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I know, but this is a forum, with opinions and discussion 😂 I just mean I'd be really keen to have him, I genuinely don't know any other players like him, as I don't follow other leagues closely, and think he ticks so many boxes. I'd be more gutted with Pedro going to Chelsea, then Mbuemo going to Man U, as I feel there are other options at RW that improve us, where as the the CM/AM/ST is more complicated I think he would at times Get a faster CB, Pope/Trafford sweeper keeper, push the defensive line higher up, Bruno plays a bit closer to Tonali, the space in midfield is reduced, and I think Pedro would do a job as LCM

We've likely dozens of targets in every position. If Huijsen was a dream signing, we'd have quickly moved on when Madrid called. You can either love the ambition or can be critical of them for missing out on targets.

Especially at £500k a week, we can definitely only afford one

Who said we have 4 targets like?

We are already in the alternative targets tbh. We've missed out Mbuemo, Delap, Huijsen already. We are hunting in very crowded waters, it's very difficult.

Waffle. You spend all day every day criticising the club you support, regardless of facts, and when someone asks you to give an alternative solution, you say "not my job". You've whinged every day since the takeover and we've had incredible success. You whinged about Howes tactics and were wrong, you've whinged about the clubs signings and are were wrong, you've whinged about PIF and are wrong. Clearly we dont agree... pal.

The precedent to hack PSR is there.

Just fuck off

If we know anything about Eddie Howe it’s that he’s one prepared son of a gun. I find it very hard to believe he’s prepared a list of four targets with no alternatives.

WUM?

He’ll be a useful signing for someone; so long as goes as 2nd or 3rd choice. If Chelsea don’t fancy him might stand a chance.

We are fans. Fans sometimes criticise the club they support. The people running the club and all the employees are aware of that. Fans are significant stakeholders of a club. We are not the non factors you seem to suggest we are to the club.

I would have thought Howe is in full charge of who we go after this summer, I’m not sure who else it could be right now.

Certainly not with the players they've got. Look at their line-ups for last season - they aren't PL quality, and team spirit will only take you so far

Well I think if it wasn’t for PSR we would be much more attractive now for players. We would find it way easier to get deals done imo. Both fees and wages would be much easier to overpay a bit more. I even think we were a slightly more attractive option before this PSR debacle truly hit in in the last few windows. Despite us being a better team now. Money talks unfortunately.

Doubt the mackems could afford his wages

It's also not our job to criticise the club because of bullshit theories and opinions but its happening all the time.

Even without PSR, with Chelsea at the table he'd have waited for them because even without PSR we want to be a club that run correctly, that means have a sensible wage structure. If you really want to criticise the club, ask why they are pursuing someone who has been hinting at wanting a move to London. That would be a more fair arguement in my mind... but we dont know what hes said to us in private.

It’s not our job to come up with alternatives. He wouldn’t cover LCM anyway. He would change the shape of the team.

It's not something you can put in writing, but it should be fairly obvious to most by now that the law is equal, but it's more equal for some than others.

Its not an issue whatsoever. It again comes back to our lack of activity in the 3 previous windows leading some to the false idea that we will immediately sign players early in the window without any issues.

I didn’t say that he couldn’t turn us down. I said that I doubt he’d would have. Yet again, I’ve already said that I think PSR restrictions is the main reason why we haven’t been able to agree a fee already and probably have got this deal signed and sealed already. Because if it was possible to agree a fee earlier then I think he would have come.

Hes a high enough priority for them to pay 50m+. It's very easy for Chelsea to tell his agent that they are interested and that if he waits for them they will offer him a better contract. Meanwhile his agent is also negotiating with us. It happens all the time.

I'm not defending, if anything I think we should be more flexible with our pool of targets. I just don't think speed is the issue in this instance.

I understand the sentiment but can he be? It's kinda obvious these are his targets.