TBF, Nunez must also accept going to the Middle East for the football too!
Tap-in merchant Romano reckons weāre working on signing Ekitike from Frankfurt. I donāt think weāll pay anything close to the ā¬100M Iāve seen mooted, reckon a deal will be done for closer to 70M with some add-ons.
Looks a quality prospect but heās still a bit raw. Will need to manage him well in order to get the best out of him.
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A bit different, but I get the sentiment. Both of them have finishing issues. The prevailing wisdom is that Nunez was a Klopp buy, not an Edwards/Ward buy. Klopp overruled the data guys on that one and it didnāt work out.
From what I understand, our data guys love Ekitike. He compares favorably to Isak in a lot of metrics, and the feeling is that he just needs a season or two of development in a strong team.
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I agree it is risky paying that much they come down to 40M then include add ons and incentivise the whole transfer.
We werenāt buying a prospect when we bought Nunez.
We bought someone who shouldāve come in to be one of the key players.
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40M is a pipe dream given the state of the striker market. Itāll be 70, maybe inclusive of add-ons, but the days of getting even a one-good-season prospect for less than 60M are over.
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you are right look at Bayern trying to buy the 21 year old striker Woltemade for 50M euros but they were quoted 100M by his club. they are having the same row as the one for the transfer of Wirtz.
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If Elliott ends up at Dortmund he will be turn into a star. Young players with upside tend to develop really well over there.
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Heās already a star!
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A bright North Star
Heās already stated he doesnāt want to move to Germany.
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I think he has been given bad advice, imo a move abroad will help him with the major uefa competitions. Whatās his alternative in the PL, none of the regular top 4-5 teams need him. If he wants to be a consistent starter, he needs to go to Spain or Germany.
Or did he state he doesnāt want to go to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, which is most likely a good decision with all the major exits.
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With all this emotion. No Jota. I want to keep Nunez.
Donāt think Darwin or Arne really wants him to stay . We need changes there and I do wonder if the club will feel their hand is forced and pay up to buy Ekitike
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its business. shouldnt stop the club from functioning
Whilst that is true, I did find the reports that Barcelona were still sniffing around Diaz to be in incredibly bad taste.
Weāve already told them no and now weāve just suffered a huge tragedy.
Go fuck off and never come back (barca, not you).
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thatās Barca for youā¦
fuckers think the world spins around them
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Or Isak?
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No. Nunez must go. he doesnāt fit and heās really not good enough.
OK. Iāll be the first to say that Diogoās tragic death might result in Harvey staying. I doubt if it would really, as he probably would still not get the amount of game time that he wants and needs. But I can imagine the idea being put to him by Slot.
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