were they even in the race to begin with? iirc the only thing that would convince him to go to united was ogs being the manager but with him being sacked there's absolutely no reason.

evilfatsh1t

Australia8863 Posts

January 31 2022 02:54 GMT

#1683

On January 31 2022 10:12 GTR wrote:
were they even in the race to begin with? iirc the only thing that would convince him to go to united was ogs being the manager but with him being sacked there's absolutely no reason.

oy dont rain on our parade. a man can hope

Liquid`Drone

Norway28796 Posts

January 31 2022 07:16 GMT

#1684

I think Haaland kinda formally rejected utd already.

Now it seems like it's either City or spain (most likely RM).

DropBear

Australia4402 Posts

January 31 2022 13:37 GMT

#1685

Christian Eriksen is back! Playing for Brentford. Hopefully he does well.

Brentford FC can confirm the signing of Denmark international midfield player Christian Eriksen, subject to international clearance. The 29-year-old signed his contract after completing a medical assessment. He has signed until the end of the 2021/22 season.

Discussing the process of signing Christian, Phil Giles, Brentford Director of Football, said: “We first discussed the possibility of Christian joining Brentford when we heard that he would be leaving Inter. It is fantastic that he is now with us.

“Naturally the process of signing Christian was more elongated than most transfers. I understand that many people will have questions about the process. In order to respect Christian’s medical confidentiality, we won’t be going into any details. Brentford fans can rest assured that we have undertaken significant due diligence to ensure that Christian is in the best possible shape to return to competitive football. Now Christian has made the decision to sign for Brentford, all parties want to focus fully on football.

“We are sure that Christian will make a big impact at Brentford and on the Premier League between now and the end of the season.”

Brentford official website

Also! Burnley have signed Wout Weghorst from Wolfsburg. As far as I can tell, this seems like an enormous upgrade on Chris Wood, no? Germans/Dutch amongst us have an opinion?

Burnley Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Netherlands international Wout Weghorst from VfL Wolfsburg for an undisclosed fee.

The 6’6-foot centre forward has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at Turf Moor and will link up with his new teammates for training on Monday ahead of next weekend’s Premier League match against Watford.

Weghorst arrived in England on Sunday afternoon to complete his medical and sign his contract at Turf Moor. The 29-year-old will take the vacant number nine shirt.

Manager Sean Dyche said: “Wout is a player that our scouts have been strong on for some time and we feel that he can add to all that we do at Burnley Football Club.

Burnley official website

aseq

Netherlands3999 Posts

January 31 2022 13:57 GMT

#1686

He's a decent finisher with an excellent work rate, good as a target man, but not a brilliant technical player. May be well suited for Burnley since they play a low block...but he's not that different from Vincent Janssen whom we all laughed at at Tottenham, he could suffer from the increase in size and speed of defenders in the PL.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

January 31 2022 15:28 GMT

#1687

KobraKay

Portugal4295 Posts

January 31 2022 15:50 GMT

#1688

i was going to make fun of arsenal for not keeping tabs on their assets....but i cant really blame them, not sure whats going on with players these days.

sharkie

Austria18636 Posts

January 31 2022 16:04 GMT

#1689

Problem is money, nowadays the players know how much they are worth and earn so much money that they believe rules just dont apply to them.

Money corrupts everything

Dav1oN

Ukraine3164 Posts

January 31 2022 19:50 GMT

#1690

I wonder if anybody follows Futsal Euro 2022? Looks refreshingly interesting and dynamic, especially during the break with big football matches

GTR

51595 Posts

January 31 2022 21:49 GMT

#1691

On January 31 2022 16:16 Liquid`Drone wrote:
I think Haaland kinda formally rejected utd already.

Now it seems like it's either City or spain (most likely RM).

with the mbappe news, you think RM still go after haaland?

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

January 31 2022 21:55 GMT

#1692

I think Haaland is already a Madrid player personally. Perez is going nuts in the summer, he hasn't spent in a while, the Spanish spending rules will be loosened due to the financials not playing off the covid ones and he want the best players in his club to take to the super league.

Mbappe Haaland and Vini Jr front 3 next season i think, add in Pogba on a free in midfield as well and those 3 players cost him a total of £65 million xD (Vini Jr was signed as a kid and that has already paid for itself)

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16169 Posts

January 31 2022 23:56 GMT

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Bacillus

Finland2048 Posts

February 01 2022 03:24 GMT

#1695

The Haaland-Mbabbe combo feels like some football manager experiment. Plenty of firepower, but I've got no clue if their roles compliment each other even the slightest. They also need to sort out some kind of midfield that'll work together with that and some kind of wage structure to go with all of it.

aseq

Netherlands3999 Posts

February 01 2022 04:55 GMT

#1696

Everton sign Alli as well as VDB, so he can probably Van the Bench there too? That would be a super sad scenario for him...but I don't see how they play both in a 4-4-2, or even 5-4-1.

Bacillus

Finland2048 Posts

February 01 2022 16:31 GMT

#1697

On February 01 2022 13:55 aseq wrote:
Everton sign Alli as well as VDB, so he can probably Van the Bench there too? That would be a super sad scenario for him...but I don't see how they play both in a 4-4-2, or even 5-4-1.

Any chance that Lampard could be planning some system with some sort of #10 role there? You'd have Alli there as initial starter and VDB as rotation and challenger for the position.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

February 01 2022 19:44 GMT

#1698

On February 01 2022 12:24 Bacillus wrote:
The Haaland-Mbabbe combo feels like some football manager experiment. Plenty of firepower, but I've got no clue if their roles compliment each other even the slightest. They also need to sort out some kind of midfield that'll work together with that and some kind of wage structure to go with all of it.

While it defo screams football manager x fifa, i think Mbappe has shown he can play "outwide" though and Real Madrid always play attacking wingers who don't exactly put a shift in going backwards. So Mbappe outwide and Haaland up top works, i don't see Mbappe as a 9 anyway, he doesn't scream holding up the ball or strong in the air though.

haitike

Spain2727 Posts

February 02 2022 10:38 GMT

#1699

On February 01 2022 12:04 plasmidghost wrote:
Auba is gone!!! Finally got that dead weight off the payroll

It is a good deal for both sides. As a Barça fan is good too bacause it was a free transfer with a not too high salary and the club has still a lot of finances troubles.

Bacillus

Finland2048 Posts

February 02 2022 19:34 GMT

#1700

How did Auba look in his later Arsenal games? Is he going to jump back to form when motivated or is it a more iffy thing? With a 32-year-old speedster in bad form feels like it can go both ways.