Bielsa could be an interesting fit for Everton budget wise. At least before the recent slump they were sitting pretty comfortably as the 7th biggest club in PL. Give Bielsa a functional starting point and a couple of transfer windows with that kind of budget and they could be playing be very entertaining and possibly even succesful football. Meanwhile giving him the current Everton with the immediate relegation threat is a whole another story indeed.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

January 28 2023 13:52 GMT

#1482

Would have made more sense to stay Italy...

DropBear

Australia4386 Posts

January 29 2023 04:24 GMT

#1483

I missed it earlier but Sebastien Haller is back in business after beating cancer. Came on for Dortmund against Mainz a few days ago

sharkie

Austria18568 Posts

January 29 2023 17:28 GMT

#1484

Can I claim I told you so about Mitoma at Brighton?

plasmidghost

Belgium16168 Posts

January 30 2023 23:46 GMT

#1485

Holy shit if you were to tell me two years ago that Kroenke would actually be willing to spend money on us I wouldn't have believed you. I still don't think the deal goes through, though

evilfatsh1t

Australia8789 Posts

January 30 2023 23:54 GMT

#1486

kroenke can smell the title right now and knows itll more than pay off the transfer anyway

plasmidghost

Belgium16168 Posts

January 30 2023 23:56 GMT

#1487

What the fuck lmao, of all the players I thought we could sign, I never thought of Jorginho lol. My take is that if we do get him, fuck it, play him to hopefully secure us a title and have him be in our CL roster next season

DropBear

Australia4386 Posts

January 31 2023 03:11 GMT

#1488

I honestly think that Jorginho would be a terrible move. Arsenal are playing with such dynamism and he would slow you down immensely.

sharkie

Austria18568 Posts

January 31 2023 06:08 GMT

#1489

Apart from Trossard Arsenals movement in this transfer window has been horrible. Why do they want to sign all these overpriced overrated players?

plasmidghost

Belgium16168 Posts

January 31 2023 06:19 GMT

#1490

On January 31 2023 15:08 sharkie wrote:
Apart from Trossard Arsenals movement in this transfer window has been horrible. Why do they want to sign all these overpriced overrated players?

Sadly that's been most of our transfer windows for years now

sharkie

Austria18568 Posts

January 31 2023 06:36 GMT

#1491

On January 31 2023 15:19 plasmidghost wrote:

Show nested quote +

Sadly that's been most of our transfer windows for years now

Yeah its always 2-3 mediocre transfers and one stellar ones. Thank god for youth

plasmidghost

Belgium16168 Posts

January 31 2023 08:23 GMT

#1492

No idea how reputable this guy is but I choose to believe him because I want it to be true

sharkie

Austria18568 Posts

January 31 2023 08:25 GMT

#1493

But again how does this work then? Club record fee means he must be fielded. Why should Xhaka be sent to the bench?

Arsenal needs backup players, not players who might disrupt the starting eleven. This is so bad from Arsenal

DropBear

Australia4386 Posts

January 31 2023 09:07 GMT

#1494

On January 31 2023 17:25 sharkie wrote:
But again how does this work then? Club record fee means he must be fielded. Why should Xhaka be sent to the bench?

Arsenal needs backup players, not players who might disrupt the starting eleven. This is so bad from Arsenal

Has there been any news on the Partey situation? I've tried to find some but could only find gossip from the opposite extremes of either he is going to prison for life vs the girl completely made it up.

If Arsenal are expecting Partey to be unavailable in the near future it would make sense to me. If they aren't, it doesn't.

plasmidghost

Belgium16168 Posts

January 31 2023 10:02 GMT

#1495

It actually happened. This better not backfire on us

sharkie

Austria18568 Posts

January 31 2023 10:10 GMT

#1496

This is so stupid, one of the most overrated midfielders in PL history

DropBear

Australia4386 Posts

January 31 2023 12:56 GMT

#1497

Arteta still a City agent at his core

Speaking of City, Joao Cancelo has officially gone to Bayern on loan, supposedly after a falling out with Pep.

Bayern Munich have completed the loan signing of Manchester City and Portugal full-back Joao Cancelo on a deal through to the end of the 2022/23 season, with an option to buy.

Cancelo, 28, can play on both sides of the defence and will provide competition for the likes of Benjamin Pavard and Alphonso Davies, as well as additional cover for the sidelined Lucas Hernandez and Noussair Mazraoui.

“Bayern is a great club, one of the best in the world, and it’s enormous motivation for me to now play alongside these extraordinary players in a team," said Cancelo, who will wear the No.22 and could make his Bayern debut as soon as Wednesday's DFB Cup last-16 meeting with Mainz. "I know that this club, this team lives for titles and wins titles every year. I’m also driven by the hunger for success. I‘ll give my best for Bayern.”

Bundesliga official site

sharkie

Austria18568 Posts

January 31 2023 13:17 GMT

#1498

Cancelo moving from City to Munich has to be the biggest news/shock of this transfer window imo

Jockmcplop

United Kingdom9767 Posts

January 31 2023 14:02 GMT

#1499

On January 31 2023 22:17 sharkie wrote:
Cancelo moving from City to Munich has to be the biggest news/shock of this transfer window imo

Apparently he's been acting like an absolute tool because he's getting dropped due to bad form.

Bacillus

Finland2012 Posts

January 31 2023 14:34 GMT

#1500

I haven't seen many of the PL games this season. How long has Cancelo been out of form? Last time I heard about him, he was lauded as probably the best full back in the world.

There seems to be some kind of hard cap on Joaos in PL. One enters, one has to leave. Also explains the Joao Felix red card since they were temporarily over the quota.