Seems unlikely in my opinion. We have a string of centre backs coming back in the summer, and we have Roberts, Veltman, Duffy, Dunk and Webster here right now.
History, in the shape of the sales of Ulloa and Ben White, suggest Bloom sets a figure he wants and then just sticks to it. He doesn't negotiate. It's an open and honest form of selling if you're strong enough to stick to it, which Bloom is. Rumour has it we've said £15m for Burn to leave so...
I think we'll still get £50m for him in the summer personally. He's quality and clubs want him. For the best players, the big clubs are still willing to pay big fees with 12 months left. I know it's a different level, but Real Madid allegedly bid €250m for Mbappe when he only had a year left
It's weird that this has taken so long to come out, as they were reporting it in Germany a while ago. The Serbian government have played their part in this, which isn't a great look
Which is all great, but although he played left wing back in Poland he's actually right-footed and prefers right wing-back (where he played for us against Leicester)
The job that worries me the most is the England one. I don't think a Big 6 team will come calling, unless Conte leaves Tottenham. However, his style of play and now results will surely be attractive to the England hierarchy.
I would like to see us spring a Caicedo-shaped surprise for this one:
Sanchez
Veltman - Webster - Burn
Lamptey - MacAllister - Cucurella
Caicedo - Moder
Trossard - Maupay
I would have MacAllister as holding, with Caicedo & Moder box-to-box. I suspect Alzate will come in though
Personally I think his best position is the deep midfielder role, and part of the reason is that he actually gets space outside the box to shoot. As one of the front three he's tightly marked, but because as a team we push up so high, he does have space in front of him to move into and shoot...
Our striker was Maupay and he didn't miss a single chance, and created the goal. Not the best game to make this point in my opinion.
Why was Gross on penalties? MacAllister is our best penalty taker from what I've seen