Transfers, 2024-25 season

[wykikitoon 22705]

Realised it's nee fucking Benidorm? The daft cunt. 

[MrBass 3011]

8 hours ago, ewerk said:

 

We have an opportunity here to do something very, very funny.

[Isaksbigrightfoot 29]

On 07/01/2024 at 13:32, ewerk said:

 

We have an opportunity here to do something very, very funny.

I cannot see this happening at all. Although it would be hilarious to see the meltdown but ultimately the transfer is dead in the water.

 

I know a lot here maybe won’t like this but Phillips would give us a little bit of steel we need.

[BobHopeandNoHope 680]

On 07/01/2024 at 03:04, Holden McGroin said:

who the fuck is Joel Bland and where does he make his bullshit up from?

[wykikitoon 22705]

Chat t'darn ere is we are after Crysencio Summerville.  He player right wing and has a right foot so that would be nice.

 

 

[trophyshy 7308]

Cry boy cry 

 

[RobElliott 1791]

50 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

Chat t'darn ere is we are after Crysencio Summerville.  He player right wing and has a right foot so that would be nice.

 

 

If we are after right wing we should get Joey Barton back

[Dr Gloom 23549]

1 hour ago, RobElliott said:

If we are after right wing we should get Joey Barton back

 

[RobinRobin 12433]

1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

[LondonBlue 1021]

On 03/01/2024 at 15:08, Dr Gloom said:

i'm getting a bit bored of the club pretending to be mr nice guy to the established elite. i want to see a big fuck you statement to the european super league wankers. announce some absurd stadium naming rights deal to help finance a january splurge then raid the saudi pro league. fuck em. 

 

well trying to be nice hasn't worked for us. they slap us and we turn the other cheek. i reckon you lot should try fucking them all. and if it works out, our lot and one or two others might follow. if you get screwed over well never mind 😏

[LondonBlue 1021]

On 06/01/2024 at 21:59, Kid Dynamite said:

 

 

or more to the point, they can't afford him and have alternatives already in their squad.

 

 

[The Fish 11313]

1 minute ago, LondonBlue said:

well trying to be nice hasn't worked for us. they slap us and we turn the other cheek. i reckon you lot should try fucking them all. and if it works out, our lot and one or two others might follow. if you get screwed over well never mind 😏

If breaking FFP rules was purely a financial concern I'd happily spend a fortune and smash it to bits, but a points deduction is not something we can afford to be messing around with. 

 

Thanks to Chelsea we can't sign players on prison contracts either. What we need is a stock of saleable assets whose value has been fluffed by virtue of playing for a club that's performing well. Had it not been for the injuries I'm sure players like Dubravka, Murphy, Willock, Lascelles, Targett would be considered for sales and their values would have been higher at the end of last season than they are now. Sell them for anywhere between £5 and £35m, get their wages off the books and replace them with real quality. 

 

I read that Italy has changed their tax break law so Serie A clubs can't offer the same wages that they once could, meaning players may be thinking of leaving Europe's boot and there'll be players who were on their way who may be thinking twice. The Saudi project doesn't seem to be working out how they expected, so there may be players there we could sign too. 

 

I dunno, January is a very difficult window and we can expect no favours from Premier League clubs. I'd expect another domestic loan, and a couple of players from the continent be they on loan or permanent. There are 2-3 holes in the squad that are a priority.; DM and FW definitely, and RW maybe?

[LondonBlue 1021]

9 minutes ago, The Fish said:

If breaking FFP rules was purely a financial concern I'd happily spend a fortune and smash it to bits, but a points deduction is not something we can afford to be messing around with. 

 

Thanks to Chelsea we can't sign players on prison contracts either. What we need is a stock of saleable assets whose value has been fluffed by virtue of playing for a club that's performing well. Had it not been for the injuries I'm sure players like Dubravka, Murphy, Willock, Lascelles, Targett would be considered for sales and their values would have been higher at the end of last season than they are now. Sell them for anywhere between £5 and £35m, get their wages off the books and replace them with real quality. 

 

I read that Italy has changed their tax break law so Serie A clubs can't offer the same wages that they once could, meaning players may be thinking of leaving Europe's boot and there'll be players who were on their way who may be thinking twice. The Saudi project doesn't seem to be working out how they expected, so there may be players there we could sign too. 

 

I dunno, January is a very difficult window and we can expect no favours from Premier League clubs. I'd expect another domestic loan, and a couple of players from the continent be they on loan or permanent. There are 2-3 holes in the squad that are a priority.; DM and FW definitely, and RW maybe?

 

Not sure breaking FFP rules is that much of a worry as long as you play in red

 

 

[The Fish 11313]

Just now, LondonBlue said:

 

Not sure breaking FFP rules is that much of a worry as long as you play in red

 

Doesn't seem to be a concern if you play in blue either, mind.  

[LondonBlue 1021]

19 hours ago, The Fish said:

 

Doesn't seem to be a concern if you play in blue either, mind.  

 

depends on the shade. 

 

still waiting to see some evidence in the public domain, quite surprised none has been leaked, i wonder why?

 

 

Edited January 10, 2024 by LondonBlue

[Nefilim 14]

Man City started this FFP selling home grown players becuase they were good at it.

Chelsea did it for a long time, and are fast approaching their next hit like a junky  'Gallagher for FFP'

 

Talk of selling Bruno for extra FFP - it's so sad. We're not allowed nice things etc.

 

Staveley/Howe have built a spine before Ashworth came in - (Pope > Botman > Bruno > Isak)

[wykikitoon 22705]

 

 

 

A second account hey

[Nefilim 14]

Matty Longstaff is the first of a long que to play for Newcastle.

Daily Mail think Jordan Hener***

 

Henderson is a SMB

[Tdansmith 3260]

5 hours ago, Nefilim said:

 

 

Talk of selling Bruno for extra FFP - it's so sad. We're not allowed nice things etc.

 

🤔

[The Fish 11313]

8 hours ago, LongTimeAdmirer said:

this guy farken 

 

Just what, in the blue hell, is your problem now?

[RobinRobin 12433]

2 hours ago, Nefilim said:

Matty Longstaff is the first of a long que to play for Newcastle.

Daily Mail think Jordan Hener***

 

Henderson is a SMB

[Dazzler 11679]

2 hours ago, Nefilim said:

Matty Longstaff is the first of a long que to play for Newcastle.

Daily Mail think Jordan Hener***

 

Henderson is a SMB

At least you both have that in common then.

[The Fish 11313]

2 minutes ago, LongTimeAdmirer said:

 

Wanting to sell Willock and murphy

 

 

 

 

It's not about 'want', you goober, it's about looking at what we've got and being realistic about where we can make moves, to make money. Who are our most valuable, least integral players? Just like your beau, Saint-Maximin, these two represent players who are not guaranteed starters, but who can command a decent fee. Murphy is a great pro and works hard, but he's limited in terms of quality and we could still get ~£15m for him, Willock is great and in an ideal world we'd keep him, however he plays in a position we're strong in and could command a fee upwards of £35m. That's £50m (plus their wages) to increase our ability to strengthen without breaking FFP rules. 

 

Due to years of neglect by Ashley we have little to no valuable depth in the squad. So players like Ritchie, Dummett, Hayden, Hendrick will get fuck all in terms of a fee but are eating up wages. At least the first two in that list are 'good characters to have around the dressing room' and won't mind not playing, and all that.

 

I'd much rather we sack off those 4 entirely and spend whatever we like on replacements, but we can't, so we have to be clever and we have to be ruthless. 

[spongebob toonpants 4346]

1 minute ago, The Fish said:

It's not about 'want', you goober, it's about looking at what we've got and being realistic about where we can make moves, to make money. Who are our most valuable, least integral players? Just like your beau, Saint-Maximin, these two represent players who are not guaranteed starters, but who can command a decent fee. Murphy is a great pro and works hard, but he's limited in terms of quality and we could still get ~£15m for him, Willock is great and in an ideal world we'd keep him, however he plays in a position we're strong in and could command a fee upwards of £35m. That's £50m (plus their wages) to increase our ability to strengthen without breaking FFP rules. 

 

Due to years of neglect by Ashley we have little to no valuable depth in the squad. So players like Ritchie, Dummett, Hayden, Hendrick will get fuck all in terms of a fee but are eating up wages. At least the first two in that list are 'good characters to have around the dressing room' and won't mind not playing, and all that.

 

I'd much rather we sack off those 4 entirely and spend whatever we like on replacements, but we can't, so we have to be clever and we have to be ruthless. 

I think your underestimating Willocks value to the team, he carries the ball in transition faster and more efficiently than anyone else, and I feel a lot of the reason that Isak has spent a lot of time isolated this season is due to missing Willock's link up play

My probably naive hope is that we are underselling the value of our new marketing deals and we have more wiggle room than they are letting on

[Gemmill 49696]

We need Willock back fit, not to sell him. He's class imo.