The Prophet

At Benton signing his new deal.

Same.

Both were carrying knocks at the end of last season.

He better not be injured again

Can't say I know a lot about a couple of Sunderland's lads, but the lad from Atleti and Adringa are coming off poor seasons.

Tough test this, they're a couple weeks ahead of us in pre-season.

Sesko, Openda, Woltemade, Ramos, Guessand, Kalimuendo. Kean. Off the top of my head.

Plenty about in the major European leagues if we're willing to take a leap of faith.

Aye, seems pretty evident that there's money there and a willingness to spend it, but we're still scarred by last seasons PSR farce so we're sticking rigidly to our valuations.

Midfielder.

He's signed for Barca.

Some talk from the academy accounts that Hernes might have forced his way into Eddie's thinking this season.

Howay man

He's a confident lad who's previously said he'll be Man City number one, one day. He'll back himself to force his way in.

Nah, it'll be rumbling through the appeal process now. These things take an eternity.

I think they'll get off relatively lightly anyway.

To go back to a point made earlier in the window, we do our best work "buying the dip".

It does, buh it's not a conspiracy. The "cartel clubs" don't have to concern themselves with PSR as much as say ourselves and Villa. They can afford to pay a premium and don't need to haggle. If we lose out on Trafford, that's not the main reason but it's certainly a factor.

While I completely agree, sounds like City have been lurking in the background all summer.

Gazumped by the cartel at every turn