So who Real's bringing in any updates?

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— James Horncastle (@JamesHorncastle) June 21, 2023

Ilkay Gündogan to Barcelona, here we go! Final approval arrived on club side to register him as new signing, green light from the player. It’s done deal, signed few minutes ago. #FCB

Gündogan has agreed a two year deal valid until June 2025 with option for further year. pic.twitter.com/Gr467hNBms

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 21, 2023

rejected Man City renewal with 2x the salary and Saudi money !

I will fix him

| JUST IN: Barcelona are the favourites to SIGN Joao Cancelo this summer. [@FabrizioRomano via TikTok] #fcblive pic.twitter.com/Za71DlaDaM

— BarçaTimes (@BarcaTimes) June 22, 2023

A better question is why did he hardly play for Bayern Munich?

Kahn n that other guy with the crazy long name sure mismanaged everything

Gundogan n if now Cancelo... wouldnt mind that at all We dont have a RB ffs...

Vibe wrote:Wonder why Real don't sign Cancelo, he's a class player regardless of his problems with Pep and Carvajal/Lucas seems pretty worn out. They're also thin at LB unless they keep Camavinga there and Cancelo looks natural on both sides, I was sure Perez would snap him up quickly.

Couple of things

1. His agent is Mendes and the relationship between him and Perez is completely gone after the shit he and CR7 pulled when he was sold to Juve. Since then Perez has pretty much blacklisted every Mendes related player

2. The fact 2 top clubs don't want him when he's obviously a top tier RB. Bayern might have depth but Cancelo is easily better than Pavard and Kimmich at the RB position. He certainly starts there, but his attitude problems are very apparent. Neither club wants to deal with it

I dont think Barca are In a position to consider his personal problems. They need a RB desperately so they'll disregard his issues and go for him.

We need a RB too, but we currently have 3 on payroll that we can't sell. I hope we go for one next summer because the market for RBs is thin

Is it an attitude problem or a defensive problem

Benzema never had an issue with RMad, his issues were off field related to childhood friends.

Cancelo did have published disputes with teammates and coach at both Bayern and City.

Tbf none of these issues were directly football related or involved real Madrid.

@vibe I assure that if Benz behaved the way he did at Real madrid the same way he did with France, Perez would kick him out in heartbeat and we would've seen Suarez/Lewa in white in the mid 2010s. That being said Cancelos issue seems to be football related. Idk anything specific but it's a huge red flag that 2 top clubs don't want to sign him when he's a top tier RB. Bayern had a purchase option for the loan and didn't exercise it, even if it was 70 million.

I was one of the few that was upset that we did not go for Cancelo in the winter given Carvajals decline and no capable backups. There's no harm in a 6 month loan, but now it's different since Cancelo wants a full transfer.

Imo hell go to Barca and might turn his attitude around. Xavi isn't someone to mess around with.

Cancelo had problems at Juve, City and Bayern.

Its him. He will probably have an unremarkable stint at Barca too.

Honestly think Man City bid for Rice just to spike the price for Arsenal and make it harder for them. They bid £90m knowing West Ham will ask for more than 100, now Arsenal offer £105m.

I expect more movements to get the fee close to £120, and no way he's worth that much. PL tax is insane.

rincon wrote:Cancelo had problems at Juve, City and Bayern.

Its him. He will probably have an unremarkable stint at Barca too.

I dont think we will have this problem after all. We need to sell players and Cancelo's economic demands are inflated. I was hoping for a loan but that seems like a long-shot

However, finally Saudis are shifting their focus onto our deadwood and are readying an offer for Kessie hopefully providing us with much need influx of cash.

There are other players on the exit ramp but it will take time and may still not be enough since City want a 50m+ fee on top of a high salary, maybe that's for the best though

@myesyats, I really hope Arsenal know what they are doing. If they really outbid city to get Rice, absolutely ruthless and in my opinion, that is what is required. I honestly don't think Rice is worth that much. The main point of continuing to be ruthless is, if Rice does not perform to the expected level, they should be in a position to replace him with another smart or costly signing. Rice should help them, but was Arsenal's midfield so bad last season ? Interesting story to unfold

Rice at best is probably worth 80 mil, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I do believe he is the best and most complete 6 in the league, the numbers consistently back it up, hopefully he can show it now on a bigger stage.

Would have been perfect if we partnered him with Partey. If Partey leaves i hope we can snatch up Lavia too from Southampton.

Hoping Arsenal fans get that Kai is actually their best signing in terms of talent alone and it's not even close. Chelsea is where talents go to die and Arteta is a visionary and knows what he wants and if he gets the best out of him you have a generational talent in your hands and one who could be a superstar. Rice doesn't even come close in raw talent.

Mason Mount welcome to Manchester

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Arquitecto wrote:Hoping Arsenal fans get that Kai is actually their best signing in terms of talent alone and it's not even close. Chelsea is where talents go to die and Arteta is a visionary and knows what he wants and if he gets the best out of him you have a generational talent in your hands and one who could be a superstar. Rice doesn't even come close in raw talent.

they're different players...
intercept, pass and destroy 6s don't usually get praised for their high raw talent.

Rice will become our most important player (especially if Partey leaves) by necessity not talent

Wtf is Chelsea signing yet another second striker type in Nkunku... shame, I like him a lot, hope hes not wasted there like so many others in similar positions...

Pep getting Kovacic to replace Gundogan is good, he should still be in his prime at 29...

Sad to see big names going to Saudi... still remember everyone said Koulibaly was the best defender there is when he came to Chelsea... yet another flop turned out to be?

De Gea era is over. Onana deal basically done. @Robespierre stay safe man seems like a big rebuilding period for you? having to sell a bunch of players. Onana seems good though I'm happy to sign him