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No, the contract isn't signed so nothing is binding at that point. It's just a verbal agreement.

He carried on playing a lot through pain iirc. I am assuming given some rest he will have recovered fully and should be good to go a full campaign this time. We did abuse his willingness to play through the pain barrier IMO.

Do Burnley need to sell to comply with PSR?

Quick general query, does agreeing personal terms with a side bind a player in any way? E.g. if Trafford agrees with us is he also able to agree personal terms with another club or multiple other clubs? I would imagine so but it does seem the case that almost all the time when someone agrees personal terms with a club they go to that club if a fee is agreed

He’s still our best at carrying the ball when considering both strength and pace. Hopefully this season will be his redemption arc.

Big if, hasn’t played well for 2 seasons.

Good watch! Thought it was interesting that he spent 8 months specifically training his left foot shooting Seems like a very intelligent and hard-working lad.

Not a rumour, just a thought. Bobby Clark has had a tough time at Salzburg. Was signed by a manager who was sacked in 6 months. He's 20 years old and, formerly at least, considered a future wonderkid. He's also likely to want to jump at the chance at coming back here because hes rumoured at being unhappy. He's also a midfielder and wouldn't cost alot. I think they only paid 10m for him. If anyone can get his potential out of him its Howe. At the very least, he'd get some value back in him.

Yeah. He was poor last season though. But if he regained the form before his injuries he was a brilliant ball carrying mf

He’d come in January if at all

He's missed 30%+ of the last few seasons I am sure He's a year older and his style of play is entirely dependent on his physical levels being high / not dropping Tin hat on, but he isn't the most consistent player. I recall many times over the past few years where everyone complains about him having subpar performances, then he has a run of form as is back to everyone's favourite / most important player

Sure about that? He must have missed close to 40 games the last two seasons.

Sell please

You'd give him a new contract?

He's probably quoting last year's deal we had lined up before it fell through for PSR reasons.

Lot of disrespect for Willock in here.

Ah man I'm buying this one

Not wild on the badge but otherwise that's nice. I look forward to buying the pro version of that this time next year when it's 60% off.

Maybe it’s got something to do with Man City’s clause and we are going to return the favour later on… Does seem very cheap though if at all true.

Forgive me if this has already been asked but when did agreeing personal terms with players while they play for other clubs cease to be "tapping up". I remember a few teams in the mid noughties being given slaps on the wrist for doing this but these days it seems to be accepted.

Confiscate his hard drive too!

Joelinton was out for a prolonged period, that isn't likely to happen again. He's the only CM who is difficult to swap out, Joe Willock is the best fit replacement. You could argue he didn't shine last season, but he's done well previously in that role. In any case, he could be sold and we could use that money to buy a midfielder.

Problem is 4-5 players of the required level is more than we can afford and does that keep our stars? Finishing 5th? I think not. We really have to watch out, those sharks in Madrid are snipers and have been engineering free transfers for top notch players for too long. We have to get used to some squad turnover. I'm really concerned we are asleep at the wheel when it comes to the macro side of things.

Assuming we sign Pedro, Trafford and Elanga, I’m guessing a CB would come from the continent

Yeah, will see us right for a good few years going forward. Speculate to accumulate and all that. Then there’s the squad camaraderie and cohesion for the long term too. All good. I like what they are trying to do.