Confirmed Signing Abdoulaye Doucouré

[Buckers]

Anyone get the feeling this might have been a ploy to get Allans price down?

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Anyone get the feeling this might have been a ploy to get Allans price down?

No we deffo need 2 CM's imo.

Doucoure is Hojbjerg's back up plan.

 

[Blue Shoes]

Reckon we're just waiting for the fee to decrease on this one. If we get allan in in time for the spurs game, there's no need to rush this one and overpay, we hold all the bargaining chips here. Can still play a middle two of gomes and allan without him for the first game or two.

 

[Tel001]

35 million rumoured asking price. Lol

Can take 10m off for the brands effect

 

[blueblue]

I think the signing of Ducoere is the most important of those we are linked with. Not the most high profile, but the most important.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Anyone get the feeling this might have been a ploy to get Allans price down?

No

 

[ForeverBlue92]

I think the signing of Ducoere is the most important of those we are linked with. Not the most high profile, but the most important.

Thats my thinking - im honestly more excited about this one that the Rodriguez one - we are desperate for 2 big galoots in the centre of the park to get about the pitch.

Im sicking of watching no pace lightweights letting players run through them without so much as a tackle going in.

 

[jonnyboy316]

Anyone get the feeling this might have been a ploy to get Allans price down?

I hope so. I don’t want this guy. 1 CM will do for now. We should keep our powder dry for the next couple of windows where the full effect of the pandemic starts impacting teams on the continent. If Messi leaves la Liga is going down the toilet fast

 

[Saint Domingo]

I think he’d do well for us. Similar to Richarlison this is a step up for him and if he arrives and sees the likes of Allan, Richarlison, Digne, god forbid James Rodriguez, he’s going to want to show what he can do.

A much different situation than Schneiderlin joining a bit miffed that it hadn’t worked out at United and ready to just give up putting any effort in completely.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Can see this going right to deadline day

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

Can see this going right to deadline day

No way Brands will risk a repeat of the Zaha debacle. This will be resolved well before deadline day.

 

[Richard Alex]

If Carlo wants him that’s good enough for me

 

[davids]

If Carlo wants him that’s good enough for me

Whatever we feel about individual players, what's the point of having a truly world class manager and questioning his choices.

 

[MACCA75]

No way Brands will risk a repeat of the Zaha debacle. This will be resolved well before deadline day.

We do it every single year though.

 

[BlueDraka]

No we deffo need 2 CM's imo.

Doucoure is Hojbjerg's back up plan.

I'd actually want 4 if we could afford it, that's how bad our current midfield is. Not really sure on doucource but we defo need a big strong athletic up and down midfielder so if he is Carlos choice that's fine with me