Rodrygo

[CorporateBlue]

Pep said edersons staying mean nothing .

Agreed. I think it’s Coty saying ‘stop dicking around Levy and pay us $xx or we are keeping him’.
Probably put a short timeline on that too ..

 

[LongsightM13]

Calm down. Of course, if we want, we can buy him. But 100m + 300k for Rodrygo? No, better to spend that money on areas where it’s more needed.

We’ve saved loads of the wage bill with Kev, Walker and most of Grealish off it
And we’ve recruited very well and very frugally so far, both in Jan and the summer
Marmoush probably the biggest earner of those we’ve signed, but like Reijinders I suspect it wouldn’t be crazy money
To put it in perspective , we’ve spent about the same as Forest and Sunderland this summer
We spent in January but that was after a bizarre previous summer where Savinho was basically the only first team signing
We can easily afford it if Pep really wants him

 

[Alfa Lee]

We’ve saved loads of the wage bill with Kev, Walker and most of Grealish off it
And we’ve recruited very well and very frugally so far, both in Jan and the summer
Marmoush probably the biggest earner of those we’ve signed, but like Reijinders I suspect it wouldn’t be crazy money
To put it in perspective , we’ve spent about the same as Forest and Sunderland this summer
We spent in January but that was after a bizarre previous summer where Savinho was basically the only first team signing
We can easily afford it if Pep really wants him

Yes, what I mean is that maybe we’ve set a budget for the Rodrygo deal — rather than pouring in endlessly (even if we could).
Maybe Viana is only willing to spend £70m or £80m on him!

 

[LongsightM13]

Yes, what I mean is that maybe we’ve set a budget for the Rodrygo deal — rather than pouring in endlessly (even if we could).
Maybe Viana is only willing to spend £70m or £80m on him!

That makes sense tbf

 

[Master-Lotus]

Yes, what I mean is that maybe we’ve set a budget for the Rodrygo deal — rather than pouring in endlessly (even if we could).
Maybe Viana is only willing to spend £70m or £80m on him!

Madrid is willing to lower it to 90mil, I'm confident we're getting him.

 

[Mcfcok1971]

Madrid is willing to lower it to 90mil, I'm confident we're getting him.

I'm confident were not

 

[NordStrike]

Rather bring Livramento and Donnaruma

(If Savinho and Ederson both gone)

 

[Leroy Leroy Leroy]

If we sell Savio it could be a straight swap

 

[Xhavenjoe]

If we sell Savio it could be a straight swap

Not money wise

 

[King Jay]

Why isn’t anyone going for him? Isn’t he THAT good? Not 1 bid yet.
Guess my source was right that savinho is going to stay. As expected

 

[Leroy Leroy Leroy]

Not money wise

Wdym? It says they would accept €60-70m which are the figures quoted for Savio

 

[Master-Lotus]

If we sell Savio it could be a straight swap

This guy should just stop lying. He knows nothing. All the other sources ignore him and insist Savinho to Spurs is on with City waiting on Spurs' 3rd offer which is coming soon.

 

[KingGeorge]

As I've said in the past I think Madrid want to sell him a heck of a lot more than we want to buy him.

I think this line that Rodrygo is Pep's dream signing is either greatly exaggerated or completely made up. I am very skeptical when Romano states Pep brings him up in every meeting when transfers are discussed. I doubt anybody in our operation is feeding meeting details blow by blow to Romano.

We would be more likely to go into Europe and find some guy on the rise and pay 60 million for him. Most of us weren't talking about Marmoush last summer.

 

[Master-Lotus]

I think we're just waiting to play Spurs because we don't want to sell Savinho to them and then face him this week. After the game, I feel like we'll see this transfer progressing.

 

[supercity88]

Agreed. Reduces the injury risk, allows for recovery and keeps competition for places high. Win-win.

With our playing style likely to be much more dynamic and direct we're going to be running a lot more than usual as well. If we want to avoid what the dippers did under Klopp and bottle everything in a week late in the season, we'll need a bigger squad than Pep might typically want.

 

[CΛL]

Rather we sold Savinho, kept Echeverri personally. Don’t understand this deal.

 

[dannyboiblue]

Benched again tonight

 

[xMatMcC]

Benched again tonight

He is not in Madrid's best XI. This is not a surprise. I said on Bluemoon last year that he should be benched for options that provide more balance such as Arda Guler. Seems Xabi agrees. Mbappe, Vini, and Rodrygo just doesn't work.

Not a bad player by any means, quite good really, but definitely overrated due to playing for Madrid. IMO a clear step down from Marmoush, who already isn't a mainstay in our XI.

 

[abellwillring]

This guy should just stop lying. He knows nothing. All the other sources ignore him and insist Savinho to Spurs is on with City waiting on Spurs' 3rd offer which is coming soon.

Guillem Balague is as well connected as anyone in world football. He's been a key journalist for something like 30+ years. Get over yourself.

He may or may not be right about Savio, but he isn't just making stuff up.

 

[Gorbachev]

Romano apparently tonight just said deal looking unlikely for Rodrygo.

Savio is definitely staying by the looks of it.