Alysson - signed

[Clampy]

It sounds to me from what Emery has said that he wants to involve him but hasn't been able to for whatever reason. Let''s just see what happens.

[andyh]

Writing off a player ?
Thats some leap from suggesting the kid isn’t quite ready.

[Clampy]

Writing off a player ?
Thats some leap from suggesting the kid isn’t quite ready.

I think it was the 'taking a break from signing good players' comment which made me think he was talking about him. If he wasnt, then fair enough.

[Dave]

Maybe "taking a break from signing players to improve the first team" might be a better way to phrase it.

[Clampy]

That being said, we lost three very very good players in a short amount of time. I dont think its a case of not signing good players. We not only have our hands tied but we only had a few weeks to bring players in to give the squad a boost.

[Dave]

That being said, we lost three very very good players in a short amount of time.

Not when we signed Alysson, we hadn't.

[Drummond]

He's a promising young player who may, or may not, become a first team player. If he does, great, if he doesn't then we'll no doubt sell him on for a bit of profit.

He wasn't signed to make a massive difference to the first team, as Rashford was last January, but let's just wait and see. There's nothing wrong with the signing per se, it's just that people want big names who can improve the first team.

[eamonn]

Rayan's header for Bournemouth last night at Everton was like that of a seasoned pro from Humberside. The boy's got talent and fight. £75m to Liverpool in 18 months.

[VILLA MOLE]

Rayan's header for Bournemouth last night at Everton was like that of a seasoned pro from Humberside. The boy's got talent and fight. £75m to Liverpool in 18 months.

well it looked like he could just effortlessly walk past Digne last Saturday . Oh wait he did !!

[Hookeysmith]

An actual picture of the actual Allyson training with the first team - whoo hoo

Maybe on bench tonight rather than extra goalkeepers?

[Garyth]

* conspiracy alert *

From the few minutes today, Alyson looks to play a lot like Rogers when he arrived - makes me wonder if we targeted someone with similar attributes and plan to groom him as a successor in case we get a 'too good to turn down' offer for Rogers this summer.

Obviously it could all turn to nothing, but it could be a wee bit like Luiz/Tielemans situation ?

[jwarry]

* conspiracy alert *

From the few minutes today, Alyson looks to play a lot like Rogers when he arrived - makes me wonder if we targeted someone with similar attributes and plan to groom him as a successor in case we get a 'too good to turn down' offer for Rogers this summer.

Obviously it could all turn to nothing, but it could be a wee bit like Luiz/Tielemans situation ?

He didn’t strike me as being an out and out winger so very plausible

[TheToffnar]

Thought it was very telling that Unai had the confidence to bring him on when we still needed a goal. Says a lot about how well he regards him.

[LeeS]

It’s not the only similarity. He’s also got the same “cafe au lait” skin tone

[Sexual Ealing]

This is getting weird.