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Whatever the amount was we went from steadfastly 'pay the lot or he can wait until Jan 26' to 'he can start tomorrow' overnight. If we desperate for another £2m then I'm sure we could have squeezed it out of Forest or Brighton the previous day. The fact it's going to be confidential suggests both sides gave in a little and met roughly halfway

Minteh

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Why does every single French player automatically the smash their shots as hard as they can possibly kick a football? Must be at least 7 shots that have been fucking leathered and have gone high and/or wide. Ridiculous people

Not going to pretend I'm not happy for him to leave, he's frustrated me probably more than any other player since Shola. I want him to move this summer for his sake and the club's. He's clearly grafted his bollocks off and I appreciate the effort he's put into things but he's been shit far more often than he's been good. After the effort and running there's not a lot else to him as a player. I know that sounds harsh but I'm just being honest and not going to say how class he's been when that's blatantly not true. I wish him the best, he deserves one last big payday and this is the perfect chance by the sounds of it.

John Ruddy AND a different font? Be still my beating heart

Mbappe shot on target evens on PP

I can see it now - Pope needs to have his right arm amputated. On 2nd September.

It's Soft Cell

Nice to know he can 'start today' The reality is that he unofficially started months ago and was even caught in the process. Anyway, it's done and everyone can move on

We have been digging our heels in for months now despite being under pressure to get some money in so I see no reason why we would have caved in the day after we raised more than needed. That supposed 20m was always just a starting point in the negotiations and I think we'll find out that the actual figure is roughly in the middle at about 12ish or whatever. Just glad the sly fucker has gone, we now need to get our own shit in a pile

Agreed. They've got the organisation and quality to go through fairly comfortably. England are winging it but the Swiss are sailing through their games. Calling it now, Swiss win and Xhaka MotM on Saturday

This is absolutely fucking gash. Bruce levels of incompetence.

GET. IT. ON. FUCKING. TARGET.

Keep playing like this an we could even take this to Extra Time.

Southgate needs to find his spine right now. Change nothing, nothing changes

Aye but we all know though. Get it on target and there's a decent chance of it going in, he hasn't improved in the last 6 weeks

To have failed to test Martin Dubravka with a single shot on target yet is about as damning a stat as you can get

Same old issues. Slow, turgid football, no drive, no spark and completely risk free. The very definition of playing with the handbrake on. We've seen it time and time again

I hear he was a big Al Nassr FC fan as a child

After the shite that's gone down this last few days I've got no idea any more. I'll stick to my guns and maintain I hate the Minteh sale but I'm also not aware of the full picture. The numbers that are kicking about would suggest the problem was bigger than just Minteh's number. The fact we've scored on Anderson and are taking a hit on Mr Flappy kind of balance out. But again I've got no idea of the context, we're all in the dark and we'll only know in time if we've done the right things this weekend

The fee for this bloke clearly has to be netted off against the ridiculous 35 we're getting for Anderson. That 35 is too much, as much as I like him he's not a 35m player, maybe 22ish perhaps but way ott. The fee itself is just an accounting number, it means nothing other than just moving money around in the most effective way, this is not a normal transfer and shouldn't be treated as one. Even if it's 20m then that doesn't mean he's a 20m keeper, just like Anderson isn't a 35m midfielder. It's utter bullshit and just a symptom of the bullshit rules. I'm all for it

Not at all unhappy about this. Has potential to be a decent player but that's the point - 'decent' isn't going to be enough moving forward. That's not to say he's shit or I'm glad he's going but his hard work will only take him so far. He's been useful for us but I'm not unhappy he's been the PSR sacrifice rather than Isak or Bruno. Wish him well and I actually think he may kick on a bit if he starts every week. A fresh start in a new environment may be exactly what he needs. I hope he does well for them

Getting strong Connor Roy vibes from Radcliffe. Imagine him staring at the mirror screaming "I'M THE ELDEST BOY!!!" repeatedly to get himself in the zone