2023 Summer transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[Beard82]

I think Maddison is Cheap and Rice is about right, when you compare it to whats happening in the world.

[aj2k77]

If Tottenham lose Kane they're fucked.

[Steve67]

Rice is expensive but he is a massive upgrade on Xhaka, it makes sense for them.

And Rice could well be there for the next 10 years. 

[eamonn]

If Tottenham lose Kane they're fucked.

Sonny don't go away
I'm here all alone
Your daddy's a sailor
And never came home

[rob_bridge]

Rice is expensive but he is a massive upgrade on Xhaka, it makes sense for them.

And Rice could well be there for the next 10 years.

Exactly - Rice is (if it works) is their Roy Keane - half a notch down but still likely to be excellent.

[Ads]

Half a notch? If Rice ever puts in a performance quite like Keane did against Juventus in 1999 then he might be worth talking about in the same sentence.

[Toronto Villa]

The English tax on Declan Rice, a defensive midfielder, is astonishing. I’m not saying he’s not a good player, but £100m? Fucking hell.

[PeterWithe]

You have to smile at us all describing £40m as a snip. It’s more than our entire Matchday revenue for a whole season.

[andyh]

I like Rice.
He’s my favourite none villa player I think.

[pauliewalnuts]

They are paying massively over the odds for Rice but no so much as they are for Havertz.

I don't even know what Havertz is supposed to do. Total nothing player.

[PeterWithe]

I’ve seen Havertz likened to a lesser version of Thomas Muller and I can sort of get that, his exact position is hard to tie down but he does occasionally get goals and assists. But they could have got the real version for approximately £65m less.

[pauliewalnuts]

I’ve seen Havertz likened to a lesser version of Thomas Muller and I can sort of get that, his exact position is hard to tie down but he does occasionally get goals and assists. But they could have got the real version for approximately £65m less.

Like Thomas Mueller if he were forced to play in clogs.

[edgysatsuma89]

Havertz must be rated for a reason, I agree though I've not really seen it but he's been spoken about for years. He's definitely not a number 9 anyway but he probably should be in the Odegaard position so I do wonder what the plan is for him.

[john2710]

Arsenal are spending upwards of £200m, yet their season fell apart because of an injury to a centre half. They'll need to spend another chunk on a centre half or two.

[pauliewalnuts]

Arsenal are spending upwards of £200m, yet their season fell apart because of an injury to a centre half. They'll need to spend another chunk on a centre half or two.

TBF Rice in midfield is the sort of signing they've needed, and failed, to make since Patrick Vieira went.