The Prophet

Browsing social media, it's pretty evident no one has a clue what a CEO is meant to do and put the lack of signings and the perceived slow commercial growth at his door.

I like Lacroix, surprised there wasn't a bit more interest there.

Publicly it seems like Guehi or bust, but they've obviously been given enough encouragement to stay the course.

If the Athletic is correct, we lost him for £35 million and gained a £20 million keeper. Its too black and white to subtract one from the other when they're two separate transactions with PSR in mind.

At this point it's basically Kelly and Osula in for Anderson, so more or less as you were.

...but as far as we're concerned we got £35 million for Anderson. That's the important part as far as PSR is concerned.

Just a straightforward way of saying the two players who sit in front of the defence in a 4-2-3-1. One will hold while the other joins the attackers.

Douglas' piece this morning that we intend to play him in a double pivot with Bruno to help link defence to attack.

Due to the lack of outgoings, I agree it'll only be one major signing. At the same time though, I can't believe anyone still takes what Howe tells reporters too seriously.

Depends how it goes on the books. Forest allegedly insisted on him being part of the deal, which means they're almost certainly going to use it as an accountancy trick Hard to take the value of any of these "swaps" at face value, when their sole purpose was a means to comply with PSR.

He can be loaned abroad this window I think.

Hardest draw we could of got, but one we should be looking to win. Expecting something relatively strong such as: Pope, Trippier, Krafth, Kelly, Hall, Tonali, Bruno, Willock, Miggy, Isak, Barnes. We have a decent recent record at the City ground so perhaps that's making me feel optimistic, but I fancy us to edge this 1-2.

If I didn't know about the injury to Riad, I'd say it doesn't make a lot of difference.

Ah nice, what were they like on the inside? Was Mitchell impressive?

Arsenal and Merino has very publicly been going on for weeks.

Is happy clapper the opposite of s bed wetter? As every, best to assess the window when it closes.

I'm less confident now Riad is knackered

Yikes, Riad has just gone off injured for Palace.

Yeah. As I said when he started the previous two games, it makes virtually no difference. Until we agree a fee, he's a Crystal Palace player.

I went with Trafford, Guehi and Madueke. Not a chance the latter happens now, but I think we'll get the other two and miss out on a right winger. I'm a bit shocked we haven't been able to shift anyone at all yet.

It's more that we're incredibly risk adverse. Due to PSR we obviously feel that we have to get every transfer as close as you can to a guaranteed success.

Mokbel, the Parish mouthpiece, said this would be resolved in the next 48 hours yesterday evening. At least we should be put out of misery tomorrow, either way.

Until we agree a fee, he's still their player. They won't give a shit if he's cup tied, wouldn't even be surprised if they've done it just to be cunts.

It's a standard negotiating time frame for such a large deal, but it's very unusual for it to be so public. That's what has made it feel like a drag.