We’ve been kinda burned with Nasri too. He got a stupid red because of uncontrollable ego and anger vs. Leicester in a crucial CL match, leaving us in a very bad situation.
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“Semi-burned” 
– but you’re right. He admitted tho that his mind was gone since January that year when a suspension was imminent for that Drip Doctors scenario.
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What about Cucurela, he’s for sale
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Chelsea might want to recoup some of the massive fee they paid for him. Chelsea have other players they want to get rid of such as Ziyech to continue the Morocco connection or the ultimate reclamation job - Bakayoko.
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Probably out of our price range, but a player I have always liked. He is kind of a man without a position though. Not good enough defensively and not good enough offensively. Only 24 though, so has time to improve either way.
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Would you piss on him if he was on fire? Hard pass.
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Might be a very unpopular opinion here, but… Hell yeah I would take him in a heartbeat!
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He acted very disrespectful to the fans in a few games. However, I read on the internet he had a good season. Maybe for cheap wages, give him a crack. Imagine how he could help Nianzou and the other young CBs.
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I always hear that there’s been beef between him and the club. But the only thing I’ve heard is fans being disrespectful to him. I have no idea what has gone down between the two
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Yeah, I generally don’t like him or his attitude, but I also think there’s a piece of it that’s unfair. He left quite young. But then again, so did Reyes and we received him with open arms…
But yeah, there is approximately 0.1% chance of that deal happening. The fans HATE Ramos. This is not a small group of ultras that don’t like him. Pretty much everyone hates him. At least, that’s my unscientific view. Wish I had a survey to back it up, but there were even tifos back in the day calling him a hijo de p#ta.
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Villa, Spurs and Inter sniffing around for Bono. We’re after a fee of between £17-£22m apparently.
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hmmmm i would’ve liked at least 30m USD, but maybe that’s not realistic for a 32 y/o keeper?
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Looking at TM, the closest examples I can find are:
Francesco Toldo (age 29) - 01/02 - Fiorentina to Inter - 26.5 M Euros
Mendy (28) - 20/21 - Rennes to Chelsea - 24M
Patricio (30) - 18/19 - Sporting to Wolves - 18M
Bravo (33) - 18/19 - Barcelona - Man City - 18M
Navas (32) - 19/20 - Real Madrid to PSG - 15M
Cech (33) - 15/16 - Chelsea to Arsenal - 14M
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ah this is useful context. thanks for digging Chris!
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Well I guess my long shot dream of us getting Messi is out. At least he is not returning to Barca. He is going to dominate in Miami.
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Looks like Bade’s transfer will go through this week. The 12 million buy option executed.
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According to The Hard Tackle, the Premier League side are preparing to offer Gil as part of a player-plus-cash deal for Yassine Bounou.
The deal, as a whole, is said to be worth in the region of €30m, and Sevilla could look to sell Bono this summer, with the Moroccan having lost his place as first-choice goalkeeper to Marko Dmitrovic.
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This is a tricky one. Sure Mendi favored Dmitrovic in the league matches, but Bono was, undisputedly, the best goalkeeper of the two in every aspect. He had his ups and downs during the season, but I doubt Dmitrovic could’ve done what Bono did in EL with Sevilla.
Now, if Mendi keeps playing Dmitrovic in the league and Bono in Europe (CL, EL etc.) - not sure how Bono would feel about this and he might want to leave. Both are good gk’s, it’s just that Bono gives us a lot more confidence when he’s in the goal.
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