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Sadiq scoring the winner for Almeria last game, easy header but still, he is so busy, strong, tall, relatively skillfull and quick. I canāt forget that game, we played vs Almeria in the Copa and he entered and drew 4-5 defenders to him, while creating pressure and relieving the whole team. Deviating left side, right side, everywhere upfront he was busy. I really want to see him in a Sevilla shirt, and we know Monchi does too 
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Right, samething with Tecatito, until he got the Portuguese nationality as well. But in summer things will move around, if they are looking for goalkeepers maybe the Bono sale will be one of the moves they are considering 
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Are we comparing the Ponferradina gk to Bono now or Iām missing something?
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Luiz Filipe from Lazio is possible replacement for Kounde in the summer. Various media report on this. His contract is expiring in the summer, so it would be free transfer and he expect his salary to be more than 2m per year, this is in Sevilla range for salary. He is 24 years old, so there is still a lot of potential in him.
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Different but very distracting rumour of Papu, maybe regressing to Italyā¦ Agent talk, stuff maybe. Not sure. Hard to tell how hard its pulling on him personally, but he looks happy in Sevilla as far as I can see. Also a different italian name Bryan Cristante coming in our direction, for the defensive (or central) mid position. 27 year old soon, with a good amount of games for Italy as well. Could fill Fernandoās shoes in the future, or for now Gudelj.
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Absolutely. Canāt see this happen at all, just a rumor most likely.
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Papu is just hitting his stride. Iād hate to see him leave.
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Papu himself, clearing the air today, We goood 
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Wow. BetĆs winning out on Luiz Felipe. Not sure if pre contract or anything is signed or bonusses or anything is paid already but apparently the agents confirmed. Big transfer for BetĆs lets see if we can top them in our defensive acquisitions. They might have been negociating for a long time, so winning Luiz Felipe on the personal aspect of it. Congrats to them.
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Why is such a fuss being made about Luiz Felipe? Heās part of a team that conceded 39 goals, the most in top 8 Serie A table.
If weāve thought of him as the replacement for any of DC/Kounde then we clearly donāt have our priorities straight. Heāll suit Betpiss as they are a team much below us in pedigree, so not much is expected in that team.
I think there are other defenders better than Luiz Felipe in Serie A in similar market value. To count a few:
Amir Rrahmani of Napoli.
Berat Djimsiti of Atalanta.
Roger Ibanez of Roma.
Alessio Romagnoli of Milan.
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Well without paying 30m for a good young defender with experience on high level. He would have been a very good addition. I think :poop: did good business here. Low risk, with potential to be great. But weāll see what Monchi comes up with.
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Ibanez is young too, but 27-28 is not really old for a defender. I actually tend to trust the experienced ones more and by that age, not only a defender but a player of any position is well-seasoned and ready to play for a top aspiring club.
I donāt think that anything less than 30m will cut it if we want a high quality defender that will potentially replace DC and/or Kounde - both are better than any of the starter defenders in Serie A imo.
Itās not going to be easy as any mess up and itās an experiment, which we canāt afford if we want to aspire bigger things.
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Weāre linked with 2 CBās for the summer window. One is Marcos Senesi of Feyenoord. who we were previously linked with and Gleison Bremer of Torino. Bremer is at the 20m range and Senesi at 12m - both will turn 25 by June this year.
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Isco rumored to be a done deal, joining us for free in the summer on a 4 year contract.
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Iām not too excited about thisā¦ but maybe he can find his old self he could be useful
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Same, we have to be careful not to get too many of those players who can play well on a sunny day. But in a rough day, donāt offer anything. I hope Isco will work himself back into it but iām 50/50 on him.
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Ivan Perisic next up, becoming a free agent next summer. Not the first time, we hear his name. But after āpickingā up Isco, he could be next and considering his age and position. We are kind of horny for those lately, one plus one is two in that sense. And apparently Monchi asked Rakitic, to help convince so maybe these practices have started and are working? Croatian welcome commitee.
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Perisic is a very good player, I like him - but heās 33 already. We are creating a team full of veterans that are close to retirement and have maybe 2-3 years max left in the top level. That only means one thing, going all in with the risk of having to replace most of the squad in 2-3 years time. If we donāt win a meaningful title like La Liga with the veterans, then it all goes to drain.
Surely you canāt tell me weāre going for 30+ players to be in top 4 all the time? Thatās wasteful.
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