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There are obviously some made up, but I think the most common reason for discrepancies in the wages is when they are inclusive of bonuses vs. not. It can also be helpful to check what they were on previously and just see if it passes a reality check.

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That or a different way of playing if we don’t have him.

My sympathy for him is basically gone. Give him the next week to get his act together. Tell him there’s a deal to sign if he wants to be paid more and also that he won’t be sold for less than nine digits next season, which may be impossible without a good season. And then either way name him in the squad for the Liverpool game. If he refuses to play then he’s on strike and he can sit without pay.

I’d far prefer Guehi for an extra £15m, but maybe that wasn’t an option.

Kind of feels like the truth though. This version of events lines up with everything that has happened. I can’t believe Isak might derail our season.

1. Sign Sesko 2. Tell Liverpool you'll consider legitimate Isak offers 3. Bid £45-50m for Guehi and tell Parish if there is a single mention of this anywhere the deal is off 4. If Liverpool hears about it because Parish is a weasel tell them hands off or no Isak deal 5. Sign Guehi 6. Reject all Isak offers and line up in a 4-4-2 against them with Sesko and Isak up front.

Caps wages and stifles competition. It should be the biggest story in the sport.

Can't stand McGinn on the pitch, but the players talking about this is probably the single best hope for it to get more attention and potentially have an impact.

I think everyone would be a lot more chill about there being a month left if our first two games weren't Villa away and Liverpool. It's fair to say we're fine and have plenty of time, but also should be recognized that it wouldn't take much for us to be looking very light through the spine of the team.

I frantically opened Twitter to make sure there wasn't massive news.

Yeah, I stopped the thought pretty quickly. Hard to separate him from Staveley and all of them from June 2024. Ashworth > Mitchell in any event.

I did think to myself a week ago that Ashworth was coming out of this looking better (from a deal making perspective).

Like UEFA I’m sure player sales will be an average over three years.

The cost excludes all but 4-5 clubs and it’s just not the right year.

Think it’s more likely to be what someone else said. It gives Eddie a chance to put his arm around him and say it wasn’t his call but let’s go to work and we’ll get you the move next summer.

What heads are there to roll?

I’m going to be so annoyed if we give in to them at something below £140m just because we got a replacement.

Could tell almost instantly in the Arsenal friendly that he looked more like the Gordon of 2023/24.

I’m having a hard time being excited about this without knowing what the Isak plan is. I do like his proclivity for thunderbastards though.

I'm going to pretend that's not the case just to feel better. I like to think we told them to do one because their offer is insulting and nowhere near; not because of our incompetence at recruiting replacements.

I don't think we'd sell at what they bid if we had a replacement. At least I'd certainly like to think that's the case.

It's so dumb on multiple levels. 1) First and foremost, shifts all blame away from Liverpool and their ridiculous bid 2) Ignores the fact they went and signed the player we wanted 3) Assumes there are an abundance of top class strikers available

I am basing this on the rumblings that some of his teammates are unhappy. I don't think he should apologize to the fans and there's almost no way that would land well anyway. But he needs to mend things with teammates if there is an issue.

Injury certainly possible, but the bold bit is why we don't need to worry about him getting his head right for this season if we 1) pay him better 2) give him an out but one that requires him to perform highly. Alex, go be one of the leading scorers in the CL this season and you will get whatever move you want.