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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6135 on: August 01, 2026, 11:31:05 PM »
We don't have a Luca Lynch thread. There's a touch of the Brian Little about him.

You’re right, he definitely looks like he cuts his own hair.

Bitch!

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6136 on: August 02, 2026, 06:50:37 AM »
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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6137 on: August 02, 2026, 08:31:17 PM »
Express and Star linking us with Dutch international Koopmeiners for around 25mill.

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6138 on: August 02, 2026, 09:11:14 PM »
Express and Star linking us with Dutch international Koopmeiners for around 25mill.

It's a yes from me, if nothing else he's very good on penalties and set pieces, aside from that he's got goals in him.

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6139 on: August 02, 2026, 09:22:00 PM »
And give Juventus the money to buy Martinez?

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6140 on: August 02, 2026, 10:42:19 PM »
Express and Star linking us with Dutch international Koopmeiners for around 25mill.
He didn't have a great 2025–26, and Douglas Luiz's pre-season form has pushed him even further down the pecking order.

He was a beast under Gasperini at Atalanta between 2022 and 2024, but I'd be wary of spending a significant fee on a 28-year-old.

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6141 on: August 02, 2026, 10:44:48 PM »
Wait, Douglas is looking good for Juve this summer? Fcuk, was hoping we'd nab him on deadline day.

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6142 on: August 02, 2026, 10:55:20 PM »
Ha yeah, apparently so! Scored the other day Vs Nice, and Spalletti seems to be a fan.

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6143 on: August 02, 2026, 11:14:01 PM »
We need a quite specific type of centre mid at the moment, which I imagine is difficult to simply pick up easily in the shops we are in. One that can see a pass, do well on set plays but still be tenacious enough to get their foot in etc, and cover a lot of ground. Tielemans was always going to be the most difficult to replace.

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6144 on: Today at 07:01:40 AM »
Is it still the case that we have to sell a player to be able to buy - if that is correct now the Bailey deal is not happening who will we try to sell now?

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6145 on: Today at 08:11:21 AM »
Straight swap Bailey for Koopmeiners.

Nause them out with derisory offers for the rest of the summer.

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6146 on: Today at 09:36:22 AM »
Express and Star linking us with Dutch international Koopmeiners for around 25mill.
He didn't have a great 2025–26, and Douglas Luiz's pre-season form has pushed him even further down the pecking order.

He was a beast under Gasperini at Atalanta between 2022 and 2024, but I'd be wary of spending a significant fee on a 28-year-old.
Yes, he's gone off the boil and doesn't score many goals for Juventus - no league goals last season. However, he did feature as a sub in all of the Dutch games at the World Cup.

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Re: Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #6147 on: Today at 10:55:50 AM »
Express and Star linking us with Dutch international Koopmeiners for around 25mill.

It's a yes from me, if nothing else he's very good on penalties and set pieces, aside from that he's got goals in him.
Express and Star linking us with Dutch international Koopmeiners for around 25mill.

It's a yes from me, if nothing else he's very good on penalties and set pieces, aside from that he's got goals in him.
His Juventus and National statistics would suggest otherwise. 1 goal in about 20 appearances.

 


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