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Obviously that’s what matters the most. Getting them in very late would be far from ideal though and if it’s only one in for pre-season then it’s quite poor. Albeit not the end of the world.

IF it happens and it’s only one in before then yeah it’s poor.

I’m not stressed now at all really since it’s so early, but this somehow feels like one of those games you watch where you feel “we’re never gonna score today no matter how long we play for”. Similar gut feeling about signings this summer somehow . Nothing to do with window licker’s tweet. Just a general feeling. I’m sure we will get players in. Question is how many and how late.

As if pre-season starts tomorrow

Yeah I thought 10-15 would be way too low as soon as I posted it A bit lazy to do the quite simple math. Unsure about their wages but still a poor guess. Cheers.

What is the “yearly cost” for a player like Isak/Tonali when it comes to amortisation and wages? 10-15m?

I’m 100% certain that he won’t want to leave this summer and that we won’t sell him. I’m pretty certain that he will leave next summer though. Because I don’t see us strengthening the squad enough this summer to be able to cope with both CL and everything domestically. I just don’t think we’ll get enough quality/numbers in this summer. I would say that we need at least 2 more or less guaranteed starters and then 3 players that are very talented that can start and be rotated with others as well as challenging for regular starts. Do that and yeah anything is possible. But I don’t see us getting 4-5 players in. Hope I’m wrong.

Being a “journalist” these days might be the easiest job in the world.

Wouldn’t mind an attacking front of Gordon, Pedro, Isak and Kudus with Tonali and Bruno in a double pivot in a 4-2-3-1 fluid setup. Would have a bit of everything. Dynamic and technical ability.

Cool

For me real genuine talent is like HBA. Just born with a gift and a ridiculous touch. Meanwhile players like Doku and ASM have more “learned” the skill imo (while also having very quick feet physically)

One odd way of comparing, but still relevant as a point. Elanga is a race car for the strip. Kudus is one for the track.

Going by pure talent there's no contest between Kudus and Elanga. Kudus is the much more talented player with a much higher ceiling and allround ability. When you consider how much Howe can get out of players for various reasons then there's absolutely zero doubt for me who i'd rather like Howe to fine tune in every way possible. Even this season where Kudus hasn't played as well i've seen him have games where you think "wow he can be really really good". I just think it's gone a bit stale for him at WH. Also the change of positions here and there with their poor form overall hasn't helped.

There can be all the talk in the world, but it won’t unsettle Isak. He’s very chill and relaxed and down to earth. It also won’t happen unless it’s like 140m+ or thereabouts. No one will offer that.

There’s no stress at this moment in time for me as it’s very early days. Having said that, I still think we will be very slow at getting the players over the line. We will get some players in but I’d be surprised if we do it even close to something you can call “effectively” or similar.

He’s quality, hiis passing is great. Would be very expensive I imagine. Doubt it.

Based on what? Genuine question.

I wonder who’s in charge of negotiations and what their actual skill and experience is regarding this. Anyone know? I mean I know the names Nickson/Howe but aren’t they more like scouts?

That woman’s ass isn’t tidy at all.

Shite finish

I think it’s more likely that they go for Leao.

He’s an absolute clown in every way.

A few players taking way too many unnecessary touches.

Yep that’s the feeling I’ve got as well. Sounds like a very slow process tbh.