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Ready for Conor Gallagher and Mcsauce? Jokes aside, I think we are due a bit of refresh, let’s hope whatever sacrifice we make is enough to push us to the next level.

I’ve read worst from them a lot of could shoulda woulda stuff (they name drop Mcsauce as someone we discussed internally ) Also discussed the prospect of us selling Bruno and Joelinton this summer to fund spending. Commercial deals to be announced soon supposedly (makes me wonder if we are actually over our FFP and we are going to leverage commercial deals to bring us back). and this summer will be busier than last.

Athletic have a piece up about our window for those that care to read it.

They weren’t taken seriously before Everton, also the Covid losses which they could include definitely kicked the can down the road. The rules now have teeth so obviously the behaviour has changed.

It’s not strange, the clubs who make the market and inject liquidity all aren’t allowed to due to FFP. money circulates and it has to be injected somewhere unfortunately the rules prevented that in this window. To be clear; it’s not a lack of money issue that has prevented spending this window, it’s the rules which means you blow the budget your getting points docked. Ultimately, if the contraction was to continue for multiple windows then yes, a lot of clubs would go bust but the situation will ease in the premier league after July 1st.

People who say the bubble will burst have been saying it since the formation of the premier league, they’ve been shown to be inaccurate thus far as revenue continues to grow.

The athletic podcast today is discussing this and it’s already full of inaccuracies The conflation between fairness and being able to afford is really don’t my head in and boy do the media love to push it. Fucking hell Ollie Kay is as thick as mince. The reason the likes of Villa might have to sell a Ramsey is because of FFP, of course they wouldn’t want but ultimately it’s the only way for them to push forward and not stagnate. Thickos like Kay always use the most extreme example which is Chelsea to push a narrative which unsurprisingly suites the largest teams.

Could be the transfer completes in the summer.

Yeah that isn’t much at all.

They aren’t really big spenders are they? They are one of those clubs who are happy just to be in the league. No FFP issues for such clubs.

None of the links to him since he turned us down have been concrete at all. I very much get the feeling the club were pissed off that our offer was leaked and he pissed us around. I think we’d rather go without than deal with that again.

Sure, but not up to the standards we need so no point. I think it’s quite clear we are right at our limit so we have to shift someone for money to get someone in.

Hmmm, that’s an interesting take. We didn’t see him player centrally at all last season though did we? Makes sense though; buying two first choice left wingers was a puzzling choice.

Unbelievable result, and a performance to boot. I can’t help but think we were a bit off against Fulham as we were preparing for this one instead. Eddie schooled Emery tonight, absolute masterclass.

Looked much more comfortable on the right of the midfield as well. thought he had a solid game,

Most clubs aren’t against FFP. It really benefits most of the league as it creates glass ceilings throughout the pyramid. In the same way spurs and Liverpool don’t want to compete with us, clubs like palace don’t want to compete with upstarts like first. Most owners want to run clubs as cheaply as possible.

The contract renewal has only just happened, even if Sky are minded to do something they can’t. It’s true Pay tv is a sunset industry at this point, but the premier league own the rights they sell to Sky, they can easily go it alone should they need to.

Yeah, people have mentioned this but I just don’t view it that way. SSN isn’t a money spinner imo, it’s the ridiculously priced subscriptions which are, a quiet window won’t change that i think. Also, this is temporary, once the rolling period ends we will see the market move again. Even if your right, and Sky are upset ultimately they don’t get a vote regarding the rules of the league so they will have to suck thumb.

Everyone is tightening the belt, the clubs that want to spend can’t because of FFP constraints. It’s hilarious the liquidity in the market has essentially dried up

I think we are at our FFP limit, and it seems we have to sell to buy, which we’ve been unable to do.

No need to get up at 4am for this me thinks.

People are going to be properly disappointed when they tighten FFP further

Need 14 votes to change the rule, who ya got?

Absolutely im not saying we will get Ramsey either but Ornstein has the best contacts in British football and I’m certain we’d be interested. that being said, I’m our business is pending peddling Miggy.