Agreed. He's definitely a sub-elite striker. The fees that clubs are going to now be demanding for their strikers by using this as a reference point will be ridiculous.
🚨🔵 Chelsea have all set with Samu Omorodion to join the club on seven year contract, valid until June 2031.Personal terms agreed and Atlético to receive £35m fee, as revealed yesterday.↪️🟢 Green light only when Atlético will complete all final steps for Julián Álvarez. pic.twitter.com/KyIc5ZmpOy— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 6, 2024
🚨🩺 Understand Chido Obi Martin is undergoing first part of medical tests as new Manchester United player today!Announcement could take time as deal will be subject to PL 5 steps investigation but all set to be signed.Exclusive story, confirmed. 🔴⏳ pic.twitter.com/RGFPPMznV3— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 6, 2024
Former Tottenham and Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino is a top target for the U.S. men’s national team opening, sources tell @PaulTenorio.Pochettino is seen by some as the favorite in the pool, and U.S. Soccer is engaged in conversations with his camp.— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) August 8, 2024
🚨⚒️ Jean-Clair Todibo to West Ham, here we go! Exclusive scoop confirmed as hijack is completed.Understand Todibo, his agent and West Ham director Tim Steidten are flying to London right now! 🇬🇧🛫€40m on loan + obligation, sell-on clause included.Medical booked today. pic.twitter.com/9VhMiLFN7h— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 9, 2024
🚨 BREAKING: Chelsea reach agreement with Wolverhampton Wanderers to sign Pedro Neto. Fee €60m + €3m addons. 24yo Portugal international winger set to undergo medical soon before completing transfer from #WWFC to #CFC @TheAthleticFC after @FabriceHawkins https://t.co/4k2UW7sEYe— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) August 9, 2024 If you include Palmer that's about 350m spent on wingers in the last two years or so.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Man Utd agree deal with Bayern Munich for Matthijs de Ligt. €45+5m, 5+1yr, pending medical🚨 #MUFC €15+5m Noussair Mazraoui bid accepted⬆️ Rests on Wan-Bissaka: #WHUFC agree £15m fee, medical slated Sun/Mon, finalising exit@TheAthleticFC https://t.co/b8kilivhMs— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) August 10, 2024
🚨🍒 Bournemouth and Barcelona have agreed on €10m deal for Julián Araujo as new right back for the Cherries.Deal to be formally completed next week, as @tjuanmarti has reported. pic.twitter.com/5EywOp89uo— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 10, 2024
🚨 Brighton expect Georginio Rutter to agree move after meeting £40m clause in Leeds deal before expiry yesterday. #BHAFC advancing process to complete signing. #LUFC still trying to convince 22yo to stay but would be big profit on £25m paid @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/wWDcSv0sfe— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) August 15, 2024 Brighton are real talent hoarders. I don't see how they need Rutter or where he fits in. Their non-striker forward line is incredibly bloated. March, Pedro, Enciso, Mitoma, Adingra, ACD, Minteh, Guda, Osman and Rutter is complete overkill, especially given most of those are young players who need a lot of minutes.
I wonder if Cozier-Duberry might be having second thoughts on whether he chose the right club if he wants first team football. Feels like it will be tough for him.
He probably should be. Their plan is obviously to sign these youngsters, develop them and sell them on for a tonne of profit but I don't see where they're going to find the minutes to develop all of these players. They're paying big fees for most of them too so they need to develop them very well to make a lot of money back.
La Liga is back on the competitive games in the US train. Javier Tebas tells @ThAthleticFC he wants to do it ASAP. Atletico Madrid COO: “La Liga knows we are totally available for that & when it will be possible, it will be a pleasure for us.”https://t.co/aXXUB1EEAQ— Adam Crafton (@AdamCrafton_) August 15, 2024
"What happens with Man City is a before and after moment for the Premier League itself.” - Javier Tebas@AdamCrafton_ speaks to football executives & owners to canvas opinions and expectations for a season in which champions #MCFC face 115 charges of breaching PL rules.— The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) August 16, 2024 🚨 Nine Chelsea stars are set to be axed in order to balance the books at the club:🏴 Conor Gallagher🏴 Ben Chilwell🇧🇪 Romelu Lukaku🏴 Trevoh Chalobah🇪🇸 Kepa Arrizabalaga🏴 Carney Chukwuemeka🏴 Noni Madueke🇨🇮 David Datro Fofana🇦🇱 Armando Broja(Source: Sun Sport) pic.twitter.com/MaPfhTqi7s— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) August 16, 2024
I can’t help but really hope Ipswich do really well this season and end sending a message to other Clubs that they can find gems in the Championship or young English talent and not always look abroad for players.
🚨The new ownership sees fault everywhere with the club they inherited. From the shortcomings on digital & licensing revenue, to why academy players needed extensive loans to prepare themselves for the senior team while Man City’s young talent have been PL ready. [telegraph] #cfc https://t.co/jDcoOmvfp4— CFCDaily (@CFCDaily) August 16, 2024 Beyond clueless. How can you conclude that the thing that's wrong with Cobham is that it's not producing first team ready players. Clowns of the highest order.
Bit of a weird one tbh trying to say their academy players aren’t premier league ready like City. I mean we only have Foden as a proven first 11 player. Sure we have a few others who are good like Bobb and Lewis but Chelsea have had plenty more over the years. I mean they sell there premier league ‘ ready ‘ players like Lewis Hall.
I genuinely can't think of an academy that's been better at producing first-team ready players than Cobham has in recent years. Teams throughout the Premier League are littered with Cobham graduates and there are plenty across Europe's top five leagues too.
Manuel Neuer is unlikely to be involved in the upcoming Nations League games against Hungary (7 September) and the Netherlands (10 September). Neuer is faced with two options: either to withdraw temporarily from the national team without making a final commitment and keep the… pic.twitter.com/4UhbYFTFPi— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) August 18, 2024
🚨🇫🇷 Official: Thierry Henry has decided to terminate his contract as a France U21 manager.“Reasons of his own” mentioned for Thierry’s plan to leave the job. pic.twitter.com/8K8gYy5pfd— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 19, 2024
🚨🇩🇪 OFFICIAL: Ilkay Gündogan retires from international football, he won’t play for Germany anymore.↪️👀 He’s also leaving Barça this month as Man City made contact with his camp over potential return. pic.twitter.com/iD8pUBfwIh— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 19, 2024 Germany are one to watch over the next few months. They having a big transition and have to replace some players who were very important to them at the Euros.
🚨 Chelsea have reached an agreement with Atletico Madrid over permanent signing of Joao Felix. Personal terms already in place for 24yo Portugal international attacker to join #CFC from #Atleti on 6yr contract + option of additional 12mnths @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/nLvywVFR5L— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) August 19, 2024
This guy must be one of the most overrated players of modern times. You still see people claiming he’s going to breakout soon.