Danilo

[Ric]

Very much a Guardiola signing, apparently. Hadn't been scouted extensively by us in the way our targets usually are, but Pep requested him personally after the Alves deal fell through.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

Very much a Guardiola signing, apparently. Hadn't been scouted extensively by us in the way our targets usually are, but Pep requested him personally after the Alves deal fell through.

could it be done today ric?

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

happy as rb/dm cover, but would prefer a genuine LB to cover Mendy

 

[Ric]

could it be done today ric?

Doubt there will be an announcement today.

 

[domalino]

happy as rb/dm cover, but would prefer a genuine LB to cover Mendy

Some of his best performances for Real Madrid were at LB, and he's supposedly properly two footed so I'm not worried about him covering LB, just the fact he's covering 2 injury prone players at once, at some point it's not unlikely Walker and Mendy are out at the same time.

 

[bluetonium]

To me it seems like we're allowing Kolarov to leave to free up funds to get Mendy across the line, so this Danilo deal must have been very much an unexpected one. Whilst his wages and other demands might not be matching Alves', it does slightly worry me that we've let four senior full backs go and only got in three - one officially and two pending - especially as the message seems to be that our budget for full backs is exceeded already. Let's not forget that last season injuries and so on forced us to play both Navas and Fernandinho at full back.

So either another forward doesn't happen, ie Sanchez, and moving also for Bertrand or whoever is not a problem, or we utilise Fernandinho again at RB, Danilo sharing RB or LB or even CM if needed, and then go for a cheaper (than Sanchez) midfield option - in which case I fully support us sticking a £30-40m bid in for Leon Goretzka as per recent reports

 

[01cravend]

happy as rb/dm cover, but would prefer a genuine LB to cover Mendy

He's two footed..So if he was to play left-back he can still hare up and down the wing putting crosses in and could cut inside as he has a mean long shot... I'm more excited by this signing than I will be if we get Mendy

 

[01cravend]

in which case I fully support us sticking a £30-40m bid in for Leon Goretzka as per recent reports

Rather just play Foden

Goretzka was no better than Bentaleb last season and he's a Spurs reject

 

[bluetonium]

Rather just play Foden

Goretzka was no better than Bentaleb last season and he's a Spurs reject

I thought he was immense for Germany during their summer triumph and can see him having a great career at the top, strong, agile, great vision and runs well with the ball. But to be fair if he was a Pep priority then I am sure we would have been in for him last summer, but Sane and Ilkay were the choices he made when plundering the Bundesliga.

 

[BlueMedic]

Yes and they are loaning out James right now. Its annoying we are being dicked over by those fucks :(

I understand your point, that how they've managed to end up making a profit of a poor signing is pretty annoying when you see us struggle - but if we're to believe what was being said both Conte & Pep at Chelsea & City wanted him, two of the richest clubs in the world being after a player will immediately make him go for decent value.

On top of that if he does end up being able to fulfill multiple roles, as say Fabinho was expected to do, would you not think £25-30m* for a 26 year old back up RB + LB + DM is actually reasonable in the current market being quoted at top PL teams?

*I'm back to that range, because as predicted the quoted prices have changed again, shock!