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I’m not allowing myself to worry about this until we know the specifics. Maybe they’ll be phased in? Maybe penalties will be published and include escalating fines before points deductions? Sales would likely be averaged over a three year period like UEFA. This is the math I did for UEFA’s rules, which are much more immediately relevant (does not include Guehi):

Glad to see this is being handled as well as our first loss will be.

He’s had info before, especially on injuries. You don’t have to believe a word of it if you don’t want to.

If Shearer had gone to Man Utd from Blackburn he likely would have ended up at NUFC well past his prime for some inflated fee.

We are willing to spend £65m on a player we think is worth that. It doesn’t mean we’re going to spend that on anyone and we’ll happily tell other clubs that.

I didn’t think we’d do this again based on how June ended, though how nervy it is greatly depends on the size of the gap. But the new Premier League market advantage is having money to spend in June. Hopefully we can get ourselves on the other side of it.

He won’t consider the downside. This feels like a no lose for him. Barring disaster in 2026 he could have this job for at least six years if he wants (and the many millions that will come with it). If he does anything of note he’ll be a success; if he fails he can fall back into club management with a million pre-written excuses.

The average Liverpool fan would probably say the only thing that stopped Klopp from winning at least two more titles was City’s rampant cheating.

The difference is the player seems far more interested.

No idea, but that feels solvable somehow if the rest of it can work (knowing the short term economics may be painful).

I think he means if we sold Bruno / Gordon / Isak.

I know it’s been written off by most due to the logistics, but I really don’t think a rebuild on the same site is out of the question. Whether done in stages reducing capacity along the way or all at once necessitating a ground share, I think it’s probably the leading option assuming a repositioning of the stands / pitch allows for the right capacity.

It’s almost as if there are rules making this more difficult.

Reality has been misinterpreted as pessimism all summer.

Unless all the costs belong to SELA and all the revenue belongs to NUFC... We know that's what Chelsea would do.

Better than Gordon to overall game is atrocious. Covering a lot of ground today.

Let's hope, a RW depends on it.

Not afraid -- just don't want to rehash it. That transfer was different though - we knew what we were getting and we didn't think it was an elite player. It's why I think it's irrelevant to the point I'm making.

Am I? Started in summer 2022 mainly because I didn't want to inadvertently start a Chris Wood discussion again or a Dan Burn debate. But.. Targett loan - hit Trippier - hit Burn - hit for the price (no discussion allowed) Wood - no rating to avoid debate Bruno - hit of a lifetime

I don't think there's any doubt that he's a good player who will produce goals. Whether that was the optimal use of funds can very much be debated.

You can critique various parts of our transfer strategy, but we are virtually flawless on talent spotting and development since the takeover (especially after the desperation of January 2022, not that that was bad by any means): Pope - hit Botman - hit Targett - we know he's solid; just bad luck Isak - hit Gordon - hit Tonali - jury still out Tino - hit Minteh - hit Barnes - hit Hall - hit Once Tonali repays us this season we're basically flawless. Totally fair to question how we've allocated our money in terms of the cost, which positions we've prioritized, or whether we should have had better info from the Italian underworld, but Howe and Nickson have not missed on the very basic question of "is this player good?"

In terms of where their current stadium is (downtown on the lake) and where that would be, it is almost the identical equivalent to leaving SJP and building a new stadium next to Newcastle airport.

David Ornestein is breaking news.

Totally agree on needing to find cheaper deals. I would not want to spend £20m (or anything really) on a player who is a minor upgrade. Improving massively when and where we can is how we got to where we are so quickly. It's very different though if we think that £20m player is undervalued / has a much higher ceiling. If we think Reiss Nelson is that then great.

This is actually the worst thing we can do. Settling for players who are maybe a modest improvement is how we'd get stuck in a never-ending cycle of being average with no money to spend. There is a market between Raphinha and Reiss Nelson, though maybe that player isn't available right now.