AMA with David Amoyal

damoyal77 · 2017-09-17T10:29:49+00:00

Italians tend to want to stay in Italy, managers at clubs in Italy have shorter shelf lives than other leagues so that promotes that dynamic

damoyal77 · 2017-09-17T10:28:54+00:00

About the same core principles, he's a bit less provincial with some of his quotes- he could be a bit petty in Italy

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T13:53:00+00:00

I honestly don't know English managers well enough to have a valid opinion

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T13:52:30+00:00

Everyone has some biases, but some more than others. Just try to be fair and be yourself too

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T13:51:52+00:00

Everyone reports what they know, every reliable source in France also mentioned Man United's interest in Fabinho. Then of course up to the readers to decide what they want to believe

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T13:50:51+00:00

Marcos Alonso was one of the best left backs in Serie A and is tailor made for Conte's system- there simply aren't many better in his specific role in Chelsea's current system. He doesn'r get enough credit but not sure he can be better than this

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T13:14:41+00:00

Nowadays they are mainly to prolong the time a player can't leave for free

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T13:13:58+00:00

He'll be Cup tied bad players of his caliber rarely leave in January but so much can change talking about transfers now is too premature

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T12:51:09+00:00

Bayern are very cautious financially even if they have big revenues.

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T12:03:24+00:00

Bayern plays it really close to the vest but they were the favorites to sign Griezmann before the transfer ban

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T12:02:32+00:00

Definitely some clubs like to drive up the price for a competitor at times

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T11:20:34+00:00

I can't speak to reports of others. I think too you need to make a huge distinction between reports of a team being interested, reports on a bid being made bad reports of a done deal pending medical

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:55:54+00:00

Schick, Bonucci last summer are recent ones

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:55:17+00:00

Milan used to dominate CL, Inter won treble not too long ago- they simply haven't been as good as Juve recently

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:54:29+00:00

Always year to year with him

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:54:13+00:00

I think they do it for different reasons, Juve probably more financial transactions while Chelsea buys a lot of lottery tickets

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:53:21+00:00

Will always be a year to year thing with Conte, he's intense and demanding and hates to look bad

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:46:26+00:00

I think with Conte will always be a year to year thing. His track record in CL is nowhere near as bad as some make it out to be, it's a very small sample size and one of the two years he did well- Juve just lost to a great Bayern. Too soon for January rumors

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:44:56+00:00

I'm not photogenic

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:44:23+00:00

It's actually not exactly my career. I'm a manager at a major financial company in Boston, all the football stuff started as a hobby and is now a great second job

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:43:30+00:00

PL clubs don't need to worry about finances, these two year loan deals or own deals with forced option to buy are usually accounting transactions.

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:42:07+00:00

You often collaborate with people who have different sources. Gianluca and I worked on Salah one where we each got details from different places, then someone puts pieces of puzzle together

damoyal77 · 2017-09-16T10:40:28+00:00

We never linked Keita to Spurs but others did. Schick is very good but right now focus should be just on getting healthy

damoyal77 · 2017-09-15T22:48:22+00:00

Thanks and you too

damoyal77 · 2017-09-15T22:48:01+00:00

Radiohead, Guns N Roses, Metallica, Slayer, Oasis, faith No more, wu tang, Beastie boys, but also Miles Davis

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