₦airaland Forum

dubylhover:
We bought rvp after an injury free season whom we know of his quality, but neres? By the way,isn't he another LW player?

He plays either wing very well.

KaiHavertz:
Scummers are wailing I serve a living God

Just make mistake lose or draw tonight and you'll see hell right before your eyes...

Expert17:


How much is Chiwell

Can you imagine. I am trying to understand why English players are so expensive...Do they rake in more money for the club?

engrelvis:
I understand dey want to sell kante ...hmmm dey shud nt make d mistake real Madrid made when dey sold makelele.

Kante may have past his prime. His style requires a lot of energy and stamina and for how long can you keep playing that way? He needs to reinvent himself, maybe manage his action on the pitch lest the injuries keeps coming...

CapitalCee:
Thank you very much. There is Regullion for £18m, but we will prefer Jammaal Lewin or Ben White for £35m. There is Upamecano for £50m but we will go for Magwaya for £80m. There is Castagne for £22m but we want AWB for £50m. Ole wanted Longstaff for the same price we bought Bruno. There was Lucas Ocampos and David Neres in the market, but Giggs suggest James at the same price. 2 seasons down the line, one of those players will be average, the rest will be deadwoods. We will start crying again for another expensive flop. Since Fergie retired we have broken the transfer record in 4 key positions Maguire, Dimaria, Pogba and Lukaku.

Look at the signing of Bruno, do these kinds of signing 4 out of 5 times you will be settled for 5 seasons while generational academy players emerge, while still signing smartly and then occasionally breaking the transfer record.

You have said it all...

Oasis007:
Reguilon deal.
Manchester United are considering a move by days but won’t pay €30m price tag. Real Madrid also asking for a ‘buy back clause’. Personal terms not an issue - Reguilon wants to join Manchester United. Opening bid to be submitted soon. Sevilla: out of the race.

- Fabrizio Romano

30m is too much for Reguillon but if he was English, they'd pay 50m without asking.

Wan-Bissaka was bought for 50m but a player who was a mainstay in a UEL winning team is too expensive at 30m? Na wah o!

If the argument is the buy back clause then it's fine but definitely not the price.

CapitalCee:
Patrick I have watched Sancho. He is very good, but he is not going to MASSIVELY improve us.

Well, I don't watch the Bundesliga except highlights. The little I have seen from Sancho is courtesy of the UCL and when he is away with the national team. From what I have seen of Sancho, I won't spend more than 70m on him. He is a good player, very good but at the same time inconsistent.

If you consider how he has fared in the UCL (I am deliberately leaving out his performances for England as they don't have a coach), you might as well make do with Greenwood...

What most folks here don't get is that if you sign Sancho for 108m, there's no way he won't start every match as long as he is fit and where does that leave Greenwood? I believe Greenwood has a higher ceiling than Sancho and will be better than him in no time that's why I prefer we sign a lower profile player who can still do the job and at the same time won't mind a place on the bench every now and then.

engrelvis:
with all their signings n boasting if Chelsea doesn't beat their opponent today with at least 5goals.....I will b disappointed

Lol Of all their signings, it's Ziyech I'm most impressed with. That guy is a baller.

dubylhover:
Injury prone neres abi Douglas Costa that's too inconsistent?

Injury prone Van Persie...

What's the guarantee that Sancho will be consistent? There's no guarantee, it's all a risk and that's why you have to you at the price quoted for each player...

Godx:
You didn't even let him define the perimeter of what he means by cheap. By cheap does he mean 20 to 30million or 40 to 50 million.

In todays market, 40m is cheap. That is why people were praising United for signing VDB. It's a steal.

spillo1:
Please name the several players and their cheap cost that will improve the team massively?

Reguilon
Upamecano
Neres
Douglas Costa (You can sign Neres and Costa for 60m)

Truth is they're so many players out there.

Abi is not not before our eyes that Arsenal signed Gabriel for less than 30m?

How much did Chelsea pay for Ziyech and Werner? If they joined us, won't they have improved us massively?

How much did Castagne cost Leicester?

CapitalCee:
They fail to see it that way. There own is sign! sign! They just want the new toy around. Making a huge investment on a single player who is not Mbappe, Messi or Ronaldo has its consequences. If we had signed Maguire for £15m. By now we might had added him among the deadwoods, his price means we must play him. We tends to sign average players for twice their price and claim to be the biggest clubs in the world. Let's even calculate the amount Pep spent since he joined city and what we have spend. The difference is not much. The issue is we sign a lot of duds for extortionate fees, they play nonsense, we cry back to blame Ed. We are behaving as if not signing Sancho is the end of the world.

There are several players we can get easily on the cheap which can massively improve this team, but no we want a marquee colourful player who will come with too much pressure and fail. When you come up with quality low key players we reject them tagging them finished or not good enough, only to splurge big money on expensive flops.

When we were trying to sign Ighalo, I said we should rather look at Inngs but folks here shouted the idea down. Inngs later went on to have a magnificent season...Low profile but will do a job when called upon and won't complain about being on the bench.

Sometimes, we don't want to talk just so we don't start an argument that will drag on for days here. Look at Leicester, how much did it take them to assemble that squad? A fraction of our squad's worth but they play very good football...See Castagne that was signed to replace Chiwell, dude played RB and was excellent yesterday bombing forward at every given opportunity but Ole opted for Wan-Bissaka for 50m...

I don't think Leicester City have missed Maguire at all and how much did we pay? 80m...SMH!


Ole has to do better this season even without further additions if not he should be shown the door...

dubylhover:
No one is saying that buying only Sancho would solve our problems,I'm not really confident in ogs,but he at least deserves to get his targets and show what he can do..Sancho is his first choice,besides I don't really think the cb position is as pressing as that,priority should be Sancho and reguillion,ffs we claim we are the biggest club in the world,then they should act like it..our front line is just one injury away from James returning to the starting 11

Please let's look at things from another perspective, Lampard and Chelsea have signed Ziyech, Werner, Havertz, Chiwell for the same amount we used to sign Maguire, Wan-Bissaka, Dan James and Bruno. Chelsea even got two CBs on a free with Silva taking a huge pay cut to sign for them...

I know it's early days but you can't look past the signings Chelsea have made with a similar outlay to ours last season. Now we are chasing another expensive player that won't plug all the holes in our team. Pep spends a lot of money but most times he signs plahers around the 50m mark. For 108m, Pep will most likely get 2-3 very good players but no, we should spend same amount on just one player.

Maguire we signed for 80m hasn't proven to be twice the player Smalling is individually nor has he showned that he is twice the player Lindelof is. We are stuck with him now. Imagine looking for another CB a season after signing one for 80m. Do you think Joe Gomez is better than Lindelof? If Joe Gomez plays alongside Maguire, we will be quick to throw him under the bus but at Liverpool, with Van Dijk beside him, he looks good...

For 108m, we will get Neres, Reguilon, Tiago (Not a necessity), Upamecano or any other CB etc. Or we can get Neres and Douglas Costa in hope that one of them blossoms. If you sign Neres for 30-40m and he flops, we can quietly lick our wounds and move on but for 108m, I tell you it will be painful. I don't even want to talk about the added pressure that comes with such amount.

Mourinho has openly come out to say that he expects Spurs to sign a striker...That's an indirect way of pressuring the board.

As much as I don't like Mourinho's approach most times, I love him for his frankness...Ole should come out and demand for new additions to the squad just so the fans know who to blame at the end of the day. I am waiting for his press conference before our game this weekend and I hope he'll be asked if he is okay with the squad at his disposal heading into the new season. If he defends the board by saying he can prosecute the season with the players at his disposal then he should be ready to get the stick if things go south.

afrodoc2:
Luiz Adraino of Shakhtar NOT Adriano The Emperor.

Okay, 8 thought it was the Brazilian Adriano.

spillo1:
I am not referring to the main Brazilian Adriano. Luiz Adriano played for Shakhtar Donetsk.

Okay...I rate Haaland highly because I have seen him doing it at Salzburg and when he joined Dortmund he continued and now he is doing it for the Norwegian national team...That guy is not overrated, not at all...

spillo1:
LMFAO......Luiz adriano once scored 9 champions league goals and he was an average player. Your point is mute. Now the question remains " how is Sancho overrated but haaland is not?

Adriano was not average, he wasn't disciplined enough and that cost him his career...

engrelvis:
there seems to b no understanding BTW Alli,Kane n son.

Alli is bang average...

engrelvis:
Everton shud b one goal up.Dey v played well. Just hope it will reflect at end of game

Spurs too have missed chances, Alli, Doherty and Kane failing to connect to Son's cross...

Leicester City are lookin good, Ndidi is class...

Spurs vs Everton, very interesting thus far, so much quality on the field of play...I hope our players are up for it next week, it's going to be a long and tough season...

afrodoc2:
Watching the 2nd half now. Maguire has been quietly making errors all game long. TFM was actually better. Otem help us.

That guy is too sluggish and doesn't know how best to use his body to shield attackers. Last season, I saw Lindelof doing much of the marking whilst Maguire choose to watch on. If we must be competitive, everyone has to stand up and be counted...

GloryIsaac:
Firmino didn’t record a shot on target.

Defensive Striker

Hehehe Give us our Martial...

macjireh:
dat last miss by firmino surprised me 0ooo

That is just too casual for a forward. He always wants to score goals for the camera...

Mane, Salah, Wjinaldum and Firmino were all guilty of missing good chances. Salah though can be excused as he more than made up for it...

Liverpool forwards are wasteful yet they keep getting chance after chance...

Liverpool strikers are very wasteful...

Arteta is doing very well with Arsenal, if they get Partey and that Auora dude in Lyon, then they will make the fight for top 4 very complicated...

olabode89:
Am I the only one tired of this Sancho drama?

How about we spend all that money on improving the squad.

Reguilon .... €30M

Thiago ....... €30M

Ismaila Sarr or David Neres .... €50M

Exactly what I said some pages back...

Let Dortmund keep Sancho...They depend a lot on ticket sales and if things don't improve on the COVID-19 front, they might be forced to sell for less next year...

eddyslim:
The same way buhari told us his achievement in 2019 election abi? You don't have what to say

You're too slow, I can't help you...

Those who criticized Pawpaw are no where to be found criticizing Kwankwaso today. Too many partisan fellows here...

I find this kind of politics divisive, Obaseki is only playing the religion card by inviting Kwankwaso...

Tell the people what you have achieved just like the APC guy should be on about his plans with set time lines and how he aims to go a out achieving his programs rather than all these Street carnivals they specialize in organizing...

Nigerians, we are our own problem, why can't we look past the flag bearers of the APC and PDP? At least do a protest vote by voting in another party and if they fail, try another party after 4 years since a revolution/protest doesn't work fine here...

afrodoc2:
They are loading the under-18s with attackers so hopefully in about 3 years a couple of them might be ready.

And the scouting has been extensive and top notch too......at least on paper.

McNeil was scoring loads of goals at under-16 level.

Aaroen was highly rated in Norway.

Mejia scored 60 goals last year in Spain and everybody wanted him.

Garnacho is also highly rated from Atletico.

I guess the scouts are doing their job. It's now left for the U-18 coach ensure most of them reach their potentials by guiding them on the pitch in hope that they keep their heads down and work hard.

I don't really rate U-23 because if a player is good enough at U-18, he'll most likely be knocking on the door of the first team. Rather than U-23, I prefer those who have shown serious potential but have their path to the first team blocked be loaned out to a championship or Bundesliga/Eredivisie team.

Ravioli:
I am telling you.

As for Wilshere, Westham wants to terminate his contract asap.

smh

Their eyes don clear...

elrony:
E be things

Nezzjnr:
The Guy is damn good though

He rejected City contract

600 goals to his name

Let me check him out...

Nezzjnr:
#mufc have agreed a fee, which could rise to £1.35m, with Manchester City for the signing of Charlie McNeill [men]

The scouts are working...