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That's about what he's worth tbh. He looks a bit of a prospect but he's nearly 24 and has yet to kick a ball in the top flight despite spending the last 6 seasons in the English football pyramid. They're the first to bang on about 'he's worth as much as someone is willing to pay' and now he's gone for £15m+ - by definition that's how much he's worth. Their own valuations of £30m, £40m (even saw some daft cunt saying £60m - £80m) were always wildly, absurdly, ridiculously high. They've managed to convince themselves he's 3 times better than he actually is but that's them all over. The fewm will be off the scale and the subsequent meltdown will ruin their season, just watch. Burnley (H) at the weekend

Yeah. Like Hertz

The truth will come out eventually. In the mean time we'll just have to be satisfied with a series of unsubstantiated and scurrilous rumours about how much of a sordid little deviant he is/may be

I don't think Gallacher is that great tbh, he's a grafter and he'll fit in with Simeone's style but he's always looked pretty limited technically. However, I'm glad he's away from that shithole of a club and respect him for trying his luck in a different country/league/culture. It'll be a bit of a shock for him I'm sure but it might just be the making of him, he'll eventually come back a much more rounded player and it's an excellent move for his career, fair play to him

You needed to change it about 20 years ago mate

It's an excellent signing in all honesty

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy76pdz5152o Massive boost for the general population imo

Loose zips, surely?

Fun fact - Kiribati lies in all 4 hemispheres (N, S, E & W) Christ we need a signing

Hard no. He's essentially finished at this stage. He's had a pretty fantastic career but it's just about over now imo

The one thing he definitely shouldn't do is to feign a little injury for this weekend and inform them he wants to go to the PL team. He also should definitely not tell them he's unofficially going on strike until they accept the bid. That would be an awful development

You're the one for me, Tappy You're the one I really, really love

Absolutely yeah, I was just commenting on it from my own personal perspective, if the club have got enough faith that it can still get done AND it's the right decision for the club then they should continue with it. Fully aware I'm a bit of a prick but I'd have walked away. Then again I'm not in charge of handling a multi million quid operation...

Then he doesn't want it 'that bad' at all. He either wants to move or he doesn't If he's prepared to sit tight and take his Palace wage then it's fair enough. If he wants a little bit extra then he'll push for it. It's really simple imo

Not disagreeing but if he wants the move that badly then he'll put in a request. If he's just 'open' to a move then I'd prefer us to move on and look at other CBs. If £70m ish is the price then he's going to become one of the most expensive defenders of all time. He either wants it or he doesn't

I know it's easy to say from a distance but I'd have walked away from this whole deal the second that slimy spiv cunt opened his mouth last Tuesday. Huge red flag for me, going full public on a private sale of a player to pacify his own fanbase - fuck that. Move on. There are more CBs in the world other than Marc Guehi. He's very good but he's not worth this amount of hassle, especially considering the wanksplat we're having to negotiate with

Pushing it. Leeeeetle bit too obvious...

Big, Beautiful Man

That would be a canny compromise It's not an enviable position to be in for Mitchell and I'll understand whatever he chooses to do. He seems a smart bloke and I'm sure he's working as hard as he can for the club, just because little is leaking out doesn't mean nothing is actually happening. In years gone by I'm sure Charnley was 100% sitting on his hands without any intention of spending a single penny but this lot absolutely want the club to be as good as it possibly can be. I'm totally convinced they're working on things behind the scenes and making the decisions they think are correct for the club. If nothing happens - ok, go with it and see what the crack is like in January If they go big - we've got target#1 and we're sure he'll slot in immediately If they go medium/small - it'll refresh the squad a little and we'll probably get value for money with money still to spend in January I'm just going to trust them and try and enjoy the games personally

I broadly agree mate, I'm just trying to weigh it up myself. Spend nothing and wait until target#1 becomes available or buy badly and be saddled with target#3 for 4 years. We're in the unfortunate position where we have to get our buys correct or it'll fuck us 3 years down the line. We need direct hit after direct hit after direct hit and settling for a player we're not 100% convinced about could potentially shaft us. It's not an exact science, we all know we're short but it's stick or twist time

They'll just sell the bus to themselves for £127m a week before the end of the financial year. Easy

I'm just suggesting that spending on the wrong players could be potentially worse than not strengthening enough. We can all see that we're short in a few areas so it comes down to a choice of going with what we've got and waiting or signing a poor player who we're then stuck with and can't shift. It's not cut and dried imo

It's absolutely a possibility like. What's worse - spending no money or spending it poorly? I'm sure the club could go around throwing bids in like out of date confetti but would that end up being counter productive in the long term?