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seems like he chose chelsea?

There's a limit to that though surely? Mbeumo at >£62m and potentially just shy of £200k/week for example. What if Pedro goes to Chelsea for £65m and they give him £200k/week?

If he chooses Chelsea it's a swift fuck you and move on. Could do without it dragging on much longer

Why two? Finish above Leeds, Burnley and Brentford will be enough. I think Bournemouth, depending on who else they lose/bring in will struggle, West Ham are a bit of an unknown and yeah 100% Brentford, they'll really struggle. Sunderlands opening fixtures also are fairly kind, if they get off to a good start thats a big plus and confidence will build from there. Let's not forget also, it was only 3 years ago Fulham, Bournemouth and Forest came up through the play offs and all are still there now and thriving, especially Forest who were nobodies, as in came from nowhere compared to season before, so whilst we say the gap is so huge, it's only been the last two seasons thats been evident so too early to say thats the norm. I dunno, feels like they have some momentum and their style of play is more suited to the PL

I imagine there’s a running amortisation + wages budget overall that needs to be sorted across all transfer activities. That’s not going to be Howe’s remit as he does not negotiate salaries nor fees. There will be a small team working on the art of the possible with a cost budget that includes amortisation, wages and likely bonuses. And a prediction of revenue through league and cup performances

What is the problem with Andy Howe? Thing is, we should look elsewhere. But certainly if we are bidding player has not knocked us back. May want to go to Chelsea still.

Baldwards as the quote in the title

I am guilty of this all the time. Just watched some Xavi Simons kids just now.

We don’t play with a ‘10’ and I can’t see us playing with one next season either - and it does seem like a fuckton of cash for a backup. If he is who Howe wants, then I’m all for it - I’m just scratching my head over it. Seems like a big chunk of the budget to me.

Monaco signing Pogba and Ansu Fati who can both play on the left/CAM. Possibly frees up Ben Seghir to leave? Seems like he can play as CAM/10/second striker/on the left. Could be an interesting more reasonably-priced alternative to Joao Pedro.

Yeh they already have a young striker that needs to develop. Why have a squad that has 2 of those? If they get another attacker it needs to be someone who is meant to be ‘the man’ from the off or they let Delap develop and give him that pathway.

As a striker - he’s underwhelming imo. Especially to be *The* striker. And they obviously have a better 10. We don’t have any 10 and he would be a great backup striker for us too.

I watched them when it looked like we were signing him from Watford a couple of years ago. But generally it's a golden rule to stay away from Youtube highlights until the signing is more or less rubber stamped. It just makes you more angry if they fuck off somewhere else.

The good thing about Chelsea being a total fucking mess in the transfer market is that it’ll take a while again before any semblance of a team starts to form and people can hold down a place. Then, just as they’re getting close to figuring it out they’ll change both their manager and their squad again. Fucking rats

Insane that I already forgot about Delap Far too hard to keep up with Chelsea's signings. That leaves an even bigger question about where Joao Pedro would fit in there.

how are chelsea still able to act with impunity in terms of being an FM infinite money hack. we need to get on that shit. i would have thought PSR might have slowed them even a little in their dotage.

Aye fuck him, move on now.

Well they also signed Delap but they probably think he's not good enough either.

That's pretty much his call now though. I think we have a budget for a number of positions and so can't afford to just pay what is being asked for right away.

glad I haven't wasted my time watching his YouTube highlights

Aye, I think that's the crux of it for them. They want someone like Ekiteke or Gyokeres (or probably Isak). Pedro as a main striker signing would be underwhelming, probably even for us.

Nah, he was absolute quality and if he hadn’t had persistent injury issues he’d have had a top career in the PL. He was possibly the best at heading the ball the league has seen and he had a top left peg. He was also a nightmare to play against for defenders. Can’t remember if it was his ankles or his back but he was never the same after he left us and had an injury at Liverpool

Since when is Lee Ryder a credible source?

He won't give a shit. But it is interesting they are so opposed to him signing. You would think they would be desperate for a decent striker. Maybe they think they should be aiming higher.

I’m kind of shrugging my shoulders at it - their expectations will be well above mine, given the money they have and the draw they have.