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Not a chance.

We may have to sell just for the betterment of people's wellbeing. Not sure this fan base can handle having this calibre of player.

I mean, we offered loads of money for Guehi already and couldn't get him in January. I'm not sure it's about speed, is it?

I hope we are putting a higher bid in, with no intention of winning, just to push the price up.

Isak is the jewel in the crown, the golden goose, the poster boy. The owners will do everything they possibly can to keep him. Just him being here adds value, brings eyes and makes us more attractive to players and sponsors.

Pretty comfortable missing out on Guehi. He's good, but don't feel he was one we had to do everything to land.

Fair, I'd be surprised if we're leaving in that late like.

@The Prophet I’d consider later being during August before the season kicks off.

Paul Joyce, the Liverpool mouthpiece pretty much putting their chances to bed. Genuinely not concerned about losing him this summer.

What a bloody waste of time this bloke has turned into. Really hoping we move on and secure a good alternative soon.

I really don't mind not getting Guehi - especially at that price - it's about whether there's confidence in there being a plan b/c/d.

What do you define as "later in the window" though? I think everyone will be a bit concerned if we don't have a new face or two in by pre-season.

To be fair he had a 2 in 2 goal record for us last season which is pretty clinical

Could be the case that we can't start until July though.

Of the crew we seem to be linked with (Pedro, Elanga, Trafford etc.) this is the one I’m least bothered about. I really can’t see what the fuss is about with this bloke.

I don’t, just putting some thoughts down based on the us waiting till later in the window comments. Just spitballing.

How do we know that we haven't?

Playing devils advocate, many clubs manage to sign players with contracts that become effective on a given future date of their choosing. What prevents us? We hear we’ll shop in July but doesn’t that feel like we don’t know who we’re after? Wouldn’t you just approach a players agent and gauge their interest, if interested agree terms, sound out his club and get a deal done? This waiting later in the window talk to see which players are left after the big boys are done or who’s desperate to sell is akin to turning up at the supermarket at the end of the day and waiting for the reductions, do we really operate like that?

Not sure there's ever been a better DM.

Being a dick aside, £70 million for him is absolute madness.

Apologies.

Aye.

Our behaviour last August suggested that we had capacity for 1 signing - at the right price. we since sold Almiron and Kelly so might have a little more to stretch, but we will have a more flexible budget on 1st July. meanwhile Burnley have to sell this month. They will be holding out to sell someone else other than Trafford, or that someone else comes in to start a bidding war. the closer it gets to July the more likely they are going to have to drop their price for Trafford. We are potentially going to have a great deal here.

I'd think about the same, maybe less, maybe a bit more. Pace brings price up more than other attributes. Doesn't have the pace to be an all round top class CB. But next to a Van Djik for example, or if VH is your no.1 CB and your 2 is has recovery pace, he certainly has what it takes to be integral to a top defence and a top tier distributor of the ball. Think the takeaway is Brighton, Forest, and Bournemouth have signed 4 center backs for around what we were supposedly willing to pay for Guehi. And everybody knew about Milkenovic, 12mil was a steal. Given Mitchell was there, you'd have hoped we knew of Hjuisen. Either way, Guehi's can be gotten for far less and with coaching great defenders with average pace can be found young.

Good with his feet, shit in the air. Maybe I'm old school but in my opinion you need to be a big bugger to play DC. Cannavaro the exception, of course. And Koeman, but he was just a FK merchant.