Cicero

Forgot Casemiro was a Real Madrid product

Ajax should tell every club to fuck off if they are serious about being competitive again.

A. As if we'd sell B. They have Casemiro

Think ours is bad, imagine City

Agreed. We would have so much quality in depth for next season that it begs for rotation for certain games. Lukaku/Batshuayi Hazard/Willian/James/Pedro Bakayoko/Cesc/Kante/Chalobah

Only sources are Metro and Dailystar mate. Paper talk BS considering we have the exact same player in Ake.

B.Silva - City Fabinho - United Bakayoko - Chelsea Lemar - Spurs That's their entire XI midfield if these deals go through, all opting for England.

Except we aren't just relying on him? We have players throughout the pitch who are experienced in all levels of competition. Hazard had 16 goals last season, Pedro with 14 and Willian another 12. Unlike at Everton, the burden won't be on Lukaku alone to get us goals, as we have quality throughout the pitch. Lukaku will also have better players surrounding him than he did at Everton which can only make him better.

Like I said, it would be a sideways transfer. Costa is no where near as good in the 2nd half of the season as he is in the first, whereas Lukaku is at least consistent throughout. He's 24 in which he has room to grow, and he actually WANTS to be here. That is the underlying factor that separates him and Costa. That and the fact Lukaku won't have unpredictable behavior. This is Lukaku's goal scoring percentage at both West Brom and Everton Top 4: 12 (14,2%) 5-10: 26 (30,6%) 11-16: 24 (28,2%) Bottom 4: 23 (27%) And this is all whilst playing on a team where the players are inferior to ours.

150 million. What a world we live in

Depends if we want to play two up top. Prices for strikers in the market right now is absurd, and getting one for less than 40 million these days would be brilliant business. Lukaku alone will cost us a hefty amount. Lukaku is a lethal and proven goal scorer in the league, and Batshuayi has definitely earned Conte's trust from the amount of impact he's had for such little game time. Unless we actually give Abraham a shot, I can't see us spending another ridiculous amount on a striker after Lukaku. Belotti would be a dream.

In our current set up, I wouldn't classify Hazard as a winger. More of a LF. He has limited responsibilities to defend now, and Alonso provides the width on the left side which allows Hazard to roam through the middle. Thinking about it, I like the idea of signing James, especially given Hazard's injury, Gives us something different than what Pedro/Willian offer, and will give us quality in depth. Lukaku/Batshuayi Hazard/Willian---James/Pedro Bakayoko/Cesc-----Kante/Chalobah

Just seen the asking price was 70 million which I can assure we won't pay. Probably all paper talk.

Linked heavily with James Rodriguez recently.

UP 9.5/10 Don't know what took me so long to watch this. Brilliant from Pixar. Utterly brilliant. Easily my favorite film from them followed by Inside Out

Preferred Tolisso, but as long as this is a player Conte wants, I'm all for it.

Uh oh, someone tell Teso he is also following literally every Chelsea player down to N'Golo Kante

Meh, i'd pick Herrera. Despite him being a little shit

Can I ask why Lingard keeps getting selected for the national side?

If we get Lukaku, we are going to need another striker and it will be much more difficult considering we won't have Costa's funds to pay for it, considering what Real are asking for Morata. We might need to think about sending Abraham out on loan, considering with Conte's preferred formation he likes to have two strikers. Unless he wants to stick with a 3-4-3

Diego Costa is close to agreeing a return to Atletico Madrid during the January transfer window, when their transfer ban ends. [AS] Tricky this. Do we stick with him for the first half of the season, or chuck him with the reserves until January. Nonetheless, this gives us a harder chance in landing a second striker, IE Morata. Or we use Lukaku, Batshuayi, and Abraham?

To be honest, I'd give him a lot of respect if he gave Real the finger and moved to you lot.

Would you even match the 130 million fee, and why would he prefer a move to a Europa league club managed by Wenger vs Real Madrid? Not a dig, just a genuine question.

But Arsenal don't have the funds