yeah, a lot of times reporters have only had a clue untiil the deals were all but done. isak was one rare example that was trailed months before he signed, but when it happened it also came out of the blue and was completed quite quickly. the protracted guehi saga was the first of its kind since the takeover. not our usual style at all.    this summer is mitchell's first proper go at it after the non event in january. it'll be interesting to see how he operates but it sounds like we will be shopping in a different market to previously. hopefully all kept under wraps too. depends on the selling club tough. if you end up dealing with a muppet like parish, trying to engineer a bidding war, you can't stop it getting leaked. 

8f we score 7.in the first half I'll find it acceptable to take our foot off the gas in 2nd.