodri. Odd one for me. 1 season at Atleti (ok he was a junior there but didnt rip any trees up) after a reasonable time at Villarreal without doing anything spectacular in my book.
Not sure what Pep sees in him TBH as he had a decent but not outstanding season at Atleti. They aren't going to say no to 70+ mil from someone they signed 12 months ago for about £25m IIRC .
Solid enough player but not sure £70m solid.

And I watch a lot of La Liga, more so than English and Scottish combined.
 

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Rodri. Odd one for me. 1 season at Atleti (ok he was a junior there but didnt rip any trees up) after a reasonable time at Villarreal without doing anything spectacular in my book.
Not sure what Pep sees in him TBH as he had a decent but not outstanding season at Atleti. They aren't going to say no to 70+ mil from someone they signed 12 months ago for about £25m IIRC .
Solid enough player but not sure £70m solid.

And I watch a lot of La Liga, more so than English and Scottish combined.
Fair enough, I know nothing about Rodri. Well, I know that he got a team of the season card in Fifa Ultimate Team, so he must have done well. His good attributes on there are mostly defensive. City obviously need a successor/alternative to Fernandinho as their highest priority I would say, so in that respect it makes sense.
 

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Apologies, muppetry from me. Yes, Rodri.

Perez to Leicester for £30m :eek::eek:. Leicester have lost the plot there. An okay player but never £30m. Bought for £1.5m, classic Ashley and the model he wants.
 
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Fair enough, I know nothing about Rodri. Well, I know that he got a team of the season card in Fifa Ultimate Team, so he must have done well. His good attributes on there are mostly defensive. City obviously need a successor/alternative to Fernandinho as their highest priority I would say, so in that respect it makes sense.

Again, for me its a bit of an odd one, whilst I agree he favours the holding role and this could be Pep's rationale, I would say he needed another season at Atleti without that very well drilled and tight defence behind him to see how effective he is.
He might do great stuff in England but equally it might be a season (or two) too soon for him.
 

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Again, for me its a bit of an odd one, whilst I agree he favours the holding role and this could be Pep's rationale, I would say he needed another season at Atleti without that very well drilled and tight defence behind him to see how effective he is.
He might do great stuff in England but equally it might be a season (or two) too soon for him.
Presumably he will be eased in, not necessarily an immediate starter. From what I have now read he is the replacement for Fernandinho but he may have another year or two still. It could be smart, allowing him a season to adjust without the world being expected immediately. City have that financial luxury.
 

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Presumably he will be eased in, not necessarily an immediate starter. From what I have now read he is the replacement for Fernandinho but he may have another year or two still. It could be smart, allowing him a season to adjust without the world being expected immediately. City have that financial luxury.

In theory you could be right but he could end up cutting a frustrated figure (a la Gabriel Jesus - Aguero's replacement 2 years ago). As I say, I watch a lot of La Liga and whilst I thought he was a good player, for me not quite Fernandinho territory because he had a very mean defence behind him that took a lot of the pressure off of him. City's defence is no where near Atleti's defence of the last few years.
You know, as well as me, that players don't tend to get a lot of time to adjust to "the greatest league in the world", sure they talk about giving time but in reality it rarely happens.

He may well be the greatest thing since sliced Aguero but personally remain unconvinced as I haven't seen him without a defence like Atleti's behind him.
 

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https://www.football365.com/news/west-ham-to-accept-terrible-deal-for-troublesome-arnautovic

One for @pauljames87 - happy to get rid at this point? When he was up for it he was such a handful, but his attitude has never been right in his career I don't think. Was compared to Zlatan early in his career, but doesn't have even 10% of the determination I don't think.

I will sound delusional but happy with that.

He’s clearly a lot of trouble, big wages aswell. If we can recoup majority of our fee for him (he isn’t getting younger) and we use that money to finalise maxi Gomez and get Rondon in as back up. Keep Hernández also and suddenly our striking options look very healthy.

Gomez
Hernández
Rondon
Antonio
Yarmenlko

Last 2 are fill ins if needed

That’s not awful
 
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