We halved his price to 7 million

Atalanta's Miranchuk now being mentioned by Sky.

I don't understand why we left everything for the trequartista in the very end and why we're considering so many names.

If guys like Vlasic, Bernardo etc. were beyond our budget to begin with, then we should have closed for this Faivre kid weeks ago. I doubt Moncada only found out about him just now. Should have just paid 15M or whatever to Brest and have been done with it.

I mean, what difference will 3-4M really make? Jeez, we're such a bunch of drama queens...

Brest rejected our offer

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Two reasons apparently why it didn't happen:

1) Brest are furious at the player's decision not to play the weekend match (asinine move by the kid, in all honesty).

2) They asked initially 18M, we offered 10M. Then they went down to 15M + bonuses, we offered 12M + 3M bonuses. They rejected it.

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There goes the final hope for a decent signing. Now we'll get some godforsaken reject that nobody will care about. Great.

And we are flipping sending adli back to loan
That made it look like certain that we are getting him

That AM/RW situation looks precarious as hell with only Brahim, Alexis and Castillejo as options. Don't really wanna count Krunic as a valid alternative.

Let's see what happens tomorrow. They have less than 23 hours now to pull something off.

Hope is really fading now

Once again, I have to ask the question. If we never had the budget to replace Hakan, why let him go for a measly million. Cannot for the life of me understand the thinking there.


Also, Adli was probably loaned back to soften Bordeaux. Because the kid looks ready and can play as an attacking mid. It would have made more sense for us to keep him, unless we do actually have an AM up our sleeves that is

Adli was loaned back because this way we paid only 7M. Yes, once again it's money the main factor.

There is no AM up the management's sleeves. You think we wouldn't have heard anything about anyone with only 23 hours remaining? The ace was Faivre, and we botched it because, yes, once again we're CHEAP.

I'm tired of this provincial behaviour, offering peanuts for players you CLEARLY have shown an interest in and with time running out. If Brest ask initially 18M you cannot initiate negotiations at 10M. You try to reach a compromise and meet their demands. Especially since this is a vital signing for us given the circumstances.

Maldini has very much disappointed me. And it's not about not having money or having your hands tied, it's about the approach to things.

Let's wait 23 hrs and I'll be shitting with you on the management. But let's just wait. This is not the first time that a club signed a player on the last day.

We're closing with Crotone for Messias on loan.

No comment.

I've been watching clips of Messias, doesn't seem to be that bad of a signing. I think name wise and potential he's def underwhelming. He seems to be an upgrade to what we currently have in that position, which is good. I think if we go for this option for now and make one more signing, maybe James who could play at both AMC & RW. I think wouldn't be so bad. I think the good thing about Messias is that he scored 9 goals for a team that scored 45 goals and 20 of which came from one player.

I think the positive here, is that I think with summer we improved our squad overall, we got the backup for Ibra, we re-signed Tomori and Tonali, we upgraded on meite with bakayoko & finally we upgraded on samu. I 100% believe Brahim is much better than Hakan and that we didn't lose much from Hakan. We also got a solid replacement on Donna. It might seem like I'm being overly positive but I really believe that our situation isn't that bad. I think our current squad is good enough to compete for the league, I don't see our team be inferior to many teams.

Would love to know what you guys think too..

Messias is a done deal. The player is currently undertaking his medical.

@AntoVitiello says there will be no more signings. Mercato is over.

What can I say? Just the idea that we'll be travelling to Anfield with a 30 year old from Serie B who started playing football at the age of 25 gives me the shudders.

Messias currently earns 0,11M at Crotone. That's right. These are the kind of players we can afford.

It's a blow to the club's image. An embarrassing conclusion to an embarrassing summer. Maldini has failed everyone.

Vlasic moved to westham for 29 million

So let's see

We did not sign a proper starting AM after letting Hakan leave for free to Inter

We did not sign a RW of quality after 2 summers of this area being one of the major weak spots

Did not get rid of Samu

Did not get rid of Conti

Failed to renew Kessie before the window closed

Failed to renew Romagnoli before the window closed

Signed a player who is 30 years old and ha so far played more seasons in Serie D than in Serie A
.......

Just no words