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Neither do the PFA and rightfully so. half baked poorly thought out idea.

Anchoring not happening.

The anchoring doesn’t help us at all, not until we reach parity which I don’t think we will ever be able to. If you look at the so called big 6 clubs our model closely matches Liverpool but they dwarf us in all aspects, we are half the size of them financially and I don’t see how we bridge that gap.

I mean caught as in, clubs like ours being able to bridge the gap with clubs like Madrid.

Yeah, if that to be honest. As I’ve pointed out previously in order to catch those more established clubs we need to better the commercial deals they strike which isn’t feasible as why would someone sponsor us when they can sponsor a Liverpool? Don’t get me wrong, we may have some successful seasons like the one where we finished fourth but sustained success will be extremely difficult.

They aren’t changing in our favour, the new rules will make it even harder as owners are not able to offset anything with equity. You have a hard spending to revenue cap of 70-85% and that’s it. IF related party transaction rules remain in place then we basically need to Eddie to perform miracles every year in order to progress.

Can anyone think of any examples where succession planning for keepers has worked? It’s one of those positions where you just get the best you can and stick with it. Im not sure splurging 25n on Trafford is the play at this point with that in mind.

This reminds of Barca buying Bruno

Not sure who we could get money for before that deadline other than someone we really don’t want to flog.

It’s ok guys! Madrid will be caught because we didn’t impose arbitrary spending limits on clubs… oh wait.

He won’t but the rules are pretty clear. Nothing to stop him going for that amount as it wouldn’t be a related party transaction.

It doesn’t I’m afraid and remember the rule was tightened so you actually have to prove it’s market value now and no the PL prove it.

Fair market value only applies to related party transactions. If the saudis were to pay those daft sums then that would be the market price, laughable I know.

So many 🤡 these days. let’s be generous, so Philiips is 20m and Bobb for a year let’s say 5m. They would still need to stump up 75m.

Gutted we missed out but if we offered him 100k per week that’s more than fair, in fact it’s pretty generous imo. Ultimately, it’s difficult to compete with clubs who lash 1b in such a short period of time when we are restricted due to stupid rules.

Some mental takes ok here like, why would he not sign for Chelsea over us? It’s an absolute no brainer if you put yourself in his shoes.

They do, don’t believe the nonsense which gets put out.

I’m not sure but even if it is, it’s less than Isak. I could be wrong but I think we do gain some FFP space after 1/7.

He’s got a clause so I don’t think it’s a question of affordability, but I do think his recent form has increased the demand in him.

Absolutely radio silence of the feasibility study with no leaks in sight is interesting. Anything to read into the silence?

We absolutely scammed Adidas, they are mad to pay 40m per year given where we are at present.

Bring him in to implement a data led/hybrid approach, I believe Dougie is hybrid but as you mentioned Brentford are more data based.

Still shocked we haven’t made an approach for Giles. Given they were after Dougie he seems like the perfect fit.

And it looks like a kitchen counter top.

We all know who this must be like.