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I’d have actually bought 10

They changed the rules after this. We never did anything close to what this nob was alluding to. We’ve been forced to sell two extremely talented young players. Liverpool are about to spend £116m on one player. I’m quite disappointed at the club’s lack of pushback against PSR.

That red card vs Brighton was absolutely stupid, mind, but the lad got the punishment he deserved by missing a cup final, and that should have been the end of the matter.

This is exactly what is likely to happen for me - the lad isn’t close to consistent enough for that level, and the microscope would be on him.

You say that but didn’t the literal Prime Minister of the country lean on the PL to make the sale go through? With the only known concession ask was that Saudi stop pirating a major PL service? And imo - they did this over something that isn’t even their primary footballing priority. They have shown they can lean politically, buy local influence, invest in media etc. In terms of hacks PIF can use Newcastle United to do their local investment and then just sell it to themselves. They’ve shown no desire in creative PSR behaviour. PSG are in bed with UEFA that way, which is why they’ve been allowed to do what they have - even in recent years. The CL with PSG was one of their primary goals and they did everything possible to achieve it. Soft power, hard power everything. In many ways it’s positive for us. They’ve taken a measured approach. More aggression would’ve led to a Chelsea type chaos probably. Not to the same degree but chasing names, embarrassing FFP moves, chopping and changing managers etc.

No, he’s right re related party transactions in UEFA regs - but the impact would be minimal. PL regs are different. After this contract extension last season, his book value worked out at about £7m, of which another £1.75m would have been amortised this season. So his current book value would be about £5.25m - so if we sell him, we’d get the fee -£5.25m to play with - would could be huge if a PIF club overpays for him

I'd the best sides aren't firing on all cylinders wouldn't that include us ?

Probably best time to take on the difficult teams, they won't be firing on all cylinders and we may need that slight Edge. Get signings in quick this month!

Fair enough mate. I hate saying this as make me want to puke, but personally I think Ashworth left because he was wanted by one of the so called biggest clubs in the world. And as much of mess Man Utd are, the pull is still there for some. Ashworth leaving may have had a bit more to it. You are right mind, the DOF or whatever they want to call it, does need defining and sorting out once and for all.

£2.7 m

Yeah, 60m sounds about right if he's only got two years left and the club doesn't have an option for another year.

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UEFA’s regs don’t carry the same punishments as PL regs - we’d get a fine for a breach. If we sold Joelinton to a PIF Saudi club for an inflated fee - say £50m - that would be almost entirely profit in PL PSR terms.

They couldn't really ask for an easier opening 3 matches than that. At home to the club with some of the poorest form at the end of last season Away to the club they've just been promoted with At home to the club that outside of the promoted teams is probably most in danger of dropping

I've never actually been to Sunderland but I've heard it's vile.

The current record for earliest relegation from the Premier is 7 games remaining. If we relegate them they'll equal that (obviously games get postponed and played later but as things stand it's game week 31).

The cops in the north east will be begging for us to get put out.

This in green with blue pinstripes would have been perfect for our Saudi quota.

Ridiculous they couldn't announce the first say 4 fixtures straight away. What the fuck do they expect will change from now until July?

Lots of empty seats in that picture

That idiot Keith is a mod, so everything is fine

They do have a cushy start, need to get points on the board.

So as of right now, they are the worst team in the league, yes? Using the only metric we can - which is points tally - coupled with the fact they've lost a player that started most weeks for them. West Ham at home is as kind as it probably could have been, but I wouldn't be shocked if West Ham turned up and won at a canter. The gulf is huge, they will understand a lot more about the time the clocks go back.

I think they underestimate just how decent the 'established' PL teams now are. Standard living under a rock. It's not like it used to be lads.