James

I’m imagining a future we’re Rafa gives Midhat a 400 page dossier on his five year plan and Midhat replies with a thumbs up

Today’s MEN implying that Nicky Butt is under consideration if Rafa goes

Any chance we can put the inverted commas in inverted commas?

When I left my last job I received a letter reminding me that I signed up to maintain confidentiality even after departure. There will only be so much he’ll be allowed to legally say

But I look like a Will. My wife says I even walk like him

Is that Rafa sucking on a polo mint? Just reacting to the local rags This post reminds me of the glory days in about 2010/2011 where random people would walk up to me and shout briefcase wanker at me which might have been bad for me but actually ended up in me shagging a few lovely young ladies well above my level who went up to me at night clubs and called me that. Unfortunately I haven’t aged so well so by the time I became aware of the Inbetweeners and my untapped potential as a lookalike fanny magnet the opportunity had passed.

This post is about a team that spent £150m on fullbacks. Not sure I’d want Walker in goal either

Nothing significant will move forward today or for a few days now, 17 people have died in a bus crash on a street named after Sheikh Khaled’s grandfather so they won’t be able to complete now until the mourning phase is over.

Sheikh Khaled : I am Iron Man

Personally think we would have lined up stronger and more competitive but for the proximity of the Champions League Final. Southgate just didn’t have time to work with his best players.

Every day needs a theme to keep the thread going. May I take inspiration from the above and suggest apocalyptic events that may happen before the takeover happens...

Winner of this year’s Darwin award to be honest although obviously bad for the other who died. His behaviour risked the lives of others out on the road too, completely reckless.

I’d quite fancy Memphis here to be honest

Apologies for the generalisation but my personal experience is that recruiters are the biggest bullshitters I deal with in business

Thread title change klaxon

Surely it is Sheikh Bin Zayed

Think Ashley will sell but I do think he will stall completion if he has the chance to obtain an increased offer from a yet unknown rival bidder

We bash out new Ashley threads faster than George RR Martin All gone a bit Feast for Crows

Reckon that will be the next problem if the takeover happens. We’ll sign tier two/three players like Mata, Deulofou, and Ryan Fraser and people will actually be disappointed and the media will drum all this up.

He’s a Liverpool fan so he’s referring to the Champions League

So Rafa has been to both European Cup Finals to scout players for next season.

Front page of Sun is Barton punching someone on the face at his Stag Do

I suppose the solution is as it is a 3 year period to spend as much as possible Year 1 then use future new commercial deals and player sales to fund future years (which may have to be more frugal)

Apparently a hot air balloon has been seen flying over Durham

What people forget is that it’s not just Luke Edwards working freelance, it is the Telegraph, an institution with worldwide contacts. It is Edwards job to operate the machine but there will be people within the telegraph business or Middle East departments who will be working hard to research, delve into their contacts, and find stuff out.