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Wonder if they would let McGinn go, now they have Coutinho and Buendia.

Ah ok. I stand corrected. Fair enough. In mitigation, I was misled by so called fucking professionals.

Literally just watched the presenter of SSN say that it's today at lunch.

Friday is the start of the "PL weekend because there is a fixture on friday, therefore any signing needs to be registered by noon the day before I.e Thursday.

It's today. How many times does this need explained.

CB is clearly the big one we are trying. Also seems we want another CF. CM and a LB to follow would make it a good window.

He's an absolute cunt like, calling Rafa an "outsider" is horrific. He knows fine well that the Everton fans don't like Rafa and has played that card on the way out of the door. Anyone who knows Rafa knows that he buys into any club he is at. Leave now Rafa, save your dignity because these cunts are going to bring you down.

Us and Villa going toe to toe this window. We sign, they sign.

It's better than the Man Utd line up IMO and we outplayed them.

If he's still performing we would be in prime position to extend anyway. Another one of Ashley's legacies... signing players to long term deals, not because we see a future with them but because we don't want to lose them for free. Which was ridiculous anyway because you can lose as much money on wages for someone you can't get rid of.

Dubravka Trippier Schar Lascelles Ritchie Shelvey Longstaff Fraser Joelinton ASM Wood As it stands for Saturday. Longstaff and Ritchie are particularly revolting.

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Jeez, no photos. Shows how desperate they were to get this done in time.

They have kept this whole thing well under wraps. No sign of him on photos or anything. I wonder if we have been worried that Burnley would try and convince him to stay there. Seems very cloak and dagger, this one. They seem to be acting faster too, which is good because we need the lanky cunt for Saturday.

SSN are pushing this deal like you wouldn't believe. Convinced there is just a small difference in valuation, player wants to come etc.

Clark should never play for us again and I don't mean that to be a cunt, just that we should make sure of his exit.

Release clause made negotiations redundant. Of course the player would want the move.

We want a perfect defender but a very good one will do.

How high did we go on Botman?

My worry is that our transfer team are getting all the right noises from the players, without getting the right messages from the selling club. I want us to be as confident in us doing the deal, as we are in the player willing to join.

Again, we really just don't know when clubs are willing to sell. Lille were steadfast from the beginning. I honestly think if Sevilla don't want to sell then we will have to blow them out of the water, which we won't do. Time won't push them IMO. Just wish clubs wouldn't give us a price if they don't want to sell.

His age could be a key factor here. At 28 he's probably at the highest value he will ever be at. They can cash in now or see his value depreciate over the remainder of his contract. Botman was different. He's young and can hold his value.

Not very often you wait for a response and then get it accepted. They are almost certain to haggle again and we will be in a similar place to Botman deal. They know we are desperate. I suspect Sevilla are in a better financial shape than Lille too. Although Carlos is quite a bit older than Botman which is important.

A release clause can have as many factors as you want in it. Entirely depends on the player and club. A player could insist on a release clause in the final 18 months of his contract to the tune of x amount and then also stipulate that only 75% of the fee may need payable up front. That's why contract negotiations can take so long, there's a thousand and one things a player and a club could put in there. In reality, if both parties want to do business they will make it as painless as possible.

Come on. Get this cunt in.