The Prophet

Alkmaar will have a huge market for Smit in the summer, the player will have his pick of clubs and his agent will make an absolute packet. They'd all be absolutely mad to agree to anything now.

Sell and hijack the Frattesi loan.

You're almost certainly aware, but don't forget to apply for a visa.

I'd imagine the club would have much preferred Monaco.

Jeez Tielemans out long term for Villa now. Add to McGinn, Kamara and potentially Watkins. No wonder they went into the market.

Original source: "Newcastle are pushing hard for Guille, with Barça standing firm. The midfielder, who came through La Masia, is not getting the playing time he would like with the reserve team this season. ... Guille's situation at the club has increased interest from other teams in acquiring his services, either on loan or permanently. Borussia Dortmund has been tracking the youngster for some time as part of their strategy to incorporate young talent and integrate him into the first team. But the club showing the most interest is Newcastle United. According to information obtained by SPORT, the Tyneside club has made several inquiries about Guille. The English club is pushing hard, but Barça has already made it clear to the player that he will not be leaving. The Catalan club's stance is firm: they are committed to Guille and have reassured him about his situation. He will have a more prominent role in the coming months. Naturally, we will have to see how the situation develops, and everything will be reviewed in the summer."

Sounds like De Zerbi I'd getting shit canned.

Not won at Anfield in 29 attempts?

I was going to go into character, but... Not "I told you so" but to highlight these aren't new developments, he's just inexperienced. I know we struggle with this as a fan base, but he needs time and patience. He'll be reet.

Rapidly climbing the Hound O-Meter is Nick. The vegan stuff is *chef's kiss*

The big dog was there last night...

RamseyandElanga was MotM for me.

You stole my bit.

Dear me.

City

We've had four transfer windows with a £100 million plus spend. January 21/22 - Trippier, Wood, Bruno, Burn, Targett. Ad hoc transfer team of Howe, Nickson, Staveley and Reuben. Summer 22/23 - Targett, Botman, Pope, Isak. Ad hoc transfer team of Howe, Nickson, Staveley and Reuben. Ashworth joins later in the window. Summer 23/24 - Tonali, Barnes, Tino, Hall Transfer team of Howe, Howe, Nickson and Ashworth. Summer 25/26 - Elanga, Ramsdale, Thiaw, Ramsey, Woltemade, Wissa. Ad hoc transfer team of Howe, Howe, Nickson and Reuben. Howe has had one major transfer window spend, where he has had an established and settled recruitment structure around him. He's had to effectively step in as an interim Director of Football for at least two of those. Of course we can draw lots of very definitive and clever conclusions from this about the level of influence he has, along with how much blame we should apportion to him for the players that we've written off.

Bruno travels.

Deep down, we all know that Edward John Frank Howe does not do tossing off games.