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Reckon he's gone like

Yeah this one's rocked me not gonna lie. Might throw toys out of pram if it goes tits up.

Isn't their buy back clause less than £40 million?

Still think we'll get keeper, CB and a forward/attacking midfielder.

You certainly won't struggle for pubs showing a Celtic game in Dublin like. Toon ones maybe.

In PL you're right, no U21 players needs to be registered. But in UEFA comps the U21 players (B list) have to have been registered with the club between 15-21 for at least 24 months (or 36 months if it includes a loan away). So Osula definitely doesn't count, and pretty sure Hall doesn't either as he will not have been here 24 months yet (he may just creep in tbf, not sure the cut off for measuring it). This is why our bench last time was full of the likes of Parkinson, Ndiweni and Huntley who had come through the club youht system - rather than the likes of Alex Murphy, Sanusi etc who we signed that summer. We couldn't physically name them on the B list.

Osula and Hall do need to be registered for CL squad. They haven't been here long enough to be U21 players by UEFA qualification.

Wonder if him going will unlock some movement e.g. Trafford.

Savona is more of a right back who has played RCB in a three so I don't think that's a great fit really.

Would still have Guehi all day long personally. Haven't seen any guaranteed better options, even though I rate Scalvini.

Yeah this is the only thing that would mitigate for that and gives us an exit fee. I would say, and not to stereotype, but African/South American players are more likely to make this kind of move too.

He's just not worth that much in a PSR world IMO, regardless of his goal record. At the end of a 4 year deal his value is approaching nil ala Callum Wilson. Our entire model has been targeting 20-24 so their value goes up and holds for when it comes to renewal or sale.

Don't vibe with Wissa signing personally and think it's likely to cost us too much to be worth going for. Could see it dragging on as well given the age and price demands.

He's going there to be bonafide #9 next season rather than the dovetail option he'd be here, so you can't blame him. This is the issue we've had all summer with strikers that compounds our issue in terms of not being able to pay big wages.

Yeah his agent was here before he went to Leipzig.

As much as long term we do need a keeper and probably immediately a CB I think Eddie sees the need to drop some serious cash on genuine attacking upgrades that will make a difference in the final third as more important - and I'm in agreement with that tbh. We got one in Elanga - if we get a top forward too we're looking pretty frightening. Will start to worry if it drags on and on towards the start of the season though. We do really need a strong window.

Unfortunately it's becoming saga territory now and can see it dragging on and on - especially if Ekitike favours Liverpool regardless of whether he's second choice. I'd say we should move on - but not sure who would be our next striker target.

I literally made posts on the last page about his time at Blackpool FFS, I'm not having this pedantry undermine my obvious point

Yeah as a 19 year old which I am well aware of. Pedantry given the point being made - he has played his entire career with us in the PL. Trying to suggest he can't contribute in the PL is flat out lying.

He has literally contributed to a CL side nevermind a PL one and at 27 has never played lower than the PL.

Gotham hasn't even existed for 5 years

Why does he look like a giant Irish baby

That makes sense. Definitely worth paying for it even just for a month then. I don't mind seeing it as a donation because it's such a great app for what is a very niche hobby.

The full version is like 99p a month I think. Although I'm not sure entirely what the difference is between that and the free version I just buy it because it's great. It's really useful for tracking all the games and grounds you've done, but also for finding games to watch when you are going somewhere as you can search by date and location within a radius.

It was already discussed last night in the Isak thread. It's a plane going from Innsbruck to Greece, then to Liverpool and back to Innsbruck in the evening. They're based out of there.