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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    Well, Dan Kilpatrick said it last week, now Ali Gold's also said it this week - "De Zerbi's 'bomba' comment put pressure on those above, especially when bigger deals take time to close, particularly if the selling club wants to find a replacement first. It was therefore no shock when the...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    I wouldn't put it past him - nothing he's said or done indicates to me that he's a patient man, or one shy of...erm, pressing his point of view. :P
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    Dan Kilpatrick suggesting there isn't actually a bomba lined up, but that the interview is de Zerbi's way of pressuring the club to get him one. Italian managers have form for this - a famous example is what happened at Roma in the summer of 2000. Basically, the owner, Sensi, had already spent...
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    Tottenham Hotspur v MK Dons Pre Season Game #1 - 5:30pm UK Kick Off

    It was through this game that I learned that Sebastien Bassong apparently works for Spurs TV now. Makes sense picking up that side gig given he's suspended. ;)
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    Ashley Phillips

    You'd have to assume we'd ask for what we got for Lankshear - Phillips has had three seasons in the Champo and been decent to good in every one. He's only 21 too, so there's a good chance he grows in value. £10m plus £10m in add ons and a sell on clause, I'd guess.
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    Will Lankshear

    Provided we keep Moore, we'll have 3 next season. Gray, Moore, Austin. 4 if LWB takes up a spot in the full squad for Europe, or (somehow) we get Kane to come back. It's not as much of an issue as it sounds like.
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    Big thing from that interview is just de Zerbi confirming we aren't done in the market (and to be fair, I don't see how we could be). At a minimum, even without bringing anyone in, we're sitting on effectively at least 100m in likely outgoings in Bergvall, Vicario and Romero. Probably more...
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    Will Lankshear

    Well, Jamie Donley is also apparently being added to pre-season, and he's not the poster boy for 'mobile', let's put it that way. But he is technical, and I think that will play a greater role in club youth recruitment going forward.
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    Will Lankshear

    In recent times, I can honestly only think of Madueke as a player who went on to bigger things after leaving the academy. And the verdict on him is mixed, to put it lightly. Even the players we did blood in the first team, like Winks and Skipp, didn't really have stellar careers - and...
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    Will Lankshear

    It's more complicated than that. Poch wanted to clear out the old guard he inherited, and didn't have the money to sign the players he really wanted. Remember, he wanted Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin from his Southampton side, and Mateo Musacchio - he got the dirt-cheap Benjamin...
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    Will Lankshear

    To me it's likelier that the club have decided to hang on to Solanke and Richy - Melia's probably a consideration for 2-3 years down the line, if at all. I'm not fussed if we do stick with Richy and Dom - they're not spectacular, but neither are any of the options on the market right now. More...
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    Will Lankshear

    By then Kane had already scored about half a dozen goals for us across 13/14 and the start of 14/15. Prem, Europa, the cups. That goal v Villa was what catapulted him above the likes of Adebayor and Soldado into being our first-choice striker, but he had already reached the first team by then...
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    Will Lankshear

    The academy exists to develop players. Very few of those players will ever make the first team. The vast majority of them will be loaned out and then sold, or straight-up released. The club accepts this. The academy accepts this. Hell, the players accept this, which is why we get so many...
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    Djed Spence

    Might not be our choice. He might come back (rightfully) expecting a starting berth. Trouble is, he's a right-footed left back, always a bit of a tactical oddity. And on the right, he has to compete with the best right back in the world, in Pedro Porro. So even with his displays, the path to a...
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    Pedro Porro

    Not even like he's been a passenger - man has been ridiculously solid, arguably Spain's best defender, up against the likes of Portugal, Belgium, and now France. None of them could get past the guy (well, aside from.Belgium, but that goal came down the other side). Part of it is that...
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