Transfer Rumour Douglas Luiz

[Harryflashman]

He’s supposed to be returning to Italy and will receive a fine from Juventys for failing to report. Everton is still the most likely destination, but Mourinho is trying to lure him to Fenerbahce. Forest aren’t even in the mix and Manchester United have cooled their interest.

If he chooses to go to turkey it sort of tells you where he is career wise and that it’ll probably be his last big move.

So if we lose a battle with them you could argue it’s potentially one worth losing .

 

[Benicetoourboys]

Yes mate i have thought it through, i dont want us to win the cup to get us into Europe i want us to win for the pleasure and euphoria it gives by winning a trophy.

Would i be jumping about about if we finished 6th or even 4th? NO absolutely not

Would i if we won the FA cup and finished 14th? Absolutely i would

This.

 

[BlueBarrow]

I get what you’re saying but if we finish 6th and win a cup it suggests we have progressed as a team and can look forward to more success in the future .
Whereas if we win a cup but finish 14th it suggests we have got lucky in a knockout competition and not progressed as a team implying that the future is still not particularly rosy .

Winning a cup , finishing 4th or 6th. I would be ecstatic with any of them . Seems a long way off. However , it is achievable if we are run properly for a bit.

 

[matty1878]

If he chooses to go to turkey it sort of tells you where he is career wise and that it’ll probably be his last big move.

So if we lose a battle with them you could argue it’s potentially one worth losing .

we don’t seem
to be linked to any other CMs

so we gotta hope this will happen

 

[FTY]

He’s supposed to be returning to Italy and will receive a fine from Juventus for failing to report. This is a necessary step before completing a transfer. Everton is still the most likely destination, but Mourinho is trying to lure him to Fenerbahce. Forest aren’t even in the mix and Manchester United have cooled their interest.

I don't think he'll take much convincing. He's had his big move and not worked, may as well cash in

 

[Benicetoourboys]

I love these little journeys chris, I honestly really do. Have you considered putting a little journal together? Not a diary as such, that'd be to regimented, more a collection of anecdotes and short stories. The boat, best practices in schools, home made speakers, 5 times the kitchens, various jobsworth workmen, all interconnected by operating under the due diligence of performing for her ladyship. It could be a cracker.

I like Chris, he's kind.

 

[den]

I've brought it up before, but I think the well-known medical/training issues at Juventus have been a massive issue through Douglas Luiz's whole ordeal, and explain a lot. Luiz himself implied there was something strange about his injuries and that there's an explanation he didn't want to mention.

In a recent Gianni Balzarini video, he was answering fan questions about why Juventus can't rehabilitate their relationship with different players and develop than rather sell them. Balzarini seems to be a bit of an insider, and so he comes off as biased toward the team's verion of things. He concedes that Luiz joined the club with a minor issue that needed attention, and the staff probably made a mistake in ignoring it and making him train normally, but he doesn't think that could possibly be the whole issue. no, no. There must be some something else we don't know about, maybe in Douglas Luiz's character, and his failure to turn up to training could be evidence of that.

I suspect there are NDAs involved. Plenty of players have had repeated muscle and fitness issues, and often dance around the issue, like praising their national team's medical staff, dot dot dot. Other people have to raise concerns for them, or people on loan elsewhere are observed to have fitness issues. I think Luiz probably confronted the club about their mismanagement and training, and they don't take kindly to that.

If you look into it, Juventus has a weird emphasis on intense strength training and often does double gym sessions. Their players are physically and mentally fatigued, and they're churning through good players who are being labeled busts. For some reason the culture at Juventus is locked into a training philosophy that's hurting their players and they then blame the players for not being tough enough. I'd want to get out of there too.

 

[den]

He is flying back to Italy now. His brother Daniel posted a selfie from his seat on an ITA Airways flight, so Douglas is surely with him. My hope is that this is about wrapping up business pursuant to a loan to buy deal with Everton.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Should've signed Longstaff. Much better value than this charlatan with a trophy wife.

Well, he's given up the trophy hunt if he comes here then.

Bada-boom bada-bing...

But he's not coming here.

 

[st.domingo]

I don't think he'll take much convincing. He's had his big move and not worked, may as well cash in

He may have an eye on Brazil’s World Cup squad tho, which would work in our favour

 

[evertony]

He is flying back to Italy now. His brother Daniel posted a selfie from his seat on an ITA Airways flight, so Douglas is surely with him. My hope is that this is about wrapping up business pursuant to a loan to buy deal with Everton.

Either a wee bit of ITK going on (perhaps his Ma had three boys with names beginning with 'D'), or some serious stalking....either way its good stuff

 

[NathDogg]

KDB has never had an agent, represents himself although I'm sure there is a legal person involved to run their eyes over things at some point

I genuinely wouldn’t go near an agent if I was fortunate enough to be a footballer.

Wouldn’t need one mind, as the wife would tell me what to do anyway!

 

[Dave Lew]

yes

 

[maccavennie]

yes

I agree Dave


what are we saying yes to?

 

[allen]

we don’t seem
to be linked to any other CMs

so we gotta hope this will happen

Don't conflate lack of public links with lack of interest though, Matty.

Links can materialise very late.