Ankles Bennett

So Atlanta tell us to bid with a figure starting with a 3 i.e. $30m. So we bid $28m. Classic we tried but couldn't get it over the line !!!

This Rafa trying to convince fat man that we need to sign players in January.

Dyche will be reminding the Burnley players of how we rolled over at Man u after leading 2 nil.

it would breach the non disclosure agreement that was signed when undertaking due diligence. It prevents a company from spilling the beans about the clubs finances after they decide not to touch the club with a bargepole lol

Be nice if we could play shelvey in the role Ray Kennedy did for Liverpool with him playing behind Ki and Diame in almost a centre half position.

Not a single one of these so called football pundits has acknowledges how much money the fans have put into the club during Ashleys tenure.

It seems to me that having repeatedly pointed out that the team needed a prolific goalscorer during the summer, is Rafa now deliberately picking teams that highlight that deficiency in the team or is this what they call paranoia?

All this talk of no one wanting to buy the club while in danger of relegation makes me wonder where man city were in the league when sheik Masour bought them?

The good news is Ashley will lose £250m off the asking price when we go down. It will serve the greedy barsteward right especially if we don't come straight back up. He could have £250m in his back pocket but now he'll be lucky to get £100m.

The good news is when we go down we will have a proven championship goalscorer to in dwight gayle to help us to mount a promotion challenge.9

If Gayle carries on as he is and the Baggie's get promoted we might be able to match the mitro fee and take in another £27m with add ons.

When Rafa presented Charnley with his wish list of transfers he should have made it clear to Charnley that he start bidding for players at the top of the list. Seems to me that Charnley waited 2 months to make it seem we were chasing top of the list targets then a week before the window closed he started at bidding for players at the bottom of Rafas list.

So rondon, Ki, schar, and fernandez all joined from relegated teams. Muto from Mainz who avoided relegation by 3 points and we think they will help us avoid relegation. It's more like building a team for the Championship !!!

I wonder how close he will get to Newcastle before he turns around and head back to Swansea because we cant agree fee!!!

If rafa gets the boot I would love to see a virtually empty ground for the next home game #ifrafagoeswego!

Has nobody checked the planes destination?

It's as clear as day that Ashley has no intention of releasing transfer funds. What he wants is rafa tied to a long term contract with a release clause if another club country comes calling or rafa resigns. Once that contract is signed he will simply impose a sell before you buy rule but no purchases can exceed our existing transfer record of £17m. That means if we sell Mitrovic for £20m his replacement will not excede £17m and Ashley gets to trouser a minimum of £3m.

Yet anothet example of lazy journalism!! Winaldum cat get a guaranteed place in first team so they speculate that we might bring him back. Same with Townsend but at least he didn't go missing in away games!!!

It seems to me that Ashley won't spend big because he wants the books to balance with no outsanding debt in order to make the club an attractive prospect to any potential buyer. Trouble is the fat git seems to think that makes the club worth more than potential buyers are prepared to pay.

He was average at best. He was far from average he almost single handed kept us in the epl.

£15m for a 29 year old, that's a cracking deal in my view.

Even if we did get Rashford on loan it would only be until Jan. Man u will want him available for the run in just in case lukaku gets injured.

Got to keep Mitro on our books until after WC. His value could increase significantly if he has a good WC. I9 8

As far as I'm concerned Rafa is as good ad gone. One year left on his contract with £6m buy out clause and making demands for control over transfers and a demand for a sizeable transfer budget is a no brainer for Ashley. Cash in by allowing Rafa to join w ham and appoint parsnip again just to piss us off again.

Southgate will go with steady and reliable rather than match winners with flair so that's Shelvey well and truly binned.