The Prophet

I can't help but note in the most recent reports that he's the "£70 million rated forward"...

My major gripe with the board is the ticketing. Pretty content with most other stuff, but the balloting system, ID checks, etc are a shambles.

I'm not really stressed about the CEO stuff. Eales is still in post. Whether he should br or not is s different matter.

While I agree, a lot of that is PSR. It feels even now, we're trying overly hard to squeeze every penny out of deals for that very reason. Problem is, if you shop for PL proven, you're going to pay a premium.

Early days of the market have shown shopping for Premier League proven players is tough. There are clubs with far deeper pockets and more trophies in the cabinet buying up the same players. Our best work to date has come "buying the dip" abroad, buying young, unproven players or raiding relegated clubs. I admire the ambition and don't feel "embarrassed" we've missed out on a few players, but we need to trust our talent ID a bit more until we're in a PSR position to flex our financial muscle. I hope that missing out on a few of these players sees us going down that road.

I'd like us to bring Pedro in, but even if we don't we'll be fine. Our talent ID is very good.

We probably didn't sign Huijsen because he wanted a release clause in his contract.

I'll believe it when Ryder reports it.

Looking through his account, I've answered my own question

This geezer reliable? Claims the player has knocked us back.

Few Chelsea journos confirming their interest now. Watch his price shoot up.

Aye

The reporting on this has been dreadful. It's going to be a long summer.

Is there actually any new news or are they still recycling stuff from the week?

He saw the Pope message didn't he?

Some talk Chelsea have bid for Kudus.

Said in his daily podcast thing that they're interested and he's on their list, but they aren't actively pushing for a deal at the moment.

Seems that the press are reporting discussions as official bids (same as Guehi). According to Romano, Chelsea haven't bid yet.

That's the spirit.

Bid made during the week? This has probably moved on a fair bit since then, for better or for worse.

Not sure about that like.

I'm guessing he didn't realise that would be public

We wouldn't be bidding for him if we didn't know the crack like.

Whiffs of trying to get us to up our bid like.