The Prophet

The endorphins when he signs that new contract are going to be off the charts.

Is Fab trying to manifest this move?

With Liverpool, it's more likely that they're putting out news of an ambitious transfer target after a grim couple of weeks. Think "we tried" but with more phlegm and a "la" at the end.

Schar hasn't had a great season by his usual high standards.

Yep, it originated from GiveMeSport's Arsenal writer and was basically a rehash of last summer's news.

Was it Baldwards who reported that there would be attempts to unsettle Isak? Pretty cunty stuff.

Just can't see us targeting Trincao at all.

As a rule of thumb, fans on social media tend to be as thick as pig shit though.

Aye, a similar thought crossed my mind. That way he gets a pay rise and we can't price him out of a move, which is what we'll do this summer.

Wasn't sure where to put this. It's a very good thread on our mate Hugo.

There seems to be a lot of noise from the Liverpool end re Isak today. Fan appeasement exercise after a exiting two competitions and TAA leaving?

The fact that they're talking about a potential part player swap doesn't bode well for their chances of affording him.

A few bits in here on potential targets.

It's just based on Scott Wilson's guesswork fwiw.

Probably. Whether they'd sanction such a move, given the budget they'll be working in and the amount of players they require is a different matter.

Big club debates are a complete waste of energy. Everyone will have their own subjective metrics of what a "big club" is.

I often think Mike Ashley has done a lot of damage to our fanbase, but it seems that pundits, journalists and fans of other clubs don't realise that we're not his club anymore either. If it's not Bruno to City, it's Tino to City, Hall to Liverpool, Tonali to Barca, Gordon to Liverpool, Isak to anyone or Howe to England. We're no longer in the business of needing to or wanting to sell our best players or allowing our staff to leave, so you either offer us a ludicrous sum of money that we can't possibly refuse, or fuck off. That's not to say that we won't lose players on our journey, all clubs do. But we're no longer in the business of happily selling to clubs that we now see as our rivals.

I see the latest rumour is that he wants to stay, but his agent is concerned about his future options with so many "big clubs" needing to tie down a striker this summer.

Palace and Brighton games now on TV.

Aye, but it's much easier to phase it. Especially if they're thinking of binning Nunez too.

Would be shocked if VvD and Salah weren't retained. It'll be an enormous rebuild if not.