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Imagine being a BCFC fan and listening to this man. A bit like knowing the train is coming off the tracks before you even board it. Poor fuckers.

Maybe Alex can whisper it to Amanda and Co from his seat in the Directors Box?

Got such a good feeling about this guy. I predict he's going to be a fucking colossus.

Plus they’re signing Sterling imminently too.

Who are your first 3/4 players that will form the bedrock of your teams this season? - Salah - Trent - KdB - Kane For me. I'd initially put in Haaland and Darwin but can't risk either of them being slowly bedded in for now.

Yep - now live here too (UK).

Anyone else noticed how readily he's changed his tune about the owners btw? Staveley in particular. He wasn't far off mocking her before the takeover and now he's absolutely desperate to shoe horn a compliment over the new ownership in every article. Fucking two faced cretin. Hope Reuben calls in a tory favour and get's him banged off to cover St Mirren for the rest of his career tbh.

Ah! Thanks. Any idea what sort of fee he'll go for?

Same. He'd be a good fit in our midfield imho. The fee back in the day was circa £18m, all in, after add ons etc etc.

Has Mina left then? Apologies if a stupid question, it's not something I've seen talked about in the press.

Nope - I'm certainly not an ITK, just sometimes end up talking with people who can be useful hence the Kenyon takeover stuff and the odd other bits, here and there. Only ever once in a blue moon.

Not sure but I know/knew the lawyer working on it.

I was told from a reliable source that we bid for RLC under Rafa.

He needs to leave Chelsea for his potential to have any chance of being recognised imho. I'd say the same for Loftus-Cheek too tbf but both have massive potential.

CHO would be very high up on my list of targets tbh. He could be a special player with some coaching and a season of guaranteed starts.

No - I meant Pope going to the WC i.e: He's probably been guaranteed number 1 spot by Howe otherwise presumably he'd not have signed?

Aye - he's done some bonza business for them tbf.

I do wonder if perhaps the plan is to keep Darlow and cash in on Dubravka? Clearly Dubravka is the much better keeper but I can't imagine he'll be happy playing second fiddle to Pope in a World Cup year. Also, given all of the FFP talk, I wonder if a Dubravka sale might be more useful to the club in terms of balancing the spend? Obviously, I'd much prefer to keep Marty D but it wouldn't shock me to see us stuck with Darlow. Particularly now Boro have gone elsewhere...

Unless your agent is hindering your career progession...........you know, the exact thing they're there to facilitate. Right now, unless he gets a BIG move this summer (such as Bayern, Madrid, PSG or whomever) his agent runs the risk of killing his career before it gets out of the traps. Say he stays at Reims, gets a bad injury early doors, struggles to regain form (not entirely unthinkable) then how much is he worth next summer? Who's in for him? None of the above and probably, by then, nobody at our level either. It's shit or bust this summer and, if it's not to be to us, then his agent better have a card up his sleeve otherwise he's going to look like a right incompetent cunt tbh.

Funnily enough, saw Adam Armstrong strongly linked with a loan move to Watford yesterday.

If he wants the move now, after all the too-ing and fro-ing, I'd be inclined to tell him we won't do the deal with his agent and he'll need a new, NUFC vetted, one for the deal to continue. Can't imagine Ashworth appreciating the current agents behaviour tbh.

Aye - I can't see them releasing any more now.

This! Can't help but feel it's going to take a fucking huge amount of time for my feeling of sheer gratitude to the new owners for freeing us of Ashley to even look like wearing off tbqh. Some of the demanding shite I see on social media is frankly mindblowing to me. Like, have you literally forgotten the last 14 years ever happened? Like winning the lottery and pretending you didn't have the money to pay your gas bill for 14 years. Just because you're loaded now doesn't erase your past. We didn't deserve poverty and we're not entitled to riches. Just enjoy the ride and have some fucking grace man you set of spoiled attention seeking bellends.

Good luck everyone...

Probably a stupid question and perhaps one for the accountants but can we not allocate an infrastructure spend now by using some form of prepayment? Essentially pay for (or towards) a large part of the stadium/training ground investment now before the new rules apply?