According to various sources, Rafa Mir was offered nearly 9 million for a 3-year contract with Botafago but turned it down as it would be less than his salary at Sevilla. I’m surprised Botafago were even that interested with the legal case still hanging over him but he’ll be hard to shift.
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I see both sides of the Rafa Mir argument; however, as a player, you would think you would want to maximize your playing time while you can still do it.
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Rafa Mir is just a stupid person in overall. Not even related to football skills… plain stupid from what he did so far during his career.
Then the football IQ and capabilities, that are extremely low.
Tercera player and nothing else. We were doomed with him from the beginning!
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According to Fabrizio Romano, Wolves are looking to sign Juanlu.
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Well that will hopefully speed up Napoli’s decision and push the price up.
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More than anything else, we need a new RB urgently!
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Right back and midfield is most pressing for me. I could say goalkeeper, centre back and a striker also but pushing my luck….
Hopefully see movement soon with players out!
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Carmona is an extreme liability in the team. It would be criminal to start the season with him as a started RB. He doesn’t even deserve the bench…
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There are rumors of a dream swap deal (for us).
We get Pablo Maffeo from Mallorca
and we give them… RAFA MIR!
Stole Dimitrievski, the North Macedonian goalkeeper of Valencia - has reportedly offered himself to Sevilla as he is not intending to continue with his current club.
The reason is that Valencia’s management promised him a starter role this season, but they instead loaned (with an option to buy) Julen Agirrezabala from Bilbao, with him having the starter role now.
I think Stole is a decent goalkeeper and could provide a strong, healthy competition for Nyland. He can come as a 2nd option now that Alvaro is leaving to Depor, and gradually fight for a starter role… who knows?
I don’t fully trust Nyland and I know first hand that Stole is a good, confident goalie. He has had some amazing performances with the NM NT and has done very well at Rayo.
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The joke at Valencia is that we’re only getting rid of Dimitrievski because his name is too easy to pronounce (Mamardashvili, Agirrezabala.) His exit seems to be more a coach and him not getting along thing. I think he’s a decent keeper who would be an upgrade on Nyland for you. Issue is that his whole reason for wanting to leave is that he wants to be undisputed first choice so unless Nyland is leaving I would have my doubts. With the world cup coming up next summer, players, especially goalkeepers, will be looking to maximise their playing time and North Macedonia are currenly top of their qualification group.
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El Desmarque reporting the Juanlu-deal will be complete in the next 24 hours. Sad to see him go, but hopefully this will ignite our transfer window. Juanlu probably wont mean a lot regarding the wages, but hopefully it will bring in some much needed cold cash. Right-back should naturally be a priority, but other than that I’m not really sure what Cordon and Almeyda are plotting.
Alvaro Fernandez also seem to be going, so Cordon will probably look for a keeper on a free or whatever money the Alvaro-deal will bring in.
Just happy to finally see some action…
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Palop seems to think that Alberto Flores is ready for the top gig. Maybe we don’t sign anyone at that position. I still think we need serious help in the midfield.
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Midfield and RB, top priorities or we’re screwed.
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Vlachodimos seems to be the keeper coming in. 31 years old, greek international, last played for newcastle. Looks like a loan.
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These loans without buying option… I detest them.
They extremely rarely amount to anything good.
Waste of time for all the sides involved.
Plus at 31… it’s only, at best, a short term miniscule win for us. 99% benefit for the player and Newcastle, 1% for us.
FFS!
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Would he get the goalkeeper starting position or be back up for Nyland?
Apparently we’re also competing with Rangers for Arsenal’s 23 year old goalkeeper Karl Hein.
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Come ooooooooooon…!
I’m not the biggest fan either, but with our financial troubles, i don’t mind them doing this for the GK spot.
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Pablo Maffeo (RB) is rumored to be very close to signing with us. Rafa Mir could be used as a bargaining chip.
Loic Bade might leave for Bayer Leverkusen… sad but probably quite necessary to keep things moving. We might get a solid CB (though not at Bade’s level perhaps) as a replacement if Cordon plays the cards right.
Juanlu case still not decided. He wants Napoli, but we already agreed terms with Wolves… Napoli is not budging.
Let’s see