They meant he was formerly 32 
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BBC rumours
Liverpool and Arsenal are both reluctantly prepared to loan Morocco midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi back to Lille if they can sign him this summer, as the French club want to keep the 18-year-old for one more season. (Football Insider)
Central midfielder and maths wiz
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Good player. I think he will do well for them.
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Kept an eye on him last night. Thought he had shades of Fabinho about him. Long and rangy limbed. Lots of neat positioning to block channels and cut things out. Certainly not an enforcer type but more smart with when he commits to getting stuck in looking to nick things and then move it quickly.
In possession he kept it quite simple. Lots of wall passes and short probing balls. Certainly not a play maker in the Alonso style where heās spraying it around. Only foray forward I can recall resulted in him darting into the box for a return pass that never came, France then broke and within 10 seconds or so Mbappe was fouled for the penalty. Hard to say whether he made the wrong choice being that far forward but Morocco were very much caught out there.
Interesting to hear he was the youngest player to start a world cup quarter final since Pele. Given he was in there against that French forward line shows thereās immense trust in the lads ability.
Not sure heās exactly the player we need but would be very happy to find out. Less so if it meant spending Ā£100m now but then having to wait 12 months to have him join.
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Richard Hughes planning on a booze cruise over to a french hypermarche to celebrate his move to Saudi Arabia?
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Havenāt a clue how true that is but you can see some of the logic there given the connections between Zabarnyi and Andoni and our known interest in Barcola. I think I have previously seen us linked with or reportedly having interest in Zaiire Emery before too. I donāt know how often he features in their side but I would think Zabarnyi would be available.
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I didnāt see many probing balls he mainly passed it sideways and backwards. However, he does look a good prospect, butfor me I need to see more progressive play from him.
On his positioning when Mbappe got the penalty, this is my issue with so called specialist position players, if he is out of position, which one of the other specialist players covers him?
By the way, the criticism isnāt aimed at you.
I also think Iraola likes multi faceted midfielders
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No worries, all good.
Maybe probing was the wrong word but I canāt quite think of what the right one is. I kind of mean he keeps it quite short, tries to pick little angles or tries to find ways to bypass the nearest man to him. What heās not is someone whoāll spray it round or split a defence with some direct incisive ball.
Of all the midfielders I could think to compare him to Fabinho was about the best match. Itās all neat and tidy, knitting things together and breaking things up without chucking himself into challenges.
In fairness to him I donāt think the penalty was really his fault. About four other players could have done something better, including the guy who actually lost the ball exactly where you canāt with Olise and Mbappe ready to spring a counter.
Do agree though, itās a lot of money for a guy Iām not sure is the right fit for us but think heāll be a top player at the right club.
I wasnāt blaming him on the penalty, I just hear a lot about specialist midfielders, when I like to see midfielders that are multi faceted.
As a player you have to react to situations and if Bouaddi gets forward his fellow midfielders should react and cover his position.
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Weāre starving here so apologies everyone
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They had too many short term managers.
That would be great news if they could make it happen.
Rehashed rumourā¦
Arsenal and Liverpool are facing a transfer battle for 25-year-old RB Leipzig and Netherlands defender Lutsharel Geertruida, who was on loan at Sunderland last season. (Caughtoffside)
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EdersonThe no6 who was about to sign for for manure has hit a snag, their excuse was something abnormal in the medical but and the real reason is that they have seen in the World Cup a more expensive and younger alternative. We were linked to him in klopps era but he is 28 and at Ā£34M still too expensive.
FWIW
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Fuck that sky high.
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Not happy Jan!
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Better be getting Neco Williams back in return
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Itās just a weird situation all around. Iām open to the idea that my personal rating of him is way off after seeing Klopp and Slot both not using him as much as they should have, Tuchel and Southgate ignoring him, the club not shifting on contract terms, and there not being better options than Forest to exit to, but Nar I still think itās everyone else whos wrong about him
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