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You're saying we could get another Kallstrom klassic?
el Janny Tranny
Sesko is a freak physically. Get him in
I'll take anyone.
Kept an eye on him at the Euros and he smashed one on the bar from 30 yards out. You can see he’s raw but the tools are there. Those are the types of gambles we need to take and hope he develops as he is promising too. Better than Rashford-type stopgaps
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DiabyKungFu Look at early-stage venture capital here. How it works (almost without any exaggeration) is that a VC takes a look at the cofounders' resumes and other funds that have committed money and if they see enough brand names that they like then they write a check for many millions of dollars. Otherwise, they pass. The idea that higher leverage situations necessarily call for more complex strategies is a fallacy. It is usually the opposite.
But ... don't you think those conditions are very, very dissimilar to trying to negotiate with one of a small handful of footballers who are likely to improve an existing elite squad, all in the context of PSR, competing clubs, the player's existing contracts, etc?
As I clarified later on, I was specifically talking about talent identification, not pricing/negotiations/prioritization. Prioritization is a somewhat sophisticated optimization problem. Spotting the outliers amongst outliers who would be of interest to a club at the level of Arsenal seems relatively straightforward. That was my point.
Looks like this one is not happening
DiabyKungFu but why do signings like Pepe, Antony etc. happen if that's the case? It doesn't matter that judging how a player is currently playing for his club is easy if judging how he'll play for your team is hard.
Hard pass on Vlahovic personally unless it's a short term loan. He is not a good finisher despite his highlight reels and is hurt right now. Do we really need another body on the training table? When the fans of his team are basically begging him to go, it's not a good sign. And yes, I know - Henry was a similar story from Juve but I just don't see the upside here.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert one Jonathan David coming right up
DiabyKungFu Plot twist is that the easier scouting is making closing deals and controlling costs harder.
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This was the season to beat City. They are going big now, and will go bigger probably in the summer.
Saliba always seemed destined for Real Madrid, especially if we keep not winning anything, but I don't think we'll let him go this early.
Yeah I’m so insecure when it comes to Saliba
Saliba seems built for Real Madrid
Need to keep him through next year at minimum.
Good signing by them.
We should have hijacked that deal , tell.him City will.be relegated