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Been reported we have offered him a deal and he's not interested how good it is and when that happened at all is obviously relying on media sources which we all know are not exactly always right.

Its more than a little frustrating no rules big rich owners we all turn into Chelsea with a forgettable roster of shiny new players who are easily forgotten and cast off. However for club's wanting to improve and have a go and willing to put money in to the club no real strings attached and its like we are in a 3 legged race where some of the legacy and pre any rules clubs have 3 fit and healthy legs and we are left with only 1 and asked to catch up and when we can't the legitimate reason is you have to live within your means " like us".

The part not fit for purpose was the rate of spend 40/45/50m players with no sales can't be maintained especially on our revenue. Better sellers, recycling players and more squad turn over coupled with more 10/15/20/25m "punts" is what i assume Mitchell wanted. Never going to know if it would have worked as the twat has bolted and left us in the shit.

Haha we probably would have offered 20 under what they stated they wanted this summer and Chelsea would have come back in for him 🙄

I think there was a 5m valuation gap she travelled over to speak to PIF so assume we paid the extra or structured it as an achievable add on.

I assume but just guessing its either a list of top sides he identified which unless he was a boyhood fan of someone would be weird or more general like a certain league in the champions league maybe?

The prem restarts in 3 weeks he's not training injury or no injury wissa is not a slam dunk based on reports so yes its urgent bid or walk away. Don't be backed into a corner but someone needs to set a deadline either bid what we want by X date or we won't consider a date this window.

I know its just usual behaviour of top teams to go for top players so take it as a compliment but part of me feels like its of they can't beat us break us apart like circling vultures. Just imagine if one of the top teams tried to go for Eddie 🤬🤬🤬

Any chance these incoming executives will come in time to help save this window? Not expecting their influence on who we sign but the team left are currently demonstrating an inability to get the job done probably because its not meant to be their job.

Wonder when he will have to meet the press now they have landed? Feel so sorry for him so much weight put on himself for his own high standards and now the roles of others while trying to mediate the shit show of our current transfer position and that was before the Isak shit fest turning into a full blown shit sandwich.

We want wissa and seemingly need to pay more than what they wanted to get him. We need a RCB and a midfielder still a keeper seems to have been on howes wishlist too. We dont know how the money would have to have been distributed. The budget is obviously never revealed but reports of players in various positions at various prices has been mentioned more than once. So that to me says over spend in one area you buy cheaper elsewhere. The other issue even if we can afford sesko (keep saying sesko but you kno what I mean a 60/80m "top striker target") does he come if isak is still here and his game time is limited in a world cup year? I assume part of the appeal to some of these strikers will be that you will be our main man can't guarantee that while isak is still here.

He did a nice podcast about us a few year ago 🤣

I am aware we are cash rich and psr poor and dont need to worry about an overspend until the end of the psr cycle. However for argument sake IF we sign wissa and sesko and keep isak and then isak doesn't go, has a bad season or Liverpool pivot and no one else buys him or his value plummets then yes it would cause a massive issue. I would rather him gone cash in pocket and sign someone. No one wants a random and reluctant sale if we over commit now. Which then circles back to my issue if its liverpool and they need 1 or 2 away first we are only 3 weeks out from the opening of the season and isak isn't even training yet to build up fitness and sharpness. Doesn't exactly give you the tools to succeed.

That and puts massive pressure on Osula to get goals instantly which he hasn't demonstrated yet and the rest of the squad to increase their output. Only hope is that elanga has goals and assists in him and we do have goals in other areas of the pitch they haven't all come from Isak. However I agree generally a star striker could be at least 4 or 5 places difference even if the rest of the side is performing optimally.

I was also going to add the fact he came back from the break late despite not playing internationally i dont think no idea at this point if that's the club trying to appease him while trying to get him to agree to a new deal which clearly is not enough or too late for him. He is a massive draw one of the best strikers in the league. We have gone out mainly to open new markets you dont "sell" the brand and get fans buying shirts for plucky osula at the minute (prove me wrong lad). Lewis hall and big joe have both been hampered with injury and still travelled that's another bad sign. For me we have been too respectful to the striker regardless of the supposed promise broken. This may be because we hold out hope he stays and if he does he needs to dial in to perform or no one hits that number we would sell at this window. I fear we can't psr afford an isak replacement before he goes and the bid may not come in until much later in the window. Once your in a chain the player you want may be gone or the selling club has no time to get their own replacement and refuse to sell. The way this window has gone Isak gets his wish to leave and we go with what we have up top until the January affectively writing off the season.

He's declared an injury that reportedly wasn't verified by a scan conducted, which caused him not to join the squad which up until the celtic humping on the Saturday before howe was "certain" of he would be. Then while his team on the flight Craig no hope gets the word from somewhere isak wants out. Not a massive leap to say he may have checked out on us.

To add or a long enough "leash" to act independently up to a certain reasonable point like anything under 50m decision. Anything that cuts out the precieved middle man element of having to run it past someone who has a portfolio the size of a a rolladex full of investments to juggle.

Sorry not sure what you mean? We paid 63m for him I think there was clauses if there were he may have met some. I am not in the know it's just guessing how baldwards gets to his 60m profit on a 130m sale.

Think it was 63m but might have been a rising to 70+ with add ons. If it is 70m with add ons met and we also agreed to 20% sell on at 130 it probably would only be 60/70m

So who hasn't travelled to work on all these vital and needed signings or we sacking off another week?

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Thanks jordan had me worried for a second 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Agreed it's a balancing act do you back Eddie to develop a 22 or 23 year old of course you do but will it be a hall and osula type of never playing year 1. Do you spend more potentially abroad and they dont adapt to the league. No transfer is without risk and the rewards of prem proven are big especially if the aspiration is back to back champions league qualification. What happened to Boniface? If sesko is 60m at 22 I feel he's a better longer term choice especially as most assume isak is likely away in a year. However totally get the club have multiple positions to fill and are leaning on a immediate sure thing.

Really expected a signing or two for the lads setting off tomorrow. I picked a bad time to stop biting my nails 3 weeks until the league starts its going to carry on being a frustrating window. Even more narking when chelsea get linked one day and get agreement the next.

Should have added as unlikely as it is a bruno cover and a tonali cover depending what we think miley is then an alternative to playing big joe. Obviously willock is still here rightly or wrongly meaning the manager probably feels we do have depth other than a longstaff replacement.