That's down to Rafa being here, he's said in interviews he's learned a hell of a lot from him. So either both will be staying or both will be leaving IMO.
Yep, absolutely.
Basically, he doesn’t want Penfold being the one to sign off deals because Penfold always has to go to Fatty to get his final approval on a deal. This led to us missing out on Willy Caballero because it took too long.
Rafa wants to be the one who signs off the deals. He’s less concerned about the amount of transfer funds he gets but he wants the flexibility to use the funds as he sees fit without the twits getting involved.
With the pressure off, it would be a good game to play Murphy.
I'm disappointed not to have seen more of Merino. Whether he's still being troubled by his back injury, I don't know.
Me too. I think Diame’s form has kept him out in the main.