Raphinha

Yeah

He s off to barca it seems

If they can actually agree to pay Leeds what they want

Bit sc mmy from Barca tbh, they have to match our bid as Leeds are telling them and instead they are drawing it out and trying to slip a worse offer through

They've got leverage tho init? Must be Raphinha holding off on signing if your bid's been accepted by the club

They dont have any leverage over Leeds

Its really simple tbh Leeds have told Barca what the exact price is

Oh right yeah. Fair enough. I guess we'll see if they have a pot to pizz in

I don't even want him, rather we keep what we got than having players forced on us cause other teams cant afford em,

How is Raphinha "forced on us"? Nothing is forced on that one.
Club (Tuchel) are actively trying to sign wide forward(s). Wrong with the pursue of Raphinha though, who I don't really want at the club either.

Ousmane Dembele or Michael Olise are the profiles we should be targeting to reinvigorate the right side.
Latter especially obtainable with his 35m release clause, which for a player of his quality and high ceiling in this day and age is a pittance, pounce before value sky-rockets.
Younger Brother Richard still remaining at the club helps.

Would even go as far as saying there's a slightly greater need for someone of Olise' profile in build-up play, than Gallagher'.
Don't get me wrong...Gallagher will be very useful out of possession, but not a bona fide playmaker on the ball.

Dembele with his ambipedal ways would be a much-needed dynamic direction in final third, the angles at which Dembele attacks from the right are a truly destructive infliction on defensive structures. Players that get one off their seat of his calibre are few and far between.
Aside from that...there is the obvious factor of unfinished business with Tuchel, was only able to manage him for one-season before the big-money move to Barcelona.


The only real forced one I've seen this window is Jorge Mendes trying to re-establish relationships with the club, under new management by offering Cristiano Ronaldo.
Obviously management wants no part of that signing.

"Dembele with his ambipedal ways would be a much-needed dynamic direction in final third, the angles at which Dembele attacks from the right are a truly destructive infliction on defensive structures"

This is like poetry