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Is he? If so he would have seen more action than now.

Claudius you didn’t answer my question but ok. IF we don’t sign anyone can you agree that we wrote off the season?

Sicario2 - Tier 1 that’s an odd question. I’m not changing my answer

Personally, I won't change my mind on anything, regardless of the facts that are set out before me. I'm dug in, and I'll never change.

Think he's more annoyed at the reporter lol but yes everything he is saying is true. Sounds like we will get someone.

Bet it's Blahovic on loan. Gonna be underwhelming but at least it's a body.

Panda Yeah I reckon he definitely understood the question but just wanted to make things awkward for the reporter lol.

The whole world knows we need a player and they all know we have money. Yesterday I saw someone saying that Leipzig & Wolves supposedly asking for over £75m for their players this window, no idea if that is true but it is what is. The summer is when these deals should be done.

Claudius You would think and I would agree but these South American players absolutely love Madrid. He’s also getting paid very well - looks like €240k a week and despite being basically third choice behind Vini and Mbappe, they still figure out ways to get him games (13 league starts out of 20 games isn’t terrible). I just think that it would be foolish to assume he’s going to want out at some point when he’s never said anything along those lines.

Now if they did something like bring in Salah this summer, I’d certainly put some feelers out. Otherwise I think we should focus on more realistic options.

Claudius Ideally a winger.

We have 1 striker (who's actually a midfielder). We need another much more than a winger. We currently have 3 wingers available and Saka should be back this season. Jesus is out for a year and shouldn't be considered anything more than 3rd choice after that anyway.

samthegooner I like my idea and hope we inquire, even though I agree your position is more realistic

Claudius Oh yeah don't get me wrong - he would be my #1 target if he was available. Love the player and think he is doing his career a bit of a disservice by playing 2nd/3rd fiddle when he could be a leading man. But I also understand the allure of playing at your dream club with players who have become your friends, making a very good living and winning loads of trophies.

That'll get our season right back on track.

Definitely need more of these types of signings. Get the guys before they blow up and cost 5-10x the fee.

Still hope we can figure out how to bring in at least one first team attacker this window. Sounds like we are still working on it but the longer it goes without any concrete information, the less optimistic I get.

Long term, my optimism has not waned and getting in Nypan (plus Zubimendi in the summer) would only strengthen it.