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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.

I think Howe might prefer us to stop playing hardball on fees and pay what it takes to get his first choice players through the door.

It was a shocking decision last year, we wanted Hjuisen after him being available last summer, instead we begged to massively overpay for Guehi, luckily Palace continued to take the piss all summer. Hopefully we've learned. I wonder how many scouts we've had at the U-21 and CWC championships

I never understood where that idea came from - Kevin Nolan around that time said that he’d wanted the move and Nolan advised him to go for it. It is one of the handful of moments where I thought Ashley was absolutely right to do what he did - he played hardball and sold a player for well above what they were worth; it was obvious to anyone with eyes Carroll wasn’t the next big thing, he was a decent PL centre forward having a purple patch. He was more Kevin Davies than Alan Shearer. Dalglish proved once again that he didn’t have an eye for a player.

Just picking up on the same point a few others made earlier - it's absolutely hilarious seeing Chelsea fans' massively negative reaction to his potential signing. Wonder if he's reading any of it, or if he cares.

You say that but to this day I still wonder if Man City wanting Fred, Alexis Sanchez and Cristiano was a ruse knowing the red scum would do just that. Although Chelsea would just sell the moss from the Stamford Bridge roof to themselves to free up some extra coin if needed anyway

Shame the Cunts made Champions League.

Activity really looks like ramping up to a level not seen since Xisco

Well if other clubs are signing his preferred targets because they are able to spend more or pay more in wages, we'll have to look elsewhere. No other choice really.

Hopefully this is 4D chess - where we are attracting Chelsea to our 2nd choices, knowing they like to copy our homework, and once they've spunked their ill gotten gains on those players, we then move in on our first choices unopposed. I can dream.

Need a scapegoat.

Do they have a wrestling thread over there? Be interested to see how many are watching the WWE show in Saudi.

I'll believe it when Ryder reports it.

If Chelsea show even the slightest interest in him he’s going to go there it seems.

Why?

Chelsea in for Kudus pre-empting us walking away from Elanga or what?! 😅

It's not fifa mate, Simons is versatile, Nusa can play as a winger/striker.

Time to call Xavi Simons's agent

Gotta spend that Club World Cup cash - such a vile club

I'm sure we've been asking this same question for the past couple of windows and they just keep finding a way.

Would like it on the record that I have a hatred burning deep inside me for Andy Howe.

I'm interested to see if we have changed tack on alternatives this season. Last time round Howe seemed to intimate that the pool of players we were interested in was very small, and he was reluctant to trade down from his targets. I think he would prefer to pay what it takes to get his preferred choices in and might veto players he's not that keen on.

They haven't moved them on though. They're still on the books. How many other clubs just keep stacking players up like this? It's ridiculous

PIF reading this for their domestic league.

I think it's fair enough to at least try for these guys first as a priority, because we believe their Prem experience means they will have a quicker impact. If it doesn't pan out then go for the alternatives. There was an article this week that said the club had set a soft deadline to move on to other targets eventually. Think it was a week from this coming Monday.