McCormick

They already got the World Cup. Why waste more money and effort? That was always their priority with regards to football. PIF isn’t the Royal family; it’s essentially a conglomerate of different organizations each needing to be successful in their own right while competing for funding from the same pot.

If you’re wanting someone solid with the passing ability of Schar, with prem experience that isn’t a near 30 year old in Joachim Andersen, then Van Hencke is pretty much your only option tbh . I mentioned him a while back. Would be a good signing imo and doubt he goes for 60m too. No one’s paying that; he’s not high-profile enough to command that kind of fee with 2 years left. 45m and I reckon it gets done.

Forgot about him tbh. Still not better than Guehi though.

Romano linking a player to a big club while he’s negotiating a bumper new contract? Gasp. Standard agent mouthpiece shit imo.

No centre-back signed to a PL team last season is better than Guehi. Milenkovic (sp?) at 12m was the best deal but he’s not a better player imo.

What’s Dwight Gayle up to? Besides rustling Brucie’s jimmies, of course.

I know it’s supposed to be foreshortened but it makes him look like he’s got Deadpool baby legs

He’s quite inconsistent and lacks end-product. Lots lots of talent there though; at the right price I’d definitely take him (but I doubt West Ham will sell for less than 60),

I think any decent offers that come in for either would be entertained for sure.

What if we sold Willock and Longstaff and received like 40 odd million? Genuine question. I assume we’ll always take it to the limit while assuming (perhaps naively) that commercial income will increase year-on-year.

Pedro, Elanga, Guehi/Diomande, Trafford?

Nice.

Hojlund went for 72m. We’d want 80m for our right-back. A worse player in Ekitike will go for more money too. It’s a reasonably fair price imo, maybe 5-10m on the high side but that’s Brighton.

Decent defenders are going for 50m. 60m isn’t an obscene price to pay for a versatile young forward that could make it into most top teams’ starting xi’s.

Sesko’s going for 70 odd, Semenya 60-70m, Ekitike 70m plus, Wirtz 130 plus etc. 60m isn’t that much for a young attacking player tbh. The fact that they want rid should put the price down but Brighton are good sellers so it balances out.