João Palhinha

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Aston Villa set to finalise £35m Joao Gomes transfer, in talks over Joao Palhinha loan

The deal for Gomes is to be finalised for a fee around £35million, while Palhinha spent last season on loan at Spurs.

www.nytimes.com

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[Mabspurs]

Would have sold Sarr and kept him TBH...

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

Would have sold Sarr and kept him TBH...

Na, both could be upgraded on, im thankful for him though, he was great

 

[Mabspurs]

Na, both could be upgraded on, im thankful for him though, he was great

Very generic statement... upgraded on what exactly? ball recovery? tackles? leadership? solidity? protection of the back four? ability to close gaps left by teammates?

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

Very generic statement... upgraded on what exactly? ball recovery? tackles? leadership? solidity? protection of the back four? ability to close gaps left by teammates?

The things that Tonali is good at yeh, so we have. Given the profile of player we have I would not be now swapping out Sarr for him, I would be swapping out Sarr for someone else.

 

[DubSpur]

Very generic statement... upgraded on what exactly? ball recovery? tackles? leadership? solidity? protection of the back four? ability to close gaps left by teammates?

Tonali provides all that but is much better on the ball.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

Tonali provides all that but is much better on the ball.

Let's hope he he's an ever present then.