AncalagonTheBlack Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 (edited) @Plettigoal 11m FC Bayern has reached a total verbal agreement with João #Palhinha - as reported and confirmed again Fulham are exploring a deal to sign Youssouf Fofana from Monaco as they look for replacements for João Palhinha.Palhinha has informed Fulham of his desire to join Bayern. @MailSport Ryan Gravenberch is close to joining Liverpool. The Dutchman is still at Säbener Straße, but has not trained with the team today. Negotiations between clubs ongoing [@cfbayern, @altobelli13] Everything is moving very quickly between @FCBayern & @LFC for Ryan Gravenberch. [@BILD_Sport] Edited August 31, 2023 by AncalagonTheBlack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Hardly a surprise that Phillips and Maguire got picked. CB and DM are England's weakest positions. Phillips is basically England's only other option at DM after Rice. I could see Maguire being in danger of losing his starting spot (to Colwill) but not his place in the squad - the competition isn't that good+Maguire has always been a solid performer for England and NT managers tend to stick with players they've worked extensively with (Southgate is not alone in this). The only CB who should be considered an undisputed starter is Stones and he's currently injured. Sterling's omission is hardly surprising either. England are stacked in the wide areas so competition is fierce and Sterling's resurgence has been for all of three games after an extended period of being rubbish. Bowen's omission is more egregious than Sterling's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Yep, Palinha makes more sense than those bonkers rumours about them being lnked to McTomminay or Gallagher (who are b22 players and not the holding midfielder Tuchel wants). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 13 minutes ago, Consigliere said: I could see Maguire being in danger of losing his starting spot (to Colwill) but not his place in the squad - the competition isn't that good+Maguire has always been a solid performer for England and NT managers tend to stick with players they've worked extensively with (Southgate is not alone in this). The only CB who should be considered an undisputed starter is Stones and he's currently injured. Centre back isn't England's strongest position but, come on, Maguire both hasn't been playing and he's been terrible when he has had a rare chance to play. Basically any English centre back who's getting regular game time in the Premier League should be ahead of him at this point. Colwill and Stones should probably be the longterm partnership, Guehi and Tomori are good options, White's been playing really well for a while (and is oddly on the outs for some reason), Dunk's big and slow but is actually in good form if Southgate really likes that sort of thing, Dan Burn too for that matter. Ezra Konsa might be worth a look. Even Joe Gomez has just had one good game which is more that Maguire has racked up over the last two seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 (edited) CL Groups as they progress. Quite a few pairings from last year (RedBull City, PSG Dortmund, Barca Porto) A Bayern United Kobenhavn Galatasaray B Sevilla Arsenal PSV Lens C Napoli Real Braga Union D Benfica Inter RedBull S San Sebastian E Feyenoord Atletico SS Lazio Celtic F PSG Dortmund Milan Newcastle G City RedBull L Red Star Young Boys Bern H Barca Porto Shaktar Royal Antwerp Edited August 31, 2023 by A Horse Named Stranger Spockydog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 It could have been a bit harder I suppose. But not much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Lovely draw. Just like being back in the Vase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: It could have been a bit harder I suppose. But not much. That's a proper group of death. Condolences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Group a should be Bayern and United to advance in some shape or form. Group b looks a bit more challenging, but Arsenal should be favorite in that group. Then it's a bit more of open race for second Group c Real and Napoli Group d is anyone's guess. I'd back Inter, but that group looks super evenly matched Group e Atletico +1 (I will cheer for Celtic obviously) Group f PSG +1 Group g City and RedBull (in that order). Group h Barca and Porto (could also see Shakthar making it to the k.o. stage over Porto) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 It's a shame Neymar left, I'd love to have seen Dan Burn boot him to fuck. Spockydog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 1 good group and a bunch of mediocre. Kinda excited to see the format change next season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 49 minutes ago, ljkeane said: Centre back isn't England's strongest position but, come on, Maguire both hasn't been playing and he's been terrible when he has had a rare chance to play. Basically any English centre back who's getting regular game time in the Premier League should be ahead of him at this point. Colwill and Stones should probably be the longterm partnership, Guehi and Tomori are good options, White's been playing really well for a while (and is oddly on the outs for some reason), Dunk's big and slow but is actually in good form if Southgate really likes that sort of thing, Dan Burn too for that matter. Ezra Konsa might be worth a look. Even Joe Gomez has just had one good game which is more that Maguire has racked up over the last two seasons. Maguire has been a solid performer for England though. There's really no reason to drop him from the squad unless his performances for England go the way of his performances for United over the past couple of seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 PSG, Borussia Dortmund, Milan and Newcastle is the toughest group I guess? Still not quite the group of death we usually have every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 One ranking has them as 11th, 13th, 15th and 17th. Mad tight in that respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 (edited) David Ornstein @David_Ornstein · 2m EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool have reached agreement with Bayern Munich to sign Ryan Gravenberch. Fixed fee €40m. Netherlands international to join on long-term contract. 21yo flying to Liverpool this evening before medical Friday @TheAthleticFC #LFC #FCBayern Edited August 31, 2023 by AncalagonTheBlack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Dortmund are a bit of bag of surprises this year, and they haven't enjoyed a particularly good Bundesliga start, and they are still in the market for new players. Füllkrug is reportedly close to signning for them. He would add some physical presence and and a goal scoring threat in their opponents box. Attributes that will probably be badly needed in January with Haller then being off to AFCON. Moukoko is different kinda player and lacks that physicality. They are also still in the market for another CB, as they only have three valid CB options available atm (Schlotterbeck, Hummels, Süle). A loan deal for Bella-Kotchap was apparently their preferred solution to that. Ideally they'd also like to add another wb/fb. But that's not a priority concern for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Bundesliga transfer updates. Gravenberch to Liverpool as good as done deal (mentioned above) Palinha to Bayern rumoredly in the final stages (~€ 65m fee) Füllkrug to Dortmund official. (~€ 13m); Werder now need to find a replacement ASAP. Gurev from Werder to Leeds (~ € 4m) Deman (Cercle Brugge) to Werder Berisha (Augsburg) to Hoffenheim is pretty much done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Who is Klaassen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Just saw Klopp press conference. Thiago has had another setback FFS Wish Saudi clubs had taken him off our hands. Complete waste of a player! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Chelsea at it again 42 million on a player that's had 2 good games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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