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Murphy is one of the worst wingers in the league for simple ball rentention. I would be delighted if his replacement matched him for G/A. That bar is high. But for general play, there’s a lot of improvement to be made that will lift our entire game.

Not sure I see the appeal of Ramsey. Can somebody enlighten me?

It can’t be understated how much better the likes of Strand Larson, Alex Iwobi and Kevin Schade are than the best the Championship clubs can often muster. If one of them has a massive go maybe they can stay up. But it’s going to be super tough.

We give them 45 mill for Ramsey and they give us 15 mill for Vlach.

Well, well, well, What do we have here Newcastle, buying a player?! We'll be having him, thank you!

Very good. How about "Welcome back Villa legend Matt Targett"

Don't think he's looked the same since the injuries tbh. Kinda like Willock.

Ramsey is pretty similar to Willock, no? Both a bit MIA with injuries/loss of form for last two seasons. Very good beforehand.

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Someone just told me Ramsey is definitely happening but he isn’t the most reliable so don’t start the thread yet 😂😂

Qatar aren’t interested. It’s been about a year since Staveley left NUFC and was rumoured to be bringing the Qatari’s to you, and nothing has happened. Your Qatari links go back much further as well. Qatar also passed on Man Utd with that Jasim guy, who at best couldn’t prove proof of funds, and at worst couldn’t even prove that he existed. Liverpool were open to offers at the same time, and Chelsea have been up for sale in recent years. They even had the option to buy Leeds, and seemingly passed up on the opportunity. Qatar are happy with PSG. They were already buying soft power in Paris and France before they even bought PSG. They have their fingers in FIFA’s pie, and in European football authorities pie as well. Bein have invested in Ligue 1 rights, and they have won the right to host, and actually hosted the World Cup. In the last 2 weeks they have achieved their ultimate aim with PSG, that is until they build their new stadium and some sort of ESL comes along. On top of this both FIFA and UEFA are seemingly clamping down on multi-club ownerships, which would just complicate matters if they gave you an uplift. Who comes first for them? The Premier League club that’s cost them billions and has a much higher base revenue before you get to sponsorships, or the team they have spent the last 15 years turning into a global brand, singing up big sponsorship deals, and generally building them into a mega club? Qatar simply aren’t interested in you. Your best chance of such a takeover was when Levy had PIF round, and kept upping the price, ultimately leaving them there for Staveley to come along and bring them to us.

The footballing equivalent of Platform.

Think Silva would have only gone to Spurs, not sure there’s a better gig available which offers him what he has at fulham. Fulham supporting colleague at work (they exist!) says the Saudi rumours are bollocks

I still think managers have under performed, Levy can take the blame for appointing them but he has supplied them with one of the best stadiums and training grounds in the world along with the 4th highest transfer budget.

Not unless we particularly have someone we want rid of.

Would one of ours be going to Villa if we got Ramsey? Similar to Anderson for Vlach?

As far as transfer window strategy, is there any value to waiting until clubs that can spend more make their major moves? Especially with PSR constraints Liverpool signs Wirtz; City sign Cherki; MU signs Mbuemo... they are much less likely to bid for another AM / winger that we might pursue, especially if we are seeking value

What position is Ramsay? His G/A is pretty shitty. Looks like he presses hard and turns the ball over well. Is he a 10 or a modern "wide forward"

Chelsea in for him, in, 3,2,...

£29m is an absolute steal, if true we should be right all over that like a shot.

We actually collected more points from the teams who finished 14th-20th (39) than anyone apart from Liverpool (40). The problem was the 10 points we picked up from teams finishing 8th-13th, only the three relegated teams got less than that. Man Utd, West Ham, Palace, Brighton, Bournemouth, Fulham - I'm no tactical mastermind but I don't remember those sides just parking the bus and us being unable to break them down? Edit - sorry it was Brighton, Bournemouth, Brentford, Fulham, Palace, Everton

Aye, it’s the next step for us to take imo.

I dont understand why/how he could end up at Galatasaray if he doesn't sign for Saudi. Surely there's a European side who can better Galatasaray's wages.

Brentford losing these, Wolves selling Cunha/Ait-Nouri, Fulham maybe losing Silva. There's definitely some nervousness that one of these will keep a promoted side up.