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Of course. More to the point. Where's Simon Adingra ?

He did his medical at the Argentinian u23 camp a month ago.

Yep. RDZ confirms - no loan. Listen to him answering questions about Barco from Johnny Cantor here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0h69mm2

Argentina u23s are playing their first match In Venezuela this Sunday. And he's been with the pre- tournament squad training in Argentina . So this is quite the punt.

Proper sports journalists must wonder why he's a) making so much ££ from email subscriptions, podcasts and his flourishing business. b) gets so many scoops c) has better contacts and sources than they do. And perhaps they cringe at him too. Not to everyone's taste - why would he be ? - and...

Yes,. The Argentinian u23 commitment is the pre-Olympic tournament for u23s for South American teams that is being held in Venezuela. Barco is currently in Argentina at the pre- tournament camp. It runs from 20 January to 11 February 2024 . So there's a possibility - if he's joining the first...

Well you don’t have to like him ! - but like it or not he has built up a network of sources/business over the last few years that enables him to report accurately - ahead of others - on transfer windows.

Fair enough you’re not a fan to say the least ! . I’d urge those sceptical to have a listen to this - (Lineker and co interviewing him at end of last window) - before arguing that Romano is not trustworthy and “guesses” .

I think “everyone” knew he was set for a medical because he reported that as well (as did others). He’s also shared the contract details - bit harder to “guess” .

David Ornstein in The Athletic also confirmed it. https://theathletic.com/5190508/2024/01/09/valentin-barco-transfer-news-brighton/ I guess the telegraph have just confirmed , like FR , that the medical is also done. No idea what’s delaying the announcement but I guess player being away on...

Is there any evidence at all that Bloom is doing anything to upset RDZ ? Quite the reverse. If Barco is loaned (and all Naylor said blandly was that it’s part of the thinking) I doubt it would be against RDZ wishes. And this from Brian Owen offers a more nuanced explanation of the idea that RDZ...

Buonanotte, Enciso, Alexis all found it tough to get used to PL football at first. Only Caicedo looked ready (and he’d been loaned out). Barco needs experience and needs game time to develop - he’s played very little first team football - so saying that a loan is possibly part of the plan is...

it seemed unlikely for those reasons and also because of Albion injuries /squad depth etc - but then Albion aren't averse to loaning out players like this. Buonanotte was close to being loaned to Leeds last summer if reports are to be believed.

More confirmation that the deal is done but the first confirmation i've seen so far that Barco (perhaps no surprise- but you never know) is going straight into the first team squad.

The actual Shirt or scarf pic imminent >>

Lamptey and Veltman were in the Dubai vid shared by the club yesterday. Webster, Welbeck, and Estupinan were pretty much back to match fitness before Dubai Mitoma is in the Japan Asia Cup squad - so they're hoping he'll be fit for the quarter finals onwards if they make them ? and that just...

He's in a pre tournament camp with the Argentina squad (he's posted several pix of him training on his Insta). This is the u23 pre Olympics tournament - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CONMEBOL_Pre-Olympic_Tournament Its held in Venezuela from 20 January to 11 February 2024. The top two teams...

This South American ESPN journalist (and others) have called it out as a fake.

Happy to help !