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Im still not expecting anything until July. Most players are now either at the CWC or on holiday. Especially as the international break has ended.

We have absolutely no need for Grealish. Not much more to analyse than that imo.

I always took the no dickheads rule to mean nobody who will come in and upset the apple cart. It's why Gordon got the talk after throwing his toys in his first season.

In other surprising news, Duran is unsettled in Saudi. I'm glad whoever is controlling the coffers at those clubs in the pro league aren't responsible for spending money on our behalf

Which is a good thing.

The Singapore national library is awesome.

Yes but you can actually see why we did it. Now can you see why Chelsea bought Felix?

Absolutely nothing dodgy about buying Felix and consigning him directly to the bin.

It would be yes, of course they aren't screaming to the media they would love to get rid but think of it this way. Who here would rather sell Longstaff this summer or let him walk away for zero in 12 months time?

Your point about Guehi kinda proves my point, they wanted 70m for him last summer and the price according to you is about half that? That to me is pretty desperate.

You think Parish will be happy for him to sit and not sign a new deal and lose him for nothing?

Of course he is, the moral leaders in the Liver tower are doing the right thing in keeping football just! They loathe the modern game and the inflated fees and wages paid and expressly do not participate in such activities. They back every man who pulls on the red shirt, no ifs but or maybes! All hail the the world's most righteous and just team.

That depends. Our revenue are growing so his cost as a % of our revenue is decreasing as well. Also the longer keep hold of him the lower the loss we actually take on him is. If we want him off the books, the best time to do it is when we have additional head room to spend so probably not this FY.

Guesswork and listening to the various reports.

That is my initial thoughts as well but I'll piss the bed after the window closes to save some potential embarrassment.

All the stories suggest no, but this would be a poor decision imo.

Please post the source for this.

I'm guessing we have between 120-150m to spend before sales. That gets you Trafford Elanga and Jao Pedro. Is that enough? Personally I don't think it improves the first 11 to be enough. We have what sounds like a lot of money but in this market it's not actually that much.

You sure that's u23 and not u9's?

I think players look at the package as a while and not just the sporting side. It's a short career and they need to maximise what they earn. Plenty of players who can improve us, I don't think that's the issue, but how many players can improve that are both young, with room to grow and affordable? The pool shrinks and those said players are the ones our competitors want as well for the same reasons. It's also why what Chelsea are doing is interesting and obviously grotesque. Think about how they've basically done everything wrong (some horrible signings, no long term strategy, scattergun approach, heavy overpays and poor managerial appointment) yet they still finished above us. You may also note how they are linked to practically every player we are.

I actually don't think the media have it wrong in this case. Now don't get me wrong the prices quoted shouldn't be described as a "Saudi tax" as it's both wrong and completely unfair. As I said in my above post, it just pure market dynamics.

I mean, the club is right in a way. The prices quoted for a lot of players are ridiculous but this is because of market dynamics. Unfortunately what Psr has created is convergence every club is targeting the exact same profile (young with room to improve and who's resale value can be enhanced). Obviously this kind of thing pushes us down the pecking order because despite what we are doing, we are probably the 5th most attractive club to join and when you factor wages maybe the 7th most attractive and that's just in England. It's extremely difficult and we don't have many options.

From the Athletic article it seems we aren't interested in paying what we deem inflated price. I think it's going to be a long summer

No, they won't be under pressure to sell.