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8 new pages of this thread, I'm guessing there is nothing worth catching up on?

I'm glad you've said that as I've been watching this and thinking "how do I know about this guy?" when I've not seen him much for Leipzig this year 😅

I wonder what the odds are of Pep been gone by Christmas

Having a bit of a clear out Pep isn't he, a few coaches gone and now his golf, drinking and cigar pal aswell

An ideal signing for us in many ways. It would take more than £40m though, that would be a steal. I'd be happy with it. I do think we need someone with a bit of creativity and incisiveness against more defensive teams, but I wouldn't want that to be a slight, technical player without much power and running. Gibbs-White would be literally perfect for us, I'd break the bank for him.

Yes, that’s the bar we’re aiming for.

Fuckin great transfer get it done

Get in Sørloth or Nusa.

£40m seems about right, would expect we'd have to pay £45-50m with the "Saudi tax". If we're confident we can still get the other players we need I'm not arsed if we have to go a bit extra.

And three regular starters already at the club prior to the takeover

If I had a season ticket I’d be returning it.

Keep on fewmin' Let your body fly Everybody fewmin 'Til you see the sun in the sky Keep on fewmin' Let your body fly Everybody fewmin’ Till the morning light

It hasn't closed yet, but worst window so far under our current owners?

Of course they’ll be some. And we may well buy some this window. But it’s a myth that only shopping in that market will get you consistently challenging at the top end of the table. For all the plaudits Brighton get (obviously rightly to a degree), they’ve finished 6th once and never been close to getting any higher. Leicester cracked it once on the back of Mahrez and Kante, but that wasn’t sustainable. Even if you look at Forest this year, they’ve gone real close, finding a couple of good ones in Murillo and Milenkovic, but the others like Wood, MGW, Elanga etc were PL buys that many would have said at the time they overpaid for.

Despite four first team players being recruited from other leagues?

Nah. NO has spoken once again. He's no better than Murphy!

Now you guys know why I keep going on about Nusa most of the games when Norway plays. He creates so much for us every game, even more than Ødegaard. Motm in most of the games he has played so far.

Spalletti might be available for one of the Serie A vacancies in a few days

I suspected as much.

He did, but we're not the ones making the decision on who is 2nd choice.

Taking the piss here.

They mean they've heard of him and don't get to have the experience of watching a Youtube compilation and deciding he's the best player on the planet despite having not seen a single minute of him playing

What? We were operating without a DoF when Bruno was signed, and Botman was being monitored. Under Ashworth, Howe seemed to have the lion's share of the power with transfers. You didn't mention Tonali, but Howe mentioned falling in love with him (of course Tonali wasn't exactly a hidden gem at that point). He does happen to be aware of players in different leagues. And clearly, the head scout is doing what the head scout should do anyway.