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As made up as I am being in this the stories I’m hearing from the Man City fans is a stark reminder how awful it can be following your football team abroad when UEFA are involved. Istanbul sounds like it’s been an absolute shit show in organisation again following on from Paris 12 months prior. Rember actually choosing to travel with the club the first time (Barcelona) which was awful. Lisbon independently thankfully restore some of my faith and appetite.

Do you think the Qatari bid is legit? Weren’t they invited into the process by the Raine group as more or less a stalking horse to get Ratcliffe to keep upping his offer even though he’s possibly the only show in town? I might be wrong but something just seems a bit off about their part in the process.

Is it not Top 5 enter the ECL in 23/24? Or is it 24/25? Seem to recall seeing a change imminent to the format.

Voted for you earlier in the week. Good luck ??

I was being serious! Confused also with what are the official socks. I’m all for white with a bit black ??

Still 772 Rangers tickets available at 2 Loyalty Points.

Yeah I’ve been wondering the same but probably more calmly ? Are they officially white with black turnovers? Always think socks should catch the eye to help the players so all for this if so.

Is he allowed to work in Europe? Just with him being guilty of assault in Greece and no further forward getting that removed I just wonder if that affects work permits etc. Total stab in the dark mind so feel free to tell me I’m talking bollocks ?

He’s getting £9m up front iirc.

If we sign someone ambitious early in the window we might end up getting 3x circa £50m players but if we struggle to make a break through then it will be a push to get 2. We are clearly looking at a very small pool of players.

Rep played against for Bastia. Always remember my dad telling me the story how they came out on the pitch very early to acclimatise to the SJP atmosphere and conditions. Mustn’t of been that common in those days. Also remember him describing the goals Rep scored against. Was nice many years later actually seeing the footage for myself.

Is he?! ? ?‍♂️ Looked young and still very nippy. Explains the £3m release clause I guess.

Putting my occasional defence of Edwards to one side ? EH has said himself improving the squad this window will be harder and not just financially. I think he said himself he expected no more than 2-3 first team squad additions and if able to look to bolster a little bit below that. JR on the podcast said we’ve got to be smarter than other teams and make our £ go further than theirs. Also adding the profile of the player to fit in with the mentality of the squad we currently have just as important as their ability. I personally think/thought we’d spend £150m if it’s 3 of our number 1 targets. Rarely do windows go that well unless you are at the top table which despite premature ECL qualification we are not. Our new shirt sponsor alone is £40m per year less than Man City’s. I’m not daft in thinking our media have been briefed to quote conservative budgets but those thinking we are signing 4-6 first team squad additions are living with the fairies. How do you see the window playing out?

Sometimes but quite often it’s via players agents. They’ll go for contract renewal talks and if they say their client isn’t wanting to re-sign then I’d imagine the club say if he wants a move it will be ball park this amount. IIRC the reason we moved for Maddison it was his agent feeding us he was available for around £29m or thereabouts as a base figure then the auction began and we stopped when it went beyond £40m. Valuations are usually dictated by either contract situation or a recent high sale of a comparable player.

Yep. Two midfielders. Tall. Strong. Fast. They’ll monitor the LB situation (and fast CB) also in case they only find one midfielder they want or push boat out and get all three if the opportunity arises. Cheap deal on a 3rd striker either at youthful end like Rodrygo kind of deal (£3m release) or bring an older one back on a free like Perez. Those kinds of deals.

Maybe also because of the handball rule? ?‍♂️

It’s pretty well known Isak’s salary demands halved to £125kpw and the fee dropped from £70m+add ons to £50’s+add ons taking it to a maximum possible outlay of £63m. So total package dropped by over £40m. But don’t let facts get in the way of a good narrative ?

Even for £3m squad player/3rd forward and if it doesn’t work out sell him for more? https://twitter.com/secondtierpod/status/1666777108272562176?s=61&t=kJE1AU_9T9TvzyV_ebeY8Q

I’ve heard this a few times and curious how it’s been excepted by the other clubs. Surely it’s no different to Sky or BT being part of a deal in our league to attract him to Man Utd for example. Imagine our reaction to that as fans ? Are subscriptions purchased for individual teams and it’s a cut of those?

Same with Luque. Fool’s errand chucking money at players not convinced about coming in the first place.

https://twitter.com/skysportsnews/status/1666436804377976834?s=46&t=DDNXUN2PoOBhgKmoF77zNw BREAKING: Leeds United have been charged with misconduct in relation to crowd control during the Premier League game against Newcastle.

I am ?… but I’m making a veiled point at those whinging about not having enough loyalty points turning up the opportunity to build them up. Under the previous owners the 10-12 years away travels were fairly meaningless games also Championship and one EPL season aside. Those people didn’t pick and choose same as you can’t pick and choose your right to attend a final.

Still 3K+ Rangers tickets available at 5 loyalty points so maybe we should build a new ground back to the original 36k ?

Exactly. Building a new ground would take at least 4 years you’d think from planning stage you’d imagine. 2030 is their big year isn’t it? So if that’s their plan then you’d think they’d open something major that year.