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Sorry lads did I say something funny? One has 9 G&A in all comps and the other has 29. Or is it because it's Man United involved?

If Kudus is £55m anything under £70m for Mbeumo will be a steal.

Martin Hardy probably.

It'll be a £65m total package. Doubt we'll pay any more. It'll probably take another week sorting out the structure of the deal as well. Hopefully it doesn't take a year like Elanga.

He'd probably start.

I'm happy to get anything. It's either 15% or 20% of the profit. It's a minimum of £5m and a maximum of £8m. We've been putting these clauses in for a while and they all seem to be 20% with the exception of Greenwood which is much higher.

Oh the papers will run with it for sure. £150k seems a bit low though. They usually go straight in at £200,000 for us.

No need to fix the roof now with a 100,000 capacity stadium on the way. Maybe it'll pay Callum Wilson for a year.

The Athletic is linking him with us as a last resort if we don't get any of our top targets.

Not turning my nose up at £8m for someone who hasn't played for us for two years.

Almost certainly 20% of the profit. So about £8m, which is more than what I thought Elanga was worth two years ago.

Good news that. Way too volatile for that nonsense at the minute. We can do it whenever we want.

I do agree. Onana is absolutely rubbish. He's on the block but will probably survive until next summer.

Step 1 of the process. Step 2: the treble

That's why there's a charity bet going on. Get involved. Amorim is bringing the glory days again.

Their first goal was a deflection to take it away from the keeper. Their second De Ligt was badly injured and they refused to put it out of play and instead crossed into the box and scored from a header while De Ligt was lying in a heap. Garnacho whiffed a huge chance (which doesn't reflect on xG). We didn't deserve to lose it, and even at that it was almost entirely a second string side anyway.

Stevie Wonder could maybe.

I'll reply here Cronky so it doesn't take over that thread. Garnacho has bags of talent, but that's what important for this club right now. He has well documented behavioural issues and that's the reason the manager doesn't want him. Training performance, juvenile social media posts, openly questioning managers decisions etc. These are the kind of attitudes that have brought the team to its knees over the last while. We need players with the right mindset. Mainoo wasn't playing that well, you're right. But he missed 17 games last season with injury, and was in and out of a team that had changed manager and formation. He was always going to struggle. He should be able to raise his level next season, although I don't see him establishing himself as a starter at any stage. The RWB in Amorim's system is more of a winger anyway. A lot more attacking than defending. I definitely see him being a RWB rather than a CAM in this formation. 15th in the league and no trophies is a surface level view. We were getting battered all over the pitch in most games. Towards the end of the season that was all starting to change. We're also well aware of some toxic personalities in the team and Amorim isn't like previous managers who will play them anyway. Maybe tactically he doesn't have what it takes, we'll see, but he's definitely the right man for the reset as he doesn't tolerate any nonsense. Look at our last set of results to finish the season. We lost 6 and drew 2 of our last 9. The only game we deserved to lose was against Newcastle where we were thoroughly beaten. We were hideously unlucky in most of the other games, and funny enough the one game where we dominated and got the result we deserved sent Newcastle into the Champions League. We'll be miles better next season. Top 8 at least.

Doubt Arsenal are going to pay £40-50m for a backup winger. He's probably going to be with Gyokeres and Saka in a front three, which on paper looks pretty strong.

Hope Elanga does well though. He's a good lad.

Garnacho didn't go backwards. He had 21 goal involvements last season. His attitude is the problem not his ability. Mainoo also missed half the season with injury. Amad is probably the second name on the teamsheet, and his opportunities won't be limited at all. His best performances from us have come from RWB. Unless Cunha or Mbeumo (if he signs) are being considered to play up top, then I'd imagine the vision is for Amad to be the starting RWB as he's miles better there than Dalot/Maz. Reckon you'll struggle to find any genuine Man United fan who thinks Amorim is a poor choice of manager as well.

It's starting to make sense, isn't it?

Who said anything about Man United? Think you're the first? The post is clearly to do with Elanga.

Martin Hardy is the one who put that story out. I've went over this.

He isn't.