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I'm taking an educated guess on wages being around £2m a year and as you would pay them if he stays they come off the base cost

Neither Burn or Gordon have looked worthy of a place in the starting 11. No disrespect to Burn, but don't think expectations for him are particularly high anyway. Gordon on the other hand has hugely underwhelmed every time.

Wonder what him and Burn were chatting about during the warm up.

Probably cos Wilson signed the contract

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Wouldn’t it be £12m base cost from July onwards

I imagine it’ll all be down to him having absurd wage expectations. Howe obviously liked him but he is probably worth wages at a third of what he wants

“Representing the hopes and dreams of our city and of supporters everywhere is something we never take for granted. It is a constant motivator for us, and we will be doing everything within our power to achieve something special together – with you and for you.” Eddie Howe 🖤🤍

Not really, looks like the Reuben brothers have recently created an Instagram account and their profile is showing the companies in their portfolio.

apols for the bump. Can we now lock and hide the thread please.

When can we expect the first sunderland/Dortmund/FTM «football friends» flag?

Gordon gets a start. I know I said last time never again but surely it will be better this time? Right?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKuQU8FNqgT/?igsh=aWJwc3JiY2txaDBl bit strange…

The future’s bright, the future’s black and white.

It's summertime, so nothing else to talk about than the modern day Bas Dost, the stadium.

While the PL "Big 6" try and create these guard rails to fuck over clubs like ours, Forest and Villa -- Barca, Paris and Madrid are quietly scooping up elite talent across Europe for insanely low fees and paying massive wages on top of that.

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Are Bournemouth going to have enough players left for next season? They seem to be taking a battering sadly.

Gordon has looked sensational there at times; it really does seem like an attitude thing with him. Recall he started wide right v Arsenal at home. Isak is good wherever he plays tbh.

Levy’s getting the boot

Assuming the £20m was correct and any deal happens after 1st July then you can also take into account the amortisation for 25/26 as it's a hit if he stays or goes and you've got a years wages saved from the p&l. So overall the loss in 25/26 is of a base cost of around £10m None of this applies before the end of June!

I think after the season he’s had, the 30m fee is quite reasonable. We’ll be getting one of the best goalkeepers in the league if it comes off. Pope will push him if he stays.. but his kicking will ultimately see him as the backup eventually. We could potentially have a full back line that are regular England international starters. Some change from the Ashley years.

Could even be that Pope plays all League cup/fa cup games early rounds.