Ah, there it is…the min age requirement is only in the UEFA version of the rules and so his time at Birmingham only currently gives him 2 out of the 3 years needed to be homegrown under their definition. He needs one more year at an english club, which he can only get next season, to ultimately be classified as home grown (association trained) and in playing that additional season he’d have to registered at that time as a foreign player.
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The 2 for me would be a no brainer.
Moises could be a Kante light for years to come and I don’t think there will be much between Enzo and Jude in the long run tbh.
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Was a good tackle.
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Not gonna lie, I’ve fallen in love with him (yes after just one game). Van Dijk-esque positional reading of the game. If he had the physique of VVD or Konate I think he might already be pushing into people’s list of world’s best CBs.
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I still haven’t seen ten full games of Gvardiol (though I’m very much near that target!) but I think he’s the centre back that I’ve been looking for. I know that he’s been giving some positive comments in media about Chelsea (Kovačić has likely been in his ear for a while) but I think he can be Van Dijk’s successor, with Konate being the long term right sided centre back.
wasnt he being linked with City in the summer?
No, that was Guardiola.
(I’m so, so sorry, mate, there was no way I could have let the opportunity pass.)
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Need to get Agent Lovren on his case big time!!
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Klopp loves his lanky centre backs. He is too small.
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Yeah - we hate this from our CBs
Gomez considered leaving us last year and yet extended his contract 5 months ago.
Konate just arrived.
And Matip is under contract until 2024 and I doubt he is going anywhere. Actually believe he tends to see out his contract or even ending his career after his time here.
So I doubt we are looking to add an expensive CB next summer.
Not even sure Leipzig would let him go already so maybe if he waits another year…
Throw in Salah too 
OK so this Amrabat fella that World Cup-watchers have fallen in love with and is now getting fake linked to us everywhere… he’s garbage. Here he is based on his form for Fiorentina this season. For the sake of comparison I’ve marked him next to Fabinho. This season’s Fabinho. The one who has been embarrassingly bad. That Fabinho.
Fabinho makes more tackles, wins more tackles, challenges more dribblers, makes more interceptions, more clearances, fewer errors, makes more ball recoveries and wins more aerial duels.
Basically, the worst version of Fabinho is still better than the current version of Amrabat.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk, let’s focus future conversations on other players.
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I don’t understand. He’s had a good World Cup (or Morocco has anyway). We therefore must buy him.
And this Ramos guy from Portugal.
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Gvardiol look a talent.
Rice was fantastic today better than Tchoumeni by a mile for me
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Yes, helped England to keep a clean sheet.