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Yeah you are right. The ship has sailed. It's just another number now.

Is something underwhelming about seeing him holding the number 9 shirt. I know that ship has sailed now and it's not as prestigious as it once was but it has lost some of its sparkle.

But they weren't deal sheets with a potential admin snag were they? If we were just waiting for the media announcement that would be different but clearly something delayed this and required extra time.

Won't know till we hear either way. Should be done but then it should have been done before 7pm so whatever is holding it up could have carried on til past the 9pm extension deadline also.

To be fair if the staff are working flat out to beat a deadline they aren't gonna take time out to brief the journalists.

Liverpool have competent staff. They didn't even need to submit a deal sheet for isak. Fuck knows what's gone on with this.

I mean Brentford didn't get a replacement...would they really be willing to sabotage us to this extent?

Yes he would. His part was over and free to do media while the admin guys sort all the paperwork. Could even be Brentford failing to send from their end.

If they failed to get paperwork sorted within 11 hours or whatever it's been since the fee was agreed. Honestly would be pretty unforgivable.

Have Brentford fucked us?

Well there's the problem. We've sent them a damn team sheet instead of the deal sheet

That's what we thought at 7pm

30 mins

The money is meaningless right now, however if we got injuries or suspensions I think I'd much rather play Osula than one of our academy kids. We can still sell in January and if he scored a couple more goals or has a few good cameos like the Liverpool game the his value might even rise further.

It was a poor tongue in cheek joke because I'm slightly nervous the rest of our season might rest on whether we get this done in time.

Surprised there is anyone in the club that knows what a deal sheet is. They are all covering roles they aren't familiar with. Why am I nervous

Can we not gloat about this until Wissa gets confirmed please

That's not how these deals work I imagine. Once you agree a fee and everything reaches medical stages I don't think the selling club can just pull the plug. Or else you would see loads of clubs intentionally screwing eachother over at the last second with stuff like that. Think loans are different which is why Chelsea could put the brakes on the Jackson deal a few days ago etc.

Had already switched off from all this hours ago. Didn't think the one deal that was already in place and straight forward would go into extra time. Can you imagine if we had been trying to do more than one deal today? Reminds me of the penfold era.

Exactly. There has been a hold up somewhere in the process if paperwork isn't sorted. Medical was done ages ago.

I'm surprised by some of the reactions in here. Young lad doing his best and by all accounts has improved a fair bit already since being here and still has plenty of potential. Sure £30m sounded nice but if the reality was a loan and with an option to buy at much lower than that. I think I'd rather have the squad depth and then sell in future if there is still interest from elsewhere.

Christ assumed this was all done and we're just waiting for the media shite as usual. We actually need extra time? What is the hold up?

I repeat. Has Sacha's hair been right about anything this summer? He keeps getting posted but I didn't remember him calling anything accurately. Said we were in for Kolo muani as recently as this morning.

Why are we believing Sacha all of a sudden?

Ah forgot Remy went to Chelsea. I was remembering the first time when he picked QPR over us on loan on deadline day. That one hurt