The College Dropout

Classic big 6 vulture transfer

Agreed. If the fee is brilliant there will be no sell on or buy back.

I've been criticised for saying it. But I don't think PIF have that "success by any means" mindset. If that means several seasons at 5-7th so be it. We'll support others in rule changes to our favour. But we won't lead the charge the way Man City do. We look to exploit loopholes the way Chelsea do. If it happens, we'll take the points deduction on the chin. I reckon we get the Everton deal done with DCL if Minteh insists on going there though.

Time is ticking tbf. We should sell infrastructure.

Both were highly rated tbf. Most people said at the time, Guehi was a coup for Palace.

It's weak. TBH I think he's gone with the team he thinks is best. But it's not. IMO he should've taken a natural and fit LB. Rashford & Sterling have performed for him and England. He should've taken at least one of them. If he loves Phillips so much he should've taken him.

DUPE

We didn't win it either. He's not beaten a "top" side in KO competition away from Wembley and neither has any England manager. Martinez gets a lot of stick but he's at least beaten Brazil (and England twice). If we beat the Netherlands, that's a massive achievement IMO. I still think the side is a mess. Left hand side is still broken. The midfield with Mainoo is too often vacated and a better side will punish us on the transition. I thought Bellingham at 10 and Kane at 9 would have Bellingham getting in the box lots as Kane drops deep and it hasn't happened, that's a clusterfuck.

Imo being at home was a major advantage.

Awful fans

It’s shit support. If England were going home - fair enough. But booing mid summer tournament is shit support.

A fan threw something at Southgate and apparently there were audible boo’s. Portugal didn’t win a group game and won a euros. No need for booing or insulting the manager personally. IMO.

You’re wrong. And Wrighty’s suggestion was insane and typical of England fans insisting on shoehorning big names into the side like Garth Crooks.

No. A man has said Southgate should die. Is that not too far? It’s just football.

England fans are awful and deserve worse than they get. So entitled.

He’s not played left back at all in about 3 years. He hasn’t played there ‘loads’. He played there when he first broke through. He’s played less left back than Gareth Bale.

Hate this analysis. It’s not about ‘getting them in’. Pick a balanced side that gets the best out of your best players. That might mean 3 top talents sit on the bench and another top talent has to sacrifice his game for the good of the team.

England players all sound rattled. England fans boo’d. Awful fanbase.

Well worth 20-25m imo. Maybe even 30.

I think i said he's the type of signing Dortmund tend to make.

The fee is likely reasonable. We would rather sell Minteh. We were going to do some FFP workaround with Everton and would've taken DCL as part of it (I assume he's not our number 1 choice but we like him). But Lyon's bid is serious so we can take their offer and sign a striker higher on our list.

Mbappe Endrick Bellingham He might be 4th choice next season. He offers something different but he's not even the automatic striker bench option anymore. He's done the best he could dream to do at Real. Take the money. The ONLY thing is... he has an outside chance of making the World Cup squad in a couple of years. It's unlikely but there's a chance.

Aye we brought in Minteh to finance £45m back-up left wingers. That's the model we want.

As it stands, we would fall foul of FFP. Does that not literally mean we have overspent? Serious question. As I understand - this sale isn't to generate FFP room to sign new players. It's to be FFP-compliant. We are signing DCL because we are in bed with Everton to help each other out. You give us a player we like, you give us a player you like.

We have to raise X amount by the end of the month and are selling valuable assets to do so. We are selling because we have too.. I guess it's not at rock bottom prices but it seems we are gaming the system with Everton for mutual beneficial fees. Certainly - if we had not gotten ourselves into an FFP hole, we wouldn't be selling Minteh in June or at all. IMO we didn't think the punishment for falling foul of FFP would be so severe.