AI RICE

It’s beginning to appear like Caicedo has VERY weak sauce brokers. The participant moved to Brighton on £180k a YEAR, he pushed for a transfer to Arsenal in January, didn’t get it – then appears to have signed a brand new deal with out a launch clause.

Chelsea ITKs are reporting Tony B (Brighton proprietor) is asking for £120m this summer time. Are you able to blame him? Monaco landed 80m euros from Madrid final season for Aurélien Tchouaméni.  A Premier League-ready #6 with numbers like Caicedo SHOULD be getting a giant charge.

However… that form of ask is mad and solely three golf equipment within the league may go to that quantity. United, Metropolis, or Chelsea. For me, until you’re going for probably the most particular form of participant in existence, I believe you’re higher positioned getting two top-tier gamers for that value and I’d think about that’s extra the vibe of KSE.

The unhappy half about that is twofold.

1. I believe if we’d landed Caicedo in January, we’d not be within the mixer for Declan Rice proper now. I believe it was at all times an both/or scenario and the rumors of Ricedo that we’ve fallen in love for would possibly by no means have been actual.
2. The lack of Caicedo now looks like my coronary heart has been damaged – and that weirdly taints the truth that we appear to be the #1 alternative of Declan Rice.

Quantity two worries me – we have to maintain this in perspective: Arsenal being within the mixer for a participant of his caliber is MASSIVE. We by no means get ready-made England internationals like Rice. That is HUGE for us. Don’t be unhappy with simply Rice; we will discover one other high-quality 6, or simply maintain Partey who was good 80% of the season.

There’s additionally some friction within the air as a result of followers don’t perceive that negotiation is NOT about getting your first bid accepted. If that occurs; typically, you’ve paid an excessive amount of for one thing. Arsenal is working for itself, not West Ham. Cash ain’t low cost today – KSE will need to unfold funds over the longest interval, they’ll need bonuses to be completely unacceptably exhausting to realize, and so they’ll need to transfer quick. A negotiation is splitting the distinction and ensuring everybody feels a winner.

The counter-rumor to our 80m + 10m deal is that Manchester Metropolis are going to return in scorching with money PLUS Kalvin Phillips.

Might you consider a extra powerfully symbolic supply for Rice?

‘Hey West Ham, we’d wish to give you Kalvin, who didn’t make a Premier League begin till Might, in trade for you #6 who will change him on the bench until Rodri blows out a knee’

Some folks on-line are saying that West Ham will promote to the best bidder – effectively, if the participant actually needs to remain in London as a result of he needs his spouse to be close to each households, then the participant simply received’t depart this summer time.

West Ham must rebuild an getting older squad NOW. They’ve a gents’s settlement with the participant. It’s not of their curiosity to let this drag our or faux that the participant goes to vary their minds.

That is only a negotiation – and Arsenal making an attempt to get deal is par the course.

That stated – may our execs not have spent the final 3 months ironing out the value so that they didn’t want to enter fax-to-fax value battles in June.

Who is aware of – I’m certain there’s a cause we do it this fashion. It’s simply odd that Liverpool tends to have these items tied up neatly loads earlier.

The Kai Havertz response yesterday was foolish. Thomas T stated he’s a bit Bergkamp/Berbatov-like. If you wish to inform me each he and Arteta don’t know what they’re – I’m going to say you might be WRONG.

The factor with that transfer that’s attention-grabbing me is that this: Is he another fashion of a 9? Or is he a galaxy-brain #8 to exchange Granit Xhaka? He has extra tempo, he carries the ball higher, and he’s an excellent passer of the ball. I imply, who cares, the man can play throughout the frontline, he’s been poorly used at Chelsea, he’d be a really unsexy signing that may little doubt come good… a bit like Odegaard was.

PREMIER LEAGUE fixtures are in and I believe our little Spurs fan programming them did job.

Topline – now we have an honest begin.

The roughest H1 fixture is Spurs after a Champions League recreation. BUT, not less than it’s a house recreation. I simply don’t like they’ve per week to plan for us. However I assume that’s the price of being a CL membership.

I’ll do extra evaluation of the fixtures when I’ve extra time. Matt and Johnny mentioned it on the podcast right now, so get a repair there.