I am suspecting ali will leave next season and Giorgi will compete with kelleher as no 1

Hopefully I am wrong as I don't wan ali to leave. He can easily play at this level for another 5 years

If I not mistaken, barella is a CM and not winger/forward like chiesa. And we link to him before we bought mac and szo.

We lack of DM and yet loaning out DM

Good news i guess. A bargain fees for me, 12.5mil for a world class player (and maybe injury prone) in last year of his contract.

To put this fees into perspective, utd pay mount 55mil and de ligt 38mil (both have reputation of being injury prone). And both are in their last year of contract too. Even merino cost arsenal 32 mil, last year contract too. So i believe 12.5 is a calculated risk for chiesa.

This gk transfer makes a lot of sense to me. In fact, i am very happy with it. Reason is because, first, giorgi is a very good keeper based on what i see him in euro. But euro is only a few matches. 2nd is, next year, for sure, either ali or kelleher will leave, without a doubt, so we well prepared already.

3rd, the fact we lock a talented player shows that the board and transfer team are looking into the future, which makes me feel relieved (for now).

Welcome Chiesa!!!

Just know he speaks English well, should be able to integrate easily.

And he will wear no 14, a legendary shirt worn by Alonso and to a certain extend, Hendo.

10mil is a complete steal!

With 2 signings this window so far, how do u rate our window? There are rumours that there might be a 3rd signing aka replacement for robo. If true, it will be good yo.

Not easy. Was happy to see our away pot 1 is RB, but then end up home is Madrid. Toughest pot 2 opponents we get, and pot 3 and 4 are strong teams too.

Bad thing is it's hard to qualify.
Good thing is all matches gonna be very interesting and worth to watch.

Assuming he is fit, he is much better than all of our attackers except salah.

But agree with your statement that attack is not where we need reinforcement now. Maybe the board see this as a superb bargain buy and so get him in first and gamble since it's a very low risk gamble with potential of a very big win.

Who knows, if salah is leaving next year, we might need to spend at least 5x the cost of chiesa to get a replacement. And if chiesa can indeed stay fit, then the money can go to other area.

So the window has close. Gotta give this window a B+ rating. Overall quite a good window, as we get both signings at bargain price. Giorgi is a fantastic buy with only 25mil, a real gem and setting up the future nicely with either ali or kellerher will be leaving.

It's gonna be an A if we can get zubi, too bad it didn't happen.

The madrid one is a tough one, as 3 days later we will be facing city. Not easy to rotate the squad and most of them i think wont be 100% fit vs city after playing madrid.

Perfect start!

Wtf, offside

Diaz keep overcomplicate things and lose the ball, zzz

Edit, Diaz.

And see how slot celebrate, so emotional. Totally different with previous goals

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2-0!

Overall very good first half, the passing is accurate and able to control possession. Seems like our midfielders always have space and time to pick up the pass.

Besides the assist, did anyone notice salah is very quiet tonight?

What about onana for motm? Poor positioning for first goal and slow reaction for 2nd

Seems like you have comprehension issue