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Needs to go while we can still get something for him. Getting the feeling if Howe has his way we'll be seeing a 54 year old Trippier playing one twos with a 50 year old Almiron in the future.

23 goals and 6(!) assists for a winger in five and a half Premier league seasons tells the story. Love him as a person but as a player he's just not good enough if we want to be challenging.

Fire away then

Worrying

You don't know fash.

The timing could be a sign we're about to make some large investments. It would make sense for her to get out before that happened to prevent her share being diluted too far and losing value.

If we're having to skirt around PSR then buying English players from the PL is the stupidest thing we could do.

I think you're allowed to employ as many non-British as you like (work permits etc permitting) but the rules of the game are you're only allowed to play a certain number. Gets round it because strictly speaking there's no limit on who you can employ, just who you can play.

What's the point of that? Might as well just have the one independent bloke.

'Why don't the pandas just eat something else?'

Freddie Cheezo at £21m is an absolute no brainer. Sell Almiron and we've covered most of the fee leaving us free to pick up another young RW and have decent depth in that position.

Can you find another term to use? That word is not cool.

Main thing for us is to keep clearing out the players with no future here. Lewis, Hayden, Fraser etc we'll have to just let go to whoever will take them. Almiron, Wilson, Trippier, Lascelles try and sell for money. Going forward we'll have a squad of players that people might actually want to buy so we can trade our way out of any PSR issues. We've started from nothing and we're just getting near the point of operaing like a normal football club.

It's not because half the time Wilson is injured so you end up with Gordon or A.N. Other up front.

That's not a bad shout, actually. If Man City get the associated party transactions rules thrown out then it leaves us a LOT more options for those sponsorships we haven't made use of yet. If Man City lose then we just go ahead and do it the normal way.

It's not like the rain in the UK 'Vertical river' is generally an apt description.

BRING ME FREDDIE CHEEZO

I'd hedge your bets on that one, I have a feeling the gardening jokes are going to be blooming.

Ever seen an overs market like this after 34 minutes?

Good interview. Seems like a grounded, intelligent, down to earth fella. Think he'll be a good signing to work with our group of keepers on the training field.

This feels like another sliding doors moment in our takeover saga. Just like putting that amazing run together when we were dead and buried, avoiding relegation and keeping the dream alive. If we'd have gone down then we would be looking at a very different situation right now. If we'd have got a points deduction neutering us for next season or lost Isak or Bruno due to PSR then our trajectory would be very different to what we're looking at now.

Not gonna lie, this is fucking hilarious