English Premier League 2023-24 Thread

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Shackleton any good Pete?

Played really well in the promotion season without ever really making a spot his own.
Solid squad player who can play pretty much anywhere.
Would’ve been perfect in the 80s when you could only name one sub.

Seems like we got Calafiori

Looks like a hell of a player. Hesitate to call him a defender because I don’t see him doing much of that in all the highlights. That must mean Zinchenko is off because we’ve got quite a lot of competition for selection in the back four now.

Half expecting Juve to swoop in with one of their trademark 2-year loan with a 20m obligation soon.

Apparently we’re in for a “mystery” German player too.

Zinny or Kiwior or both. Remember, TImber is back.

The return of (theoretically a fully healthy) Timber could also be huge for this. You had the best defense in the league last season, but is Gabriel truly mobile enough for someone like Calafiore? You’re beyond fine with Saliba, but you really want speed with the other CB if you’re gonna get the most out of Calafiore.

If Timber is fully healthy, it’ll be a lot of fun to watch you when you’re not playing United(well, even more fun that right now).

Also our defensive depth will look different. One injury to Gabriel or Saliba and we are cooked. This way it will be a bit calmer, we cant run as purely with injuries as last year.

I really want the "mystery German" we're after to be Wirtz

Thiago has retired. Hell of a player. Shame we got him so late in the day, was still a beast when he did play for us tho.

Fair play to him for not going over to Saudi and phone in a couple of years for the cash.

Olise to Bayern complete. £50m including add ons.

Superb business for Palace.

Now the majority of that can be spent on Eddie.

Thought Palace could’ve got more.
I expect them to come in for Gnonto or Summerville.

yeah. that was just the release clause i think.

i guess if you mean they locked him up to a slightly higher release clause than last year when chelsea was trying to trigger it, then i guess it's good business. he should have pulled 70 with no clause though.

Yeah it doesn't sound like a lot to me.

We are rumoured to be rather interested in the very reasonably priced Jacob Bruun Larsen.

i bet he writes a great fairytale

Lol

Also Gallagher wanted by Atleti. He would fit perfectly, one of the most industrious midfielders out there

Duran at Villa - any good?

yeah, one of the most obvious transfers, so it probably wont work out. lol. i dont see much of a spot for him in the new chelsea system, unless he wants to be a back up caicedo in the b2b 8 role. he doesn't seem technical enough for either of the other midfield roles in maresca's system.

lol bentacur, what a piece of ****

Death, taxes and dutch managers signing dutch players

No thread yet for the coming season so this one will do

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