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Never known a professional footballer be so fragile.

That’s for the manager to adapt! I’ve always found we’d never dare sit a bit deeper because we’ve not had the defenders to cope with that, but with Dias and Laporte we should have - let them come onto us and hit them on the break instead. You can’t pick one game in a 38 game season to question a...

I don’t know a lot about him at all, but at the very basic level analysis the lad is only 23, has been first choice at Benfica and in the Portugal squad for 3 years already. I think for those saying he is complete shit must be overlooking some positives atleast.

When you add in Otamendi wages saved that’s probably about €65m offer really. Nobody is bidding for Ota this summer are they, so he’d just sit on his wages for a year. I could see the logic behind that offer.

Thiago is 29, Van Dijk is 29, Koulibaly would be 29, Henderson 30, Firmino 28, Mane 28, Salah 28. A lot can change in 4 years buddy.

There are more variables to that than 1 player.. What if they sign Koulibaly but we snap up Kounde, Aouar, and then next summer a top class striker comes in and replaces Aguero? Dishing out titles for 3-4 years in advance is the stuff of wet lettuces, and I am sure that is above you!

City v Bournemouth

He’s excellent but frustrating all rolled up into one player. Great tenacity, hard working, busy centre forward who sometimes gets the basics wrong and can be hit and miss in front of goal. His stats will read well like any striker in this team but I would still question whether he’s the...

A solid first performance - hope it continues.

Amazing how this transfer, for many, seems to be the difference between optimism and pessimism heading into the new season. If the hype is warranted then I’m excited to see him play, but I also think Laporte and Ake as a partnership will be 10 time’s better than what we had to endure for most of...

Next few hours... at least we’ll know by tomorrow.

with Laporte - 15 games, 5 conceded. Without - 23 games, 30 conceded. I think he did pretty well personally...

He’s only 21, his style will highly depend on the coaching he gets in the next couple of years.

Laporte staying fit would help more than any signing can.

Don’t know why people are finding negatives here - this is what the buy and loan system is all about. Players do well and we flip for a profit, which pays for the rest and every now and then we find a diamond for the first team. This lad wasn’t the diamond but €20m is bloody useful.

Pretty sure it’ll happen.

Chelsea owe that to Abramovich, so from a personal perspective, it’s a great deal. Every penny he’s ever put into the club they owe back, it probably does make his stake in the club very difficult to sell though. You wouldn’t go near it.

Chelsea did sign Morata for £70m and Hazard was one of the best players in the world when he left. I do think they have signed well though, on paper. Quite interested to see them play next year - I think it’ll take a year or so for such a new squad to settle but if they’re given time and build...

He’s 6/1 to join at the moment, max bet was £40. If you’re confident.. I’ve jumped on the hype and had a go.

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