Geordie Ahmed

Why is them being an English side relevant? I suspect a lot of it is due to their fans being scumbags

Don't want West Ham to win but that is a penalty like

Oh dear, that dive from Benrahma, absolutely no need

He would be a good replacement for Manquillo

That was a blatant foul on Antonio, ref doesn't seem keen on giving them anything

He did offer a reduction, to the maximum allowed which was half Ultimately Barca were in a financial shit show and struggled to even register other players at the time His PSG move was about doing what was best for his World Cup ambitions And his latest move will be partly motivated by money but the Saudi offer dwarfs it yet he didn't pick that

Aye, plus if it was simply money surely he would choose Saudi as the offer he has is ridiculous

Has anyone suggested this?

He's just gutted that the Saudi money is spreading in more and more places, going to be harder for him to continue being a prick towards our fans

No he wouldn't

Another thing for Mackems to boycott

Maybe that is a small to medium size difference?

That'll do me, can buy a top for the first time in ages

The new Aaron Spear

His first few years involved him almost single handedly (yeah, yeah, I know, team game and all that) keeping us up and also being the only thing that was remotely exciting I swear, some people just hate excitement in football I don't understand it, never have and never will but such people have always existed, on the receiving end we've had Ginola, Robert, Ben Arfa and now ASM joins that list

He does create chances, there's a section of our fans that don't like him, personally I find that odd but each to their own. It's one thing to not like him but to suggest he doesn't offer much is just absolute bollocks. For me, the only valid concern is his fitness, he's played 1119 minutes this season, that simply isn't good enough. He was the bright spark (along with Wilson) during the turgid Ashley/Bruce tenure and I'll forever love him for that.

Explains why he wasn't put off joining us Maybe our background checks involve asking potential signings on their thoughts on Ice in a wheelie bin

I've not followed his career in much detail but I've always been impressed with him when he talks Carries himself well and speaks well, seems to play football the right way too (Yes I know, the right way is subjective) Kind of a shame he's going to Spurs because I want him to flop

Perhaps not, will need English clubs to do well in Europe this season (Generally that does happen but wouldn't fully expect it to be a given)

I'm sure Watford were being investigated for selling a player on to Udinese, not sure if anything came of it

Fabrizio reckons Mac Allister has a release clause less than £45/50m, which if true is a bargain

He did in the FA Cup but some suspect it was probably to help drive up any compensation they'll be due if he leaves

Is he signing?

So he thinks we'll sell ASM but not bring in another LW? I guess it's because Joelinton/Willock can play there

In terms of FFP to counter it I read somewhere (can't seem to find it now) thay they'll have the longer contracts but they'll kind of get around it by doing 5 year contracts but in year 3 or 4 including an option/obligation to extend by another 3/4 years So whilst the amortisation fee will be higher to begin with, it then reduces in year 3 or 4 when the extension kicks on Though, doing the deals they did and this new thinking just means they'll be trying up money towards FFP for years and years to come, doesn't appear to be a sensible thing to do