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I am alright with this so long as: 1. It is a loan, not some stupid perm deal 2. Chelsea pay at least half of his wages 3. Something else a bit opinionated and pushy.

It was a poor book-based pun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoop_(novel) Probably the only book i was forced to read for English Lit O level and actually enjoyed. That and 'My Family and Other Animals' by Gerald Durrell.

To be fair to joeyt, I also said on here not really that long ago that Ollie Watkins was clearly never going to be good enough, and that the only player Emery had not improved at all was Leon Bailey, who'd never be good enough.

Yeah, you wouldn't expect a Scoop from Waugh. *holds bat aloft, salutes all sides of the ground*

Ha ha, how wrong can one be!

I would be amazed if i ever said that. He's excellent with his feet. It may have been Robin Olsen, the number 2 keeper, but then again, he needs to be better with his hands, let alone his feet, so it can't have been him I was talking about.

Emi Martinez signs new contract till 2029. I've never loved a Villa goalkeeper more. Genuinely, there is not a single other player in his position I would swap him for. He's so fucking good, and so important to the team. I love him. I know everyione else thinks he's a cunt, but fuck you all, he's our cunt, and that's all that matters.

Surely if you wait it out, it's only a matter of time before Chelsea buy him. First thing I check every morning is my phone to see whether they've bought me in the night, such is their transfer madness.

Rewatching our match yesterday, first half, we should have been 3 or 4 up. Very encouraging start after a very underwhelming pre-season. Better than the first game of last season *knowing face*

Me too, I honestly can't fucking stand him with his histrionic screaming of a player's name every time there's a shot just in case it's a worldie.

To do well, you need to be able to dig out three points in difficult matches. Think how many times Ferguson's sides did that. All the time. Pretty horrible fixture to start the season, at a place we always struggle, so well pleased with that.

Crikey, that's a big spurt of money for such unproven end result.

Good grief, what a shite reveal video.

Jesus Mary, 65m? Walk away from that.

Cameron Archer to Southampton for £15m. So we've sold him to Sheffield United for £18m, with the agreement they pay £9m immediately, then if they went down, they could send him back and not pay the rest, which is what they did. And now a year we've sold him again for £15m. £24m banked in total. That's Monchi at work. The cunning fucker.

Emery's two henchmen talking about PSR / FFP on TalkSpot today. Worth listening.

Sorry for the late reply. Very likely. He was superb last season, and Emery clearly loves him.

I think the room for mistakes at the top end of the table is very, very limited, and it doesn't take much for a couple of missteps for a club to start sinking and someone else to take their place. West Ham could easily do that. Lopetegui is a good manager, but he's a pretty dour one, as Wolves found out last season. I wonder how they'll like his style, what with their vomit inducing 'Academy of Football' or whatever it is they call themselves

Nah, preseason innit, all about fitness. Nobody cares about the result. Plus Martinez, Konsa, Watkins and, errr, Duran, not out there. Played our third choice keeper in one of the games. Diego Carlos still looks shit, is my main learning.

Honestly as if we would sell Watkins and buy Lukaku.

Chiesa is fucked since his injury.

See my post in that Other Clubs' Transfers thread. You really need to start generating home grown players for profit, that is where you get options.

Rumours you have outbid West Ham for Jhon Duran. Although he's been social media posting photos of himself doing that wanky West Ham crossed arms / hammers thing tonight. The guy is such an utter bell end.

The reason we are managing to live within the fiscal controls is because we've employed people behind the scenes who absolutely know exactly what they are doing. Monchi is one of the best in Europe at this. Not infallible, nobody is, but they have put a triangle of Emery, Monchi and Vidagany to work together as the football brains of the club - they're very tight knit, both with each other and also with Sawiris, the most involved of our two owners. Under Lerner or - shudder - Tony Xia, we'd have walked straight off a cliff with PSR rules, they were clueless, but this lot absolutely know what they are doing. re buying back young players, we've only actually done that with Philogene. With Cameron Archer, that article in the Telegraph is wrong, we sold him but with a clause they pay 9m up front, but if they get relegated they sent him back gratis and didn't have to pay the rest. We then negotiated his salary with his agent should he come back to us, which is what has happened - all set up to cover every eventuality. So we've trousered 9m for a one season loan. But it wasn't us triggering the move, it was all in his contract and automatic if they went down. People go on about our spending but usually overlook things like us raising lots of money on homegrown players. 100m Grealish, 20m Chukwemeka, 19m Kellyman, 14m Aaron Ramsey, 9m Iroegbunam in the last few years. Grealish was a big hole to fill, yes, but Iroegbunam and Kellyman was almost 30m for two players who had played a couple of hours first team football between them. We've also done a deal to move Luiz on (prob the least impactful of all the valuable players if we had to sell one of them) for a decent chunk of money PLUS two players in positions where we could do with options. We've just sold Diaby (inconsistent all season) and probably Duran too. Those three players will fetch close to 110 million (plus Iling Jr and Barrenechea coming to us) in total. Again, Duran a player who is clearly a nutter, but a 25m profit in 12 months. Annoys me reading amateur accountants on twitter going on about us risklng breaking the rules when all they've done is point at Onana and say "how come they can afford him?" - because we also sell a lot of players too. We've understood that no matter how much money you have, there are rules to live within, and you have to horse trade to get the best you can for the squad within the existing rules.

There's a reason we are happy to sell him despite him actually doing well last season. He's a problem in the dressing room. John McGinn suggested this in an interview, and Emery has also hinted at it. I posted this here before but apparently, prior to leaving the house he was renting, he threw a party there and literally trashed the place - holes kick in walls, light fittings ripped out. Honestly, to a man our fans will be glad to see him go. Emery is not open to any fucking about of that type at all. Paying £14m for him and getting a decent 20m plus profit sounds like a no-brainer.