I assume that we wouldn't bid if he wasnt interested in moving. Maybe I'm naive though.

most of the time thats the case, but you're relying on not being pantsed by the players agent. if they feed you dodgy info the whole thing can fall apart

There's no indication that we've actually bid though are there?

I think this rumour is mostly hot air from his agents for now, we've probably sounded his agent out and that's about it.

There's a chance we still remain very keen on Ødegaard and this is a way to test Real.

This is a statement signing if it happens. Don’t let Capi tell you otherwise.

Yeah we haven't made a bid for this. Just a lot of smoke

Best news so far is that Odegaard seemingly is staying at madrid.

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That's how I felt when Auoar fell through last season

Big Willie wrote:

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That's how I felt when Auoar fell through last season

I hope you're restrained when we get Aouar this season lol

Claudius wrote:

This is a statement signing if it happens. Don’t let Capi tell you otherwise.

A player who used to play in the Championship, sure they are all the same.

Would rather Aouar who would be a third of the price.

The issue is he's only half as good too.

Don't see it. I think they're at the same level, of course one has PL experience, but I think we need someone who can play centrally or out wide. Maddison would hinder ESR at the price he is coming at.

I don't necessarily disagree with that; I just think one of them is clearly a good player while the other one is a bit shit, and the possibility that he might be available for less money doesn't make him less shit.

We really should have signed Buendia, but what's done is done.

I wouldn't mind Aouar but only because I'd see him as back up to ESR. He'd have to agree to wages that represent that though.

Qwiss! wrote:
Claudius wrote:

This is a statement signing if it happens. Don’t let Capi tell you otherwise.

A player who used to play in the Championship, sure they are all the same.

Haha. Imagine if we are linked to Maddison 2 years ago, similarly from Norwich. Just another championship player

Klaus wrote:

The issue is he's only half as good too.

If that. I don't get the Aouar hype last year at all. Looked like a nothing head down player player to me.

Regardless that I rate the guy, we need to be careful not to overspend. 60 mil is a bit much, we could possibly get better value elsewhere. E.g. isn't it possible to sign Locatelli for 60-70 mil?

Feels like J Madz is the ceiling in terms of the type of player we can attract at the mo