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Plus he's already won every trophy possible to win in Spain. Might as well go somewhere else.

Lots of money, live in Paris, be main player in a team.

played most of last season didn't he? Was out from Feb with another Knee injury.

Have we been linked to Lewis Baker at all? Surprised he hasn't moved out on loan or permanently like Chalobah and Loftus-Cheek have, can't see him getting a game at Chelsea.

Infuriating isn't it.

Pickford had played 120 games out on loan, culminating in a season in the Championship. Woodman is two years, and two seasons playing a decent standard, behind him.

TBH Krul should already be gone. We extended his contract by a year in the same way we did Sammy's a year earlier, hoping a loan deal would produce a buyer - both times we've ended up lumped with the player for an extra year.

Clearly bollocks, and no EU-passport so its a non starter.

Madrid just signed a 16 year old for £39.5 million.

And it doesn't even look bad from inside. Spectacular stadium.

The Velodrome was absolutely falling apart and being uncovered is dreadful for supporters and acoustics. Not sure what else they could have done; at least they didn't knock it down and build from scratch.

Haidara, Lazaar, Krul, Riviere, Saivet and Hanley would save a few quid. It's hilarious to think the only one of that lot likely to fetch any real money is a decent Championship CB who has never played in the PL, nor is he good enough to. We really have so many abject players on our books. Hanley played a fair bit in Blackburn's relegation season. Scored the winner at Old Trafford IIRC. Your point still stands though, obviously.

I am choosing to believe it.

Can anybody spell the fucker's name right?

Aside from how rank it is it'll actually be quite interesting to see Neymar as the main man in a team.

There's no way Rafa isn't playing 4-2-3-1 next season

Aye. No scouting network, just a network of agents. Bit like us, but more of a clusterfuck.

Wilshere was bossing Barcelona's midfield as a 19 year old. Injuries have killed him and he should be avoided. He was not shite though. Calling him shite is like saying Alex Pato was shite as a 19 year old for Milan.

personally i think he was average and his contribution to our promotion was around equal to that of Marlon Harewood, just for balance.

Some, and it tends to be when they actually spend money. Payet, Cresswell, Antonio. Carroll, Lanzini and Kouyate are decent too. Most of that striker list, and most of the shite they've signed, have been brought in on free transfers or loans. They're usually either obscure European players or well known ones being handed big wages. Generally their transfer policy is extremely adhoc and short term, considering the money and pull that they should have these days. There never seems to be any plan to what they are doing. I mean you'd imagine that individually Hernandez and Arnautovic should do well for them, but it's all a bit random, as if they're grabbing at whatever names they can get.

3 year deal He'll be 37 ffs.

League One footballer's wages. I'm guessing he's probably only quadrupled his salary. What do you think he'll be on? The average salary for a League One player is around £1,500 a week, can be a fair bit more for top players especially in big relegated Championship clubs. But if you're a player signed from non-league, managing to arrange a trial and winning a deal, the chances are he'll be on much less than average.

Nice draw for you in the next round too.