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Olise too

Yes but take Soule first

Honestly not that bothered. 60m is near Isak money and more than Tonali. He wasn’t worth that.

Like Hugo Ekitike, you get two bites of the cherry. After that, you can bugger off. We got Botman second time around. Hugo said no, Joao said no. Let’s see what happens with Guehi and Elanga.

It’s 29 June. Where are all the PSR mad swap deals?!! Last year the whole end of June was mad. Or is it only relevant when we’re under pressure?

I’d love pif or Howe or whoever is making the decisions to get so royally annoyed by playing nicey nicey and getting players that they can grow like Pedro to think screw it let’s just get Osimhen. Similar to Ekitike to Isak

But we lose leverage if we stick to the same signing. Joao Pedro we tried for in the past ditto Elanga ditto Trafford. All three clubs know we want them bad. Why would you let them go for cheap when you know the richest club in the world (allegedly) wants them? We haven’t shown much in the way of going for alternatives when we are priced out in any way.

Oh man. Donate a goal bonus or two to me my guy

If we get JP that closes the door on Xavi Simons I guess... It was nice to dream

If we get that level of player, would be ok with Wilson signing an extension as backup assuming Osula would be number 2 and Wilson no. 3 Pedro can play up front but not sure Simons can

Xavi Simons would Be one probably cost 60-70m but he’s only 22 and is of the Tonali Isak level signing

Longstaff potentially would be a very good signing for Burnley now that I think about it. Ditto Dubravka, Wilson and Targett. All would bring PL experience.

If we got those 3 plus Scalvini - perfect. Then I'd just like another midfielder, even on loan, and even if a Norgaard back up type. I do think Longstaff's race has been run here. Willock too, so some fresh energy in the middle would be very needed.

Lacks sexy names like an Isak or Tonali but I agree

This is worth a watch for those in the UK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0l3hnym/premier-league-anthony-elanga-on-chasing-greatness-at-nottingham-forest

One thing about Elanga, he's very focused on personal development ands self-improvement, extremely hungry to be the best. That's probably what attracts Howe the most Joelinton, Gordon, Bruno, Isak, Tonali all seem to have this aspect in spades, Anderson did too Shelvey, Fraser and anyone not quite there were shown the door sharpish

I can see us dropping 150-160m this summer. Maybe Longstaff pure profit and Willock might go - with Miley and Pedro covering that Whatever the case is, I feel the team does need 4 minimum first team ready signings at the very least.

If Pedro, Elanga, Scalvini, Ramsey and Trafford sign - that would actually be a very solid window. Add Walker-Peters or Lamptey for backup and jobs a good un for this summer. Can it compete for title? Not sure - as it perhaps lacks the star quality of Liverpool and Man City in particular but definitely top 4 worthy. Would also want 3-4 youngsters (Cordero is one, Korean is 2) to keep things fresh and ready for the future.

I think the whole reason for a signing like Elanga is because Pedro will also be signing and he's the 'door opener'. Otherwise the RW slot would have been a more creative choice.

Absolutely agree with this. It's literally a cheat code

Especially as they're buying Timothy Weah as a replacement Right now they're winning the head to head - Wood and Anderson and Vlad vs the Shelvey flop Thought a few seasons ago they'd be the club for Lascelles to return back to but they seem to be more ambitious than that now. Feel like Lascelles could do a job for a Leeds Utd and give them leadership and experience from the back

I meant that summers transfer window, not the season itself which I agree was terrible. For me personally after the terrible seasons of 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15, where Ben Arfa was let go, where Kinnear had been and gone, where there had been chaos with Carver and just general negative feeling, that summer I felt ooh maybe the near miss of relegation the previous season has changed the ethos of Ashley (more fool me) and finally he actually is trying to bolt the horse onto the cart or whatever his stupid saying was

Yeah ditto, could even allow us to sell Joekinton for a massive Saudi pay day

Agreed but it was still very exciting at the time, after carver and pardew had finally left, spending the most in Europe that season, it felt like it was a brand new start with Graham Carr and his previous success being rewarded with more influence plus a new set of highly rated coaches. That season we also got Shelvey and Townsend, the team that got relegated was probably better than the 2008/09 team player for player. Just had a crappy manager that killed it all

Agreed although that looks very good in hindsight at the time Tonali was exciting and the others were questionable - eg why buy Tino when trippier was one of the best in Europe previous season, Hall had only played a few games and was expensive, Barnes wasn’t as sexy as Paqueta or Maddison etc