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I think he means something enforced by the FA or Premier League. In which case the answer is no.

Well if he's holding the transfer up and if that effects our transfer activity (holding off on other targets waiting for him) then we should definitely move on IMO. If Benitez has offered him first team Football here and he still can't decide, then he's too big for his boots and should be told to fuck off. But there are lots of ifs there.. so we really should just wait and see.

Wow Everton are bonkers..

Where are you getting any of that from? Haven't see anyone saying Benitez will make players want to sign above all else like, unless I missed some lunatic post.

Just sign Boudebouz for £13m-£15m and forget about Cairney.

They can certainly up our budget a couple of times over, just not as unlimited as Chelsea and Man City's were when they started out. As you say they could artificially inflate sponsorship (as long as its not completely astronomical it'll get past the Premier League) and extend it to other aspects like the stadium to make the deal seem more realistic. Think theirs also a buffer to allow some losses without punishment (?). Also like someone said earlier in the thread more money spent and more success will in turn bring in more cash.

Ah right, well he's mental then because he's not worth £20m never mind more.

He has no business here? What does he mean exactly? Hasn't got the mentality to deal with a big club?

Can't see us being bothered at all about the wages, those numbers are all pretty small fry.

What I mean is that if we should loan a player (I realise it's a good option moneywise to loan) I think we must have the option to buy. Say that Abraham becomes a big success and than we dont have a chance of signing him next season. Then we are back to squere one needing to find a new striker next season. That's fine if you can find the right player on loan with an option to buy. But it seems that player isn't available in Rafa's view and the most important thing is the get the player he thinks is right not the one with an option to buy. I don't really like the idea of loans without an option to buy either. But sometimes its necessary and I wouldn't say it puts us back to square one. Because assuming Rafa gets most of his permanent signings right we'll need far less incomings next season, which means we can focus more time and money on a permanent striker.

Because we've only got a certain amount of money and need a lot of players. It may take a couple of seasons to buy all the players we actually need right now. So instead we'll loan a couple, leaving more cash to spend on the remaining areas we need to cover. Then the following season (hopefully) we'd buy players to replace the loans.

Ah, Huddersfield still "coming for us" eh

Dear god can't believe some Spurs fans are still going on about this £6m fantasy . Total fucking embarrassment, I mean most Spurs fans must cringe at that shit surely.

Even after the Derby game they were still in a decent position (they had a extra game over reading), they followed that up by losing 4-1 to Fulham and losing third place, they shit their pants.

They dropped from third because they shit their pants.

right on cue Loves a bit of Dummett for some reason.

Isn't it a 10 year deal they've got like 5 or 6 years left on?

Nowt to do with his height, you're just wrong because you're wrong. He's a very good goal scorer, but he doesn't hold the ball up particularly well at all.

Holding the ball up?

He's not a shitty person, just thick as mince.

Or we could just sign a new left back with experience of the league and you could stop being a wum.

Expect some completely unbiased comments from him on MOTD then Hope Shearer twats him. Sooner than I expected Fucking hell, Murphy has transformed into nosferatu. Also the presenters face in that pic is just perfect as a reaction to his comments

Mitrovic can't head a ball or control a ball? Fuck me there's some absolute shite talked on here at times.

People loved him because he was great to watch, and seemed quite a lovable bloke to boot. You, on the other hand, are a weirdo.

Quite a few sources mentioned £45m so there seems to be something in that. Could easily be performance based though, a minimum amount with extras depending on if we stay up, where we finish ect.