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You are wrong in every single way, astonishingly enough. This might not be the sport for you to follow, if you don't understand it to this extent. My goodness.

Bruno not good enough technically?! No chance. As far as mobility goes Arsenal were playing Jorginho most of last season and he is slower, weaker and less physical than Bruno.

Ah, okay. Was just trying to understand what you thought we should do instead. Going to be an interesting summer. Let's see how it plays out.

So you believe the £15 million comes at the cost of other areas, even though, we don't know that for sure yet, but fine. I'll accept that. And so spending upwards of £30 million on the Georgian or whoever else, will surely further hamper our business in other areas then. Otherwise, the only other option is to stick with the likes of Dubravka, Karius, or whichever other journeyman makeshift backup that is cheap enough to not affect other business like you've claimed. Is that not correct?

If they are choosing to spend that on Ramsdale instead, do you not think that is a calculated move on their part? We'll soon find out how much it affects the other business we do. Time will surely tell. Seems you are happy to continue with the likes of Dubravka if we can't spend upwards of £30 million on a goalie. I disagree with this completely.

I doubt £15 million is going to affect our other business. It is a fair price for a top quality back up keeper, especially with our first choice coming off a big injury. Spending £30 million on another keeper is far more likely to affect our other business though. No need for that if we can avoid it, which we can with this deal. Pope and Ramsdale is a great pairing for the next couple of seasons. Once Pope's contract runs out in 2026, then we can look at where Ramsdale is and possibly look at bringing in an even better keeper then if other areas of the squad are in good shape.

We're never getting that calibre of keeper at 26 years old for £15 million from anywhere else. If this means having two goal keepers of this level to choose from it's pretty much a no brainer. No more Dubravka. No more Karius.

Pope isn't going anywhere.

Pope got us to a cup final though. If he played in it we likely have a much better chance of winning it.

Well Ramsdale was in a title race with Arsenal the season before, so there's that. Pope led a largely unfancied side into the top 4 unexpectedly as a part of the best defence in the league.

Around 6/7 million was in future add ons.

Arsenal only paid £23 million for him, and so it's possible that they are taking less with him not starting anymore there, and with him wanting out. Article says he will come in to compete with Pope, with the view that he has room to continue to improve. £15 million would be ridiculous value and nearer to half of what is being quoted for the Georgian, who people wanted because he'd be cheaper! Once again it's looking like another sharp move in the market. We are possibly going to end up with both Pope and Ramsdale for less than £30 million having been spent on the pair.

Yes, of course they are. It's funny I was reading an article earlier where apparently on one of the Athletic's Q&As someone asked if the Liverpool interest in Gordon was real, and not only was it confirmed, but also that Man City like him a lot too, but they both know they've got no chance of signing him off us. And I couldn't help but laugh recalling the reactions when we were first linked to him, and the things that were being said about Howe's recruitment. And then I've come on here, and here we are again ...

Yeah, not bothered in the least if we opt for Ramsdale instead. He's a talented goalie with room for further improvement. Howe knows him going way back too. Couldn't care less about giving these other teams money as long as we're improving our team. Don't think anyone else is as good as we are in the market right now, and a lot of them really don't buy that well.

Was having this discussion with someone the other day. Genuinely never had jet lag in my life.

No idea how that metric is calculated specifically, but I'm sure there is reasoning behind it. Been unlucky not to score from the chances I remember him getting, but for the most part is pretty composed in those situations and gets his shots on target. What's far more impressive for me are all the other general play numbers both in and out of possession. Looking at Longstaff's numbers in comparison was actually shocking.

This guy is going to be just fine. I don't mind that he's being a bit more careful initially. He's got a very mature way about him on the pitch. He will start picking his spots more and more, and getting into goal scoring positions more often too. In the previous game I thought he had some nice interchanges with Gordon on the left, and played him in behind a few times. Also thought he was disciplined in holding his midfield position on the left to cover for Hall, who is much more attack minded and gets forward more often. I like Anderson still and trust him far more than I do Longstaff at the minute.

The club have taken all that into account and have made the decision. It's a set of showcase friendlies at the end of the season with nothing at stake, and not a set of competitive matches. I doubt there will be any rigorous training sessions during the trip, and imagine it will all be pretty relaxed. It's a part of the modern game for these clubs. A big part of the reason being salaries continue to rise and rise. If the choice is made to be a pro footballer then this is just something you're going to have to manage, unless things change and clubs decide against it.

Like Zirkzee a lot. Have done since he was at Anderlecht, and the evidence is on this very forum.

Always like what I see from Gnonto. Whether on the left or on the right.

All part of the gig and they are well compensated for it. Don't really have time for these sorts of complaints really.

Damn ... looks like there's a ton of competition. He has been brilliant this season to be fair. And the value is incredible really.

25 hours away travelling in complete luxury for a pretty relaxed end of season friendly. Goodness grief man. Such a difficult life.

Oh man ... confirmed?! Would have been a great value signing both fee and wages wise.