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Wish we could close the transfer window now TBH.

I agree basically Dave. All I would say is that I don't think we're buying people with the deliberate intention to sell them for a profit, we're just going for players who will have value throughout their contracts so we won't be left with as many overpaid players who we can't shift. So the 'resale value' point is a bit misunderstood IMO, it's more a question of a player being a safe investment than them being sold later if they do well.

I've been saying this for literally years, it's not like there's a separate bank account called 'transfer money' that can be ring-fenced for the club's financial situation in general.

Ah yeah, I skim read it!

The thread title change has made all the difference, much more confident he's staying now!

Does that mean Erding is worth minus ten million? We should get in there if that's the case.

Awesome. So they want him to leave but they don't want to accept the offer, so they want him to demand a transfer so they will have to accept the offer? Makes perfect sense.

It would be amazing to have a decent mackem poster though... like finding a monkey that can talk.

I think Wearside could be a decent poster if he tried a bit harder. Edit: Great minds think alike Michael mon ami.

Think dredging up a random Chronicle link from May is a bit much like. Potentially good signing for you lot though.

Always thought Jerome had everything to be a decent striker, how bad has his fitness record been recently?

Sure, but not so much if we get near to 10 million for him. True, I was just going off the suggestion that the price was 5m Euro. FWIW, I don't think we'll sell either this window.

Why you asking after his opinion on Marveaux then? I'm interested to see what he has to say beyond the original cryptic post. Admittedly I don't know anything about Ligue 1.

Colocho's in-depth knowledge of French football is an underrated resource for this forum like.

Rejecting a couple of million for Forster so we can sell Krul for one or two more would seem mental though, surely?

Care to elaborate?

agreed. It's not that it's impossible, it's that it's massively negative.

If the deal was as simple as that, and good value, we'd have already done it.

Richardson?

Was Vuckic fit at the end of last season, or are his problems long term?

Thing is, we have enough midfielders already. We could miss out on Zog and still have a better midfield than last season, assuming nobody else goes. Hope we get him like.

he'll fein injury when he has to play at the SOS. He can't go back to Sunderland after his traumatic time there. Don't blame him TBH, I still suffer from post-traumatic stress from the last time I went there.

He's probably the best dressed person at Glastonbury TBF.

Fair play, that's good.

Think you'll find they can! If they couldn't make things sound worse/more sensational they wouldn't exist.