General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

he's only the best coach in the world , no one is perfect , so has is flaws , like us all

Arsenal close to signing Jakub Kiwior, a Polish CB for around 20m - him plus Trossard is very good January business. Solving the squad depth problem at Arsenal at just the right time. Wouldn't be surprised if they go for a backup CDM in case Partey gets injured.

In other transfer news, Danny Ings has completed a move to West Ham. Be interesting to see how he fits in with Antonio and Scamacca. West Ham vs Everton tomorrow is massive for Moyes and Lampard

not really sure why Pep is being hated for that.

he's passive aggressive, sure, but pretty much every manager is.

if anything, it was perfect articulation of what is going on at City. they haven't been at it, despite being second. they're not the same team that have been winning relentlessly. the fans are fúcking quiet most of the time.

we're so unused to honesty in interviews that this tame stuff is now dislikeable to most of us.

Pep is probably feeling the pressure a little and on top of that the supporters of his own club boo the team off, the team that won 4 of the past 5 league titles. He probably felt like giving a little back and maybe he was right. The Athletic pod today were saying that City is the quietest place to go out of all the big clubs, perhaps Pep trying to motivate them to make a difference.

It's all those mega rich supporters that they've picked up in recent years, well off people like that tend to make less noise than City's traditional inner city supporters 🙄

I think I believe the Kane to Man Utd rumours.

They need a CF, and he showed a couple of summers ago that he is prepared to leave. He'll more than likely break the Spurs goalscoring record this season and then leave to try break the PL goalscoring record.

Playing under 3 negative managers in a row won't have been easy as a forward. His goal output has not been as high as under Poch, while still being at a very good level. But Kane wants those individual records.

Who else will pay Kane the big bucks except United?

No one in England surely, obviously not Arsenal or Liverpool, City don't need him with Haaland on board. Would he go to Chelsea - kinda doubt it TBH.

Who on the continent could afford him, Madrid, PSG, or Bayern - don't think Barca have any levers left to pull even if they wanted to. Is he glamorous enough for Madrid or PSG?

Bayern might be an option, he could pad his stats a bit, play in the latter stages of the ECL every year, guarantee trophies.

Not a huge market really. United could be a good bet domestically.

Ancelotti…..

Carlo usually takes the players he has and makes them better. Pep replaces them.

Did a smashing job at Everton alright….

Yep and does it all without acting like a clown on the sideline, trying to be the centre of attention or wnking off about his football philosophy like Jose, Pep, Klopp or the recent copy and paste German league alumni.

it was someone here calling him an arsehole , I took exception to, and he's certainly in the top 2 manager/coach active today, Ancelotti is equal.

Pep.... Yeah...

Kinda the 'Little Engländer attitude though, innit.

There is no real tradition of British players who excelled in the continent, probably a cultural thing. You can recall the likes of John Charles, Bale, MxMannamin who won lots, Beckham of course too. Paul Lambert also won a Champions League, but few others really. Add in the money in England over the last 20 years and why would lads move away.

Harry strikes me as a home bird to be honest. I think he'll have to make a choice between the easy thing and staying at Spurs or moving up the road to Manchester. Maybe he'll move to the NFL 😊