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Agree, they will be casting the net wide at first to see what comes back.

Chill kaka, we bought hall and it was heralded. Things are a bit more nuanced man.

I don’t think we could take 3 players from them and fill the void tbh.

I think other teams smell blood given our FFP situation. Legit better off taking points deductions than selling our jewels on the cheap.

Todd you really can’t afford it.

Disagree, at the time of that sale we still had Isak, Gordon, Big Joe and Little Joe who could play on the left. The pickings are a lot slimmer on the right.

I think it hinges on the legal action currently being taken, seems like a vote to loosen the rules is unlikely at this stage.

Now this is a sentiment I don’t share, I think everything is working as intending as far as the overall consensus is concerned, if anything they want and will be getting even tighter financial controls.

From all I’ve read the points deduction Everton got came as a shock to most of the league, it definitely feels like that moment was one which changed the entire league’s calculations. It’s very easy for us on the outside to comment and pick at things but I think being in the situation and having to make decisions certainly narrows the focus. I’m sure this is something we can all relate to as well.

European agents love using us to try and move players I wouldn’t put too much emphasis on it unless it comes from reliable sources over here.

The club certainly won’t be telling us about what they didn’t do, no club does so of course an element of conjecture is involved. personally, I wasn’t against Barnes signing, I think he’s a very good player, I’m not sure he’s what we needed last summer though.

Re Hall, we haven’t actually spent anything yet so that’s fine. if you wait for the right target to come along you basically never buy anyone, we aren’t really in a position to do that. Imagine if Olise was our right target we waited on for example? Given FFP we actually should be trying to trade aggressively so we can keep some headroom in hand.

Yes we do, we spent x on Barnes and didn’t spend x on a left back or right winger. If we go back a year most of this forum wanted those positions filled as a priority.

Don’t get me wrong, I see your point but ultimately buying Barnes left us short in over areas (obviously this isn’t Barnes fault himself). I think sometimes things are a bit more nuanced than goal contributions as well.

He’s barely played, I find it very difficult to judge if he’s been a good signing or not at this point. People will question Barnes in particular because the position wasn’t a priority and we’ve probably bought at the peak and he’s not the kind of player who will say double in value.

I guess we aren’t that marketed worldwide then (I had to google Weston as I’ve never heard of them ).

Had a quick peek in an adidas store on Johor Bahru (Malaysia) yesterday. Saw a few other elite bracket shirts but not ours.

I very much doubt it as it’s impossible to prove we weren’t. Minteh is a hot young prospect with multiple suitors and DCL is a player we’ve been linked with for awhile. @SUPERTOON I wonder if DCL’s demand were the block as he’s on his last year and might be looking for a big final payday elsewhere.

As much as I dislike myself for saying this but the proposed nature of the deal means inflated prices make sense for both parties.

That’s how I read what he said too. That being said as things stand the PL had no rules covering these kind of deals as fas as I’m aware.

Ornstein mentioned that the mooted deal was meant to be dcl @mid to high 30’s with Minteh at low to mid 30’s.

Daily mail link so not clicking but I imagine the state is picking up some of the bill.

I’m guessing we budgeted for some form of European football and having missed out we are in a bit of a pinch. That being said; if someone wants to give daft money for Minteh you have to take it. But of course those funds have to be deployed well.

We will be playing less games this season and I’m sure nobody wants to suffer another season of watching Almiron starting. We can still improve our first team and this should be the focus. Also, if Minteh is to be sold let’s make sure his position is improved. Absolutely nothing wrong with DCL and Kilman but as I said yesterday, I don’t want to hear the club crying about FFP when we keep shopping in waitrose for squad players at that.