ErwinK1961

Tancredi Palmeri says agreed a deal at €35m for Rudiger.

According to Tancredi Palmeri, City have agreed a deal for Mendy at €45m...

Chelsea are currently losing 8-0 to everyone.

Making up figures to suit your agenda. Again. Surely not.

If you think he's worth £100k plus a week for the next three years, good luck to you.

It's a tricky one. I agree we've been blessed over last few years with some quality centre backs and would like to see a top quality one come in to partner VVD. However, we've got a very promising defender in stephens who needs regular games at the top level in order to continue his progression. Who knows, perhaps he could be even better than Fonte? I think a season next to VVD would bring him on leaps and bounds. At the end of the day, it's the clubs MO to develop youngsters - why wouldn't they continue this with Stephens who has shown he is capable of playing at this level? Plus, I think you can contribute a fair bit of our defensive problems to the balance in midfield. I love Romeu, but he can't do the job of Morgan and Vic on his own.

£20m?! Madness.

62 posts, of which 62 are digging out either Les Reed, Steve Davis or James Ward-Prowse. What an incredibly sad life you must lead.

Errr.... what?!

Agree - plus I think the fact the club had said (via our favourite journalists) that the new manager would be in place by the end of last week probably added a bit of pressure.

Hmmm.... if true, that's very interesting... in my mind would leave only one club I could see him going to. No prizes for guessing who.

The issue with the scenario you are putting forward is, what happens to Stephens? He came in second half of last season and arguably was one of the few shining lights to come out of it. Surely he needs more game time next season to progress further, not get shunted down to 4th choice. If (and it's a big if) we can keep VVD, then I wouldn't mind seeing a VVD / JS partnership next season.

Let's hope those u21 games werent a reflection on his ability. Thought he was cr*p.

I get the feeling we weren't too fussed and he was a back-up. Maybe if Palace had gone a different direction with Pellegrino, then we'd have considered him (and badged it up that he was first choice all along).

It's not feasibly possible to announce the team "minutes before kick-off" - team-sheets get submitted 60-90 minutes beforehand and they will know then. If they somehow miss that, then the team being announced over the tannoy at 2 o'clock might give them an idea if they're playing.

So if it is Pellegrino, what are the chances of getting Sammy Lee back as assistant?

Didn't you have a Spanish mate who said Valverde was going to be our next manager?

A good move for all concerned.

No thanks, especially at over £20m.

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Guillem Balague said he does

Imagine he would do well in Serie A - slower pace.

So Rodriquez wasn't dropped after the Bournemouth game then?

That didn't happen.

Will be interesting to see how his 'believer in youth' image goes next season, after they're done with all these signings.