James

that’s how FFP works though, the fact that they sold Duran and Douglas Luiz for huge sums has allowed them to spend on multiple players, just like we would be able to if we sold Isak, Gordon or Bruno

He was basically effective stand-in for Botman and Lascelles until they came back, he served that role well imo.

It’s likely a complete myth that a sale would benefit PSR. free transfers typically get a normal basic wage but a very high signing on fee, probably £5-10m in Kelly’s case - but the model of the signing on fee changed many years ago, it is nowadays a loyalty fee spread over the course of the contract. BUT If we sell we have to pay the loyalty fee off in full. So if it’s £10m and we sell for £5m we have actually made a £5m loss. the only way around this is for Kelly to submit a written transfer request. I doubt we will entertain a sale unless he does this.

it is clear from Howe’s quotes on this that Howe supports the decision to sell him. we can always play Joelinton, Osula, Hall or Livramento on the wing if really pushed.

that player already exists he is called Jacob Murphy

Oddick Gilravdy

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/ex-premier-league-star-sammy-30835192?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR09B8NUwhDfd8FlFsW6fZehI2KFZOCPMR2tIuzXWaxKuDvw0yApRGWOGc4_aem_eeJaPp_97f9DUMQ7txCQ1w#Echobox=1737538761 a lot to unpick here. guilty of a hit and run cant afford insurance earned £6.4m in career now working as an apprentice on £22k

you are kind of right it was reported a few months later that Atlanta actually received £16m + some rather dubious performance linked bonuses e.g. if we qualified for the Champions League. that way we were able to say we broke our record when actually we didn’t.

Who was the knacker who called Kluivert really poor in the pre-match thread? Its all their fault.

Sorry I wasn’t even checking the poster names

imagine the 343 with Shelvey and Schar in the middle

Been quite a depressing few years

What an absolute disaster it’s been

Thank you for your input.

No, not only is Murphy a far better passer from wide, but his role involves switching the team from 433 to 532 as the game requires. Not many players can do that.

If we can sell him for roughly what we paid and then get Angel Gomes on a free that would be amazing business

Bournemouth have been a bit of a bogey team for us with Howe, it’s like we can beat anyone except Liverpool and Bournemouth

He is definitely in the running for PFA player of the year

Bruno will start a) because of the suspension and b) because the captaincy situation would otherwise be awkward. you also start Burn given his experience of playing in the lower leagues. Gordon will be centre forward because you need at least a few players with an established confidence in front of goal.

im flattered that you think Im better than Hall, but im not

could do with seeing the original source of this to see if it is a true heir

he got them into Europe at least twice and won a European trophy!

sure we won a game in 1996.

I don’t think it’s up for questioning that he is after Shearer our best ever PL-era striker. But I think this season he is better than half of the seasons Shearer played for us.

Somewhat unfair that Spurs have known for weeks that Tuchel is coming, and we weren’t notified