Pandamninator

Of course. Bit silly of the Saudi's to be honest to not bribe our way to the title though.

Hot Take: Maybe Rafa knew what he was doing

Nah. Get him for half the price, stick him in the Eddie Howe Rehabilitation Centre for Depressed Assets and watch as he becomes Prime Maldini by November.

Golfmag wasn't it - he was saying for months, turned out he was a friend of Pardews agent.

Looking for more of those pinpoint, weak footed crosses from 40 yards away

I wouldn't even call it 5 on paper - no one who has spent more than 30 minutes watching Hall and Trippier would have them down as defensive fullbacks who treat the halfway line as if it was coated in asbestos.

Get rid, past it. Oh wait, this isn't FM.

"Real Gs move in silence like lasanga" Obviously not going to argue they have hit every mark and decision (though there is definitely more success than failures) - but 3 years on it is still refreshing to just have professionals in charge. The only time Ashley pulled this kind of move without it being leaked to the world was Kinnears 2nd stint.

Is that any different to San Siro, New York in the NFL and LA in the NBA where two franchises share the same stadium?

Ancelotti can't afford to be blowing leads when one of the most important managers England has ever had is available and looking for his next job.

PSG and Milan can breathe a sigh of relief that they are still at least 2 seasons away from having to face the might of Sunderland

Just the minor flaw in this theory that Joelinton is hardly going to be begging to sign for the same person who jerked him around at Newcastle.

Until we get dead pigeons piling up around the stadium again.

Was anyone ever able to validate the 40m figure (either in the accounts or sources)? To me it always seemed made up BS and on brand for Fatty to inflate how much we were spending. IIRC they did the same thing with Almiron when they screamed to the world that they had finally broken the Owen record and it came out in the wash that it was still below that figure (may be misremembering however).

My concern with Mitchell is he does seem to not last very long in any job, dating back to Southampton. I can understand the Spurs mess - has anyone in a Manager or Director role not fallen out with that twat Levy? But he burnt out fairly quickly at both Leipzig and Monaco. Edwards would be a dream, but he seems content building his own consultancy without any of the stress of being directly involved with running a club.