2017 Winter Transfer Rumors Mk. 1

Baldé Keita playing for Juventus

Decent at best

You just signed Rincon

Wouldn't mind Keita as a backup at all

Needs to set right his attitude tho.

Lol he has attitude issues as well?! dem youngsters in football nowadays.
At least Rashford is stitched from a different cloth and at least so far looks humble and hard working.

Keita looks very talented but we can't use him properly. With Pjaca there it doesn't make sense to have two 22 yo players in the same position.

S wrote:

ES wrote:Juventus offered a €2M loan + €15M option to buy for Luiz Gustavo but Wolfsburg only want a direct sale or obligation to buy (via @DiMarzio)

Like who cares

Di Marzio as usual rehashing old rumors

We of course won't sign this mediocre player who's past his prime. Man United can have him.

talking about Mediocre players when you have Rincon and Sturaro that feature regularly you clown

Gustavo would comfortably be a top 3 midfielder at your club

If we plan on changing to 4-3-3/4-3-2-1 next season , he could be a good sub option.

Dybala (Cuadrado)------Pjaca (Keita)
Higuaín(Mandzukic/backup CF)

scrubby italian journo's need to keep our club out of their rumours as if we would sign plebs like Balde Keita

last summer it was Felipe Anderson every week, guess they're moving onto this jobber

just using us for publicity

let Juve and Pescara fight over him ffs

Disagree. The sub for our young winger cannot be a winger of the same age. Both Pjaca and Keita need tons of minutes to develop, sharing that time between them will hurt both.

rincon wrote:Disagree. The sub for our young winger cannot be a winger of the same age. Both Pjaca and Keita need tons of minutes to develop, sharing that time between them will hurt both.

True but I don't see Keita as anything more than sub material tbh.

Besides you say that about Keita, yet the same argument can be applied to Berardi who you want to see so badly here. I'd say it's much easier to convince Keita to be a backup than Berardi.

The other right winger we have is Cuadrado, who is not a kid. So we would have 1 kid and 1 older player. Thats ideal.

Also, Berardi isn't a rookie in developement. He has 4 seasons as a starter in Serie A. Neither Pjaca nor Keita have this experience. He is ready, we won't have to wait for him to make an impact.

I'd rather play Mandzukic or Sandro at LW rotating with Pjaca. Another "project" left winger we already have is Orsolini. Who I also don't think should be in the team next season, for the same reasons as Keita.

Manchester United full-back Matteo Darmian is searching for a new apartment in Milan as he eyes a move to Inter. (Source: Sun Sport)

Napoli have rejected Southampton's latest offer of £13.5m (+£3m) for Manolo Gabbiadini. Napoli are holding out for £17m. (Source: SkySports)

rincon wrote:The other right winger we have is Cuadrado, who is not a kid. So we would have 1 kid and 1 older player. Thats ideal.

Also, Berardi isn't a rookie in developement. He has 4 seasons as a starter in Serie A. Neither Pjaca nor Keita have this experience. He is ready, we won't have to wait for him to make an impact.

I'd rather play Mandzukic or Sandro at LW rotating with Pjaca. Another "project" left winger we already have is Orsolini. Who I also don't think should be in the team next season, for the same reasons as Keita.

Alexis (Pjaca) - Bernardeschi (Cuadrado)

S wrote:Manchester United full-back Matteo Darmian is searching for a new apartment in Milan as he eyes a move to Inter. (Source: Sun Sport)

That would be a strong signing for Inter, I feel like full backs are their weakest area and have been since Zanetti and Maicon both left (legends).

Talk about signings out of nowhere.

So it looks like we're about to sign Clement Grenier from Lyon. It looks to be a loan with an option to buy set at 3.5m.

This feels very much like the Pjanic signing 6 years ago. He came literally out of nowhere and near the end of the transfer window and at a cut rate price. I sure hope this one turns out that way as well. Wasn't' my first choice as a replacement for Pjanic (that would be Rakitic), but he's got the profile that we need for that position.

He's already touched down in Rome:

Give me Pellegrini.

Now I know why Lyon have put such a low price on him:

Here's his injury history:



FFS we just signed the midfield version of Vermaelen

Marseille director Zubizarretta met with Lapadula. Milan wants €20M for him, but that price does not scare Marseille. [L'Équipe]

So looks like we're signing the best French midfielder in the summer

Tolisso

best french midfielder

never played for france NT seems legit

he does seem like a good player though, certainly an upgrade on sturaro, rincon, flopdeira, etc, 22 so you can develop him for a couple seasons before we sign him

speaking of Lyon though, Lacazette is banging in the goals for fun again, hope a bigger team signs him this summer

Hopefully in Serie A for my FIFA playing purposes Napoli get in there ffs

Firenze wrote:best french midfielder

never played for france NT seems legit

he does seem like a good player though, certainly an upgrade on sturaro, rincon, flopdeira, etc, 22 so you can develop him for a couple seasons before we sign him

Alex Sandro - never played for Brazil NT but the best LB in the world

Sit down clown

As if mediocre competition like NT football is supposed to mean anything ( although Pogba flopped at NT level too )

Besides Tolisso seems like a guy who's more interested in playing football than dabbing and promoting himself on social media to appease millennials and kids so you can rule out signing him imo

Interesting for the two Italian teams in Roma and Juve to coup two very talented players in Grenier and Tolisso. Grenier truly is the typical case that is if not injured and so frail, he'd be an automatic starter for Tricolores. Tolisso, a key player for Lyon as well as I wonder what Génésio was thinking here.

For Roma itll truly depend on his injury record as for the latter, he was played differently in Lyon but in my opinion definitely can adjust as a wingback provided he is less naive than usual.

Tolisso is very good.

Better than Pogba.

Agree.

Dahoud is the next player we should be signing