John Stones

[El Flaco]

The pundit Paul Merson's rant on Stones and Martinez at Sky Sports Studio

https://streamable.com/v0o1?t=0.7

 

[DonAK]

Ball-playing defenders are worth much more in these times, but he's right in saying that it comes second, defending first. If he plays the ball out of the back and makes some mistakes here and there then it's all good as long as his positional play is good, he is defending well, but if he isn't even doing that then......

 

[Jombi]

Meanwhile, Musacchio had yet another great game (together with Denis) and lifted Villarreal ahead of Real Madrid in the table. Time to pay attention where attention should be paid.

 

[DonAK]

Meanwhile, Musacchio had yet another great game (together with Denis) and lifted Villarreal ahead of Real Madrid in the table. Time to pay attention where attention should be paid.

50m buyout.

 

[Jombi]

50m buyout.

Adriano has a 90m buyout does he not? Means nothing really. Very few transfers are made as a result of a buy-out. Villarreal is not a rich club able to keep their players no matter who comes knocking. We should be able to make a deal for 30m I'd say and that would be the most expensive sale from Villarreal ever if I'm correct.

 

[DonAK]

Adriano has a 90m buyout does he not? Means nothing really. Very few transfers are made as a result of a buy-out. Villarreal is not a rich club able to keep their players no matter who comes knocking. We should be able to make a deal for 30m I'd say.

They're not pushovers either as seen with the Denis deal. They won't budge for 30m as they have no reason to sell Musacchio.

 

[Jombi]

They're not pushovers either as seen with the Denis deal. They won't budge for 30m as they have no reason to sell Musacchio.

They're small by the grand scheme of things. Their revenue is tiny compared to us and the English clubs so yes, they do have a reason to sell when a big club comes knocking. Just like they sell all their biggest players. They sold Gabriel Paulista last season to Arsenal for 15m euros (and that was in January when its difficult to get clubs to sell). Musacchio is unlikely to want to sit quiet when we offer 5 times his current salary and ability to play for Barcelona and even be a starter.

 

[Behrox]

I have always wanted Mussachio to join. IIRC his transfer was complicated due to the 3rd party ownership thing

 

[KingMessi]

I have always wanted Mussachio to join. IIRC his transfer was complicated due to the 3rd party ownership thing

And I bet these third parties will wait it out for the buyout sum.

 

[Alik]

Is third party ownership still a thing?

 

[Jombi]

Is third party ownership still a thing?

Nope its illegal.

 

[Adversus]

The pundit Paul Merson's rant on Stones and Martinez at Sky Sports Studio

https://streamable.com/v0o1?t=0.7

The Men in Black joke is so true.

 

[El Flaco]

Michael Owen and Glenn Hoddle on John Stones at BT Sport: "The best team is Barcelona in the world. Out of the England team, he could play for Barcelona. He's probably the only player now who could go into that Barcelona team now and play. He could play for 10 years there and be sensational"

 

[AnfieldEd]

 

[Jamie Cal]

lmao

Harry Kane could be good enough for Barca when we're post-Suarez.