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It’s a fucking daft one to bleat on about as well, it would take a fucking absurd amount to get Harrison as they’ve already sold Phillips and look set to sell Raphinha.

Are we sure that’s their first team? Looks like a local non-league side heading on a stag do tbh.

That’s exactly what I would say if I was them in this type of negotiation. It’s Leverkusen btw, I think if it was PSG we’d be fucked but £40m+ is a lot of money for a player even for a CL side - we just beat the Italian champions to a player because they couldn’t match our bid. I’m of course just guessing on it but it’s similar to what we saw with Botman imo, we started getting a lot of links to other CB targets and then agreed a fee with Lille. Maybe Leverkusen hold firm this time but I think what we’ve heard from both sides is possibly all part of negotiations. I agree on Gordon, if they were wanting £40m for him it’s not far off the ask for Diaby who is a far better player. Admittedly I don’t rate Gordon as much more than a mid table PL player so maybe others see them as closer talents, but one hit double figure goals and assists, the other put up Ryan Fraser numbers.

Might be something in your point tbf, we’ve clearly turned attention to Diaby and have been linked to Olise and Gordon this week. Think it’s showing we have other options.

They ayyyuht him.

I posted in the mackem thread, but it’s worth another post as they’re hilariously predictable

It’s brilliant that we are really starting to see the transfer policy, which seems to be sign all of the best up and coming talents in Europe .

I don’t get how they don’t see this. Even if I tried to be neutral about it in any way they don’t come across well in it, there’s even an episode where they set about the camera man when they lose. The lads I know over here that have seen it ask me questions like are they all like that? And think it’s hilarious, I let them know it’s made by their own fan base so it’s trying it’s best to show them in a good light . I suppose it has helped some people know who the fuck they are as people haven’t heard of them.

Mint, why be an actual competitive football club when you can just try and get fans of way better teams to pity you? Don’t let it happy organically neither, just try your best to force some fake friendship. Hope it works out for them, then in a couple of seasons when we’re in Europe we can absolute fucking hammer the entire SAFC friendship club of Feyenoord and Bilbao. “Ahhh just eyyyut the maggie bastids wah neeyd new friends who can beeeyut thahhm”.

Wor Adam is already seeking vengeance

Everton being Everton. So they want to spend a load of money they barely have, why not spend it on a central striker - doesn’t matter that the best player you have on your books is also a central striker, planning schmanning. They also previously turned down Chelsea’s offer of money + Broja for Richarlison, so I can’t see Chelsea jumping at this one (nor the player).

To the surprise of absolutely no one Edwards is there to say none of it will happen but offers up zero information regarding targets.

Aye I feel like any loans we do get will be FFP workaround types as you mention, I’d be fairly surprised if we did sign Broja on a loan with no option as like you say if he’s just backing up Wilson there’s not much incentive for Chelsea.

That’s the big concert at the shit tip cancelled

I find him to be getting very similar to the ITK accounts since Ashworth come in - as I think whatever line he had into what was going on has been cut or severely limited. It’s how he always ends those kind of tweets with “it’ll be difficult” or “it’s unlikely” then when the signing happens he comes out with the tedious “I said it was difficult which it proved to be but the experience they have now with Ashworth made it happen”.

Tielemans makes about £30k a week at Leicester. So he’s claiming that’s unrealistic amounts, unless Edwards is now claiming to have a level of insider knowledge into what Tielemans asks are and that those asks would be 4 times his salary or more, which he clearly doesn’t so I’d disregard everything he’s saying. Ben Jacobs is a leicester fan and that’s where his contacts are, he’s closer to this story than chicken nonce. Edwards is a country mile off nowadays with most his stuff. We aren’t going to blow our whole budget on defence when our major issue was in attack, he’s even said himself it makes no sense yet goes on like that’s what has happened I hope we sign Tielemans even more now than I previously did, just to prove this arrogant bloke even more wrong.

It’s yet another sign that they also don’t care about the actual discussion/issues around our ownership too. There is extremely strong evidence that the Saudis funded those organizations but MBS has worked to move away from that, he cut funding and turned his back to look more west - there’s absolutely no doubt he’s a total piece of shit but trying to shoehorn something like that in again just shows their lack of interest in the actual situation. They can keep up this faux outrage but the fact is they’re using horrific events where people died to have pops at fans of a rival team, trivializing the event imo and not even getting the facts straight. Trying to take the high road but not even being bothered enough to pick the right issues to raise when there’s a fucking mountain of easy material to pick from. Thick paedophile supporting cunts. If Portsmouth had our owners they’d not care, it’s that simple and transparent. They’ll keep trivializing terrorist attacks and believing that Ross Stewart would get the better of up and coming world beaters, it’s just what they do. “Classy”.

I read Lingards ask is 150k - 200k a week, I think we will be leaving him for Everton to sign tbh. If we could pull off Diaby and Broja, then sign Eriksen, Paqueta, or a solid 6 like Soumare we’d have had a fucking ridiculous window.

Aye bit of a stumbling block. There’s a good chance it’s Leeds anyway with the money they have coming in.

Makes you think.

Looks like the source was a Spanish journalist and we finished in the bottom half last year so maybe? He’d be some player to have as CF and cover for the wings tbh.