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Sometimes there’s no need to complicate things. Huijsen for £50m, Trafford for £20m and Dibling for £40m. Sell Longstaff for £15m and 1-2 others combined for £10m. Net spending at £85m. It’ll make us competitive for top 3.

Oh my god

I can’t sit

Holy fuck

Get the fuck in

We’re going to fuck these cunts up.

Likely to be worse without the CL. How much have wages gone down? I don’t think anywhere close to enough to make up for it.

We just cannot afford deals like Mbeumo because there’s no chance we make our money back in the future. No one will pay £50m for him when he’s 29. This is the key issue. In hindsight, the Barnes deal was bad because of this issue. We won’t make our money back. Deals for Bruno, Isak, Gordon, Tonali, Botman, Hall and Livramento all worked out great. That’s the blueprint. I don’t think we’ll spend more than £20m on anyone over 25, it just doesn’t make sense. A winger and a CB both under 23 in the summer.

Even if we spend £50m on a new RW, there’s no guarantee that he’ll be as productive as Murphy. Hopefully we get someone who’s better at controlling the ball and dribbling than Murphy so we can show teams a different look, especially in games against the top teams where we don’t have the majority of possession. But against weaker teams, Murphy has been very good, it’s hard to be more productive.

Mbeumo seems too old for us. There’s no chance to resell him for a profit. We sign younger players: Tonali at 23, Isak at 22, Hall at 19, Livramento at 20, Bruno at 23, Botman at 22, Gordon at 21. Dibling is a good shout, so is McAtee. Mbeumo will be 26 at the start of next season. With our PSR issues, signing anyone over 23 is risky. Dibling will be 19 at the start of next season, young for what we usually target but probably the best choice out of all the other potential targets.

Which clubs might miss PSR this year and be forced to sell cheap before the season ends? Man Utd? Chelsea? Who do we want from Chelsea? I would love to poach Colwill.

I can’t believe they’re still pressing this high up. We look like we’re a pass or two away from getting another good chance.

What a finish by Gordon.

That is beautiful.

I know it’s heresy to discuss an Isak replacement but given our PSR issues, would Isak for £150m for Elanga, Ekitike and Guehi be a decent way to refresh the squad? I know I deserve a ban for even suggesting it.