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Indeed, that is how we signed Danny Ings

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I don't think the model is inherently unstable. We might sell a couple of players each summer but we can still keep the core group together

If we can get McAtee on loan then I think that would cover us and we can spend money on a striker

And after we played Djenepo at left back all last season, when will he learn?

This does feel a bit like when we tried to sign Harry Kane. Why would City sell rather than loan him out?

I can't help thinking that Broja and Delap both having contracts until 2026 puts us in a weak position

Both these things can be true right? I can't see us waiting until the end of the window. We need a striker too much. Broja has a contract until 2026 so really he might just have to respect Chelsea's wishes. Or we take him on loan.

He was a regular for England for a decent period of time and although he didn't quite excel at that level he was solid enough

That's nowhere near as good as Carillo's 11 in 998! 🤯

Most of those players had serious injury problems, which Lingard hasn't. Then you've got Cleverly, who was never close to the player Lingard is, Defoe, who was playing well at a much older age than Lingard, and Alli, who might be the most similar but has had a much worse career dip and never did as much for England as Lingard did

Come now, he did a decent job for England for quite a period of time even if he wasn't quite at the level we might have wanted. He's definitely a good Premier League player even if he's not quite Champions League level

Seems a top lad who is being well advised

Isn't this MLG's vision of journalism - direct quotes or there's no story?

Broja is only 20 though. So much more potential

£12m on Transfermarkt, only signed a new contract 6 months ago though

Two sources have reported along these lines. It's very far from watertight, but when we're trying to read the runes, we can lower the probability that he will join

Not an exact answer to your question but there are a lot of supporting players on this list https://www.football365.com/news/ranking-premier-league-club-percentage-of-goals-scored-by-top-scorer-2021-22-ronaldo-son

Good strikers are more expensive than other positions, and more in demand. That means we have to wait until later in the window for prices to drop or for players to give up on bigger clubs coming in for them. It sucks that it disrupts the start of the season but it's just the way it is for every club our size

I know you have connections but it's not the first time I've seen a falling out suggested, so I'm wondering who's feeding it to journalists and why

I'd suggest that while there wasn't a visible falling out as far as the club was concerned, Broja didn't like the way Ralph dealt with him and had no intention of coming back

Kalajdzic also seems to be high on our list but he's waiting to see if he gets a better offer

Armstrong and Che were both running down their contracts and a fair bit older than Delap

To be honest my memory is that they thought he was decent but needed game time