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Surely the fact we’ve signed Elanga automatically makes it the best transfer window for years?

It’s a really weird contradiction. The harder transfers get and the less freedom clubs have to spend, the more chatter is happening about transfers. Guess a couple of clubs are exempt and that’s enough to keep it going.

This is assuming Gordon leaves?

They literally can't do a city. For me it’s more like they don’t want to break the rules because they’re in it to sportswash their reputation.

I prefer the term enlightenment, or possibly renaissance.

I think he's already at the going somewhere else stage.

I don't see the issue, it's a nice design. Words on photos are funny?

Not on a Sunday, surely.

This guy Scouse yet?

He already looks gutted.

Think you’ve hit on a plan there.

In first with the

Minteh for me.

Yeah of course, if the window closes and we haven’t improved then obviously it’s a massive failure. I play football with some people better than Longstaff and a better fitness record than Wilson. But it’s not a failure yet and I’m not against trying for better quality than just a slight improvement. FWIW I think we’ve already significantly improved but obvs Elanga won’t be enough at the end of the window.

I mean, nobody can disagree with this, there are a lot of footballers in the world. But we do have to choose a few to go for.

Let’s hope he does, isn’t he our chairman?

Nah of course, but you need a mix. We need more young players and a deeper squad, but we also need top quality.

Wasn’t it already reported that he stepped in say Isak’s not for sale?

The problem is we’re not looking to do a Brighton and break into the European places. We’re looking to be a consistent CL and title challenging club. I would love loads of cheap unknown players that become world class, but it’s not an easy one to do.

Liverpool and Chelsea can’t sign everyone. Well maybe Chelsea can

Could (almost) double the price if he improves for another couple of years I guess. That would make him one of the most dangerous and productive wingers in the best league in the world. That’s quite valuable. Guess there’s the price of guaranteed success as well, obvs.

You’d have to hope that a strategy was agreed and some target list in place. If there were two completely different ideas about signings then we really were being stupid.

Wouldn’t Pedro’s agent just call Chelsea and they would come in? I just think the idea that we can wrap deals up quickly and secretly before any other club finds out is silly. We would need Pedro to reject Chelsea and prefer to come here, which he obviously didnt.

That Guehi or nobody narrative was bollocks though. We went after him for so long because we thought it was nearly done, in the end we failed. Could’ve gone the other way but didn’t. It doesn’t mean we never looked at another CB. Obviously in hindsight you can say we should’ve pulled out earlier, but who knows what the deal felt like on the inside. By all accounts we also had Khusanov on our list before he went to Man City.

Think you’d have to spend the bulk of the Isak fee to get anywhere near a replacement anyway.