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Really, when I watched him in the world cup he was constantly giving the ball away in easy situations. Nah, that's not true at all. I don't particularly rate the guy but he had a really good pass percentage at the WC. Looked very good on the ball.

Kaka been on to tell us we’ll be surprised just how good this lad will be?

Ciaran is now 4th choice centre back, so that's great news imo. Now to replace Merino and we're done* *ignoring the glaringly obvious huge gaps in the squad and first team, without even mentioning a striker or number 10.

He's going regardless. Pretty certain there have been a couple of foreign clubs interested in a loan.

I wonder what assurances Rafa got in his contract to agree to the £6m figure? Will he get £6m if they sack him?

By many accounts it seems he'll need to pay the club if he walks, which (as well as liking it here) is the main reason he's swallowing it for so long. Think the transfer window closing is the first date we watch for. If he left now the club will just blame him leaving for the lack of players coming in.

Last line shows the relationship is finished. Ahh well.

1 more loan in and 2 loans out imo

That Harkin lad is better than Gayle

That jossollo looks handy. New number 9?

If that's aimed at me, I was only offering some context. Happy to go get fucked if it helps. You’re an absolute master at playing the victim card. Why is that?

#wait then?

Yeah he is. I actually like him, no idea why he was shit for spurs.

Not much- but I was stating a fact, which you decided meant I clearly wanted Rafa out. He's the one who publicly said we had to sell to buy. Anyway, this is all minor in the grand scheme of things. I think actually having the policy of selling to buy is the issue, not the fact that Rafa has told the press.

Grow up. Rafa is the best thing to happen to us in years. But what I said was correct. He plays the political game too- did the same at other clubs. He's having to. What other option does he have?

Nah

Well as long as people keep attending happily, nothing will change. My point is that the threat is there. It's not that you go from attending every game one day to full-on boycott the next. How much does match day income bring in to the club out of interest?

We aren't selling players to balance the books, we're selling to buy. And the only person who has advertised this is Rafa as it's his way of forcing MA's hand in the contract negotiations which is rightly a bigger issue than this window. Fat Spanish waiter out

A willingness to stop attending games would have a much greater impact than requiring Ashley to hire four more people to spend all day blocking folk on twitter. Of far greater impact of course would be fans working out how to buy Ashley out. Buy him out? Do you have £1bn?

fantastically by all accounts, in their under 23's and in the england squad think he may have captained their under 23's as well Which is a good job, given that the majority of his fee was based on his progress. We might actually end up making close to £7m on him. Can't wait for the window that it bolsters the ol' warchest. It's dribbling in, 100k at a time. Paying for PR.

That's gonna either be an extremely low fee or a loan. (or both)

Ruins it even more for me when we refuse to get involved in spending it.

fantastically by all accounts, in their under 23's and in the england squad think he may have captained their under 23's as well Which is a good job, given that the majority of his fee was based on his progress. We might actually end up making close to £7m on him.

The Sport Direct twitter account is being absolutely hammered :-D Amazing stuff.

Salary off the accounts though, means we can loan a cheaper player in as cover.