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After some YouTube scouting, his feet look a little too big.

Lmao. We spent more on Joelinton under Ashley. All that has changed is our ambition.

With that structure still in place I'd have been happy with Chris Wood 😂

Jeezing ma teets off

Almost came out of nowhere this one. It was all Dan Burn or tenuous LB or ST links.

Absolutely buzzing for this. Very smart and sensible transfer. There was talk before the window of the owners wanting a 'name' or a marquee signing, but I would take this every time over a 'down on his luck' hazard or ramsey any day of the week... an up and coming young playmaker? Let's go.

Ridiculous considering she's the type to deal with the Saudis no questions asked.

I'm trying to keep myself grounded to be honest - just in case it doesn't go to plan!

Nowt wrong with an opinion, but I wouldn't be 100% sure that we're going to be the next man city. Much better to temper expectation and be surprised right?

I agree, I really hope we get this one. If the player changes his mind that's understandable.

If what has been speculated is correct, and we're looking at structuring deals to account for FFP, and spend more later etc. This is the one signing where this should be disregarded, seemingly the most important player we can bring in for both staying up and looking towards the future. This is the player where we should be spending the full amount up front. If this breaks down due to 5 mil less (for example) than what Lyon want, or they're not happy with the structure, I will be disappointed with this, moreso than the Carlos deal as this feels like the ball is in our court to get this done.

We'll wait for the conclusions of Sue Gray's investigation first.

Just buy Burnley and get relegated twice.

Having watched a lot of sky sports news recently, it's unfortunate that the consensus amongst pundits is that "we" as fans genuinely expected world class talent this window. It annoys me to no end as most rational supporters either didn't believe this or were tongue in cheek when saying so.

I dislike Solhekol since the super league news, he was acting enraged at first, then once a couple clubs pulled out he was sympathetic and seemingly trying to brush it under the rug. Of course this could all be producer direction but seeing his opinion change over the course of 24 hours stank.

Actually relieved to see this news, even if it's a little underwhelming.

As much as I would want to see it fail, I have a feeling he'll take them over, stabilise them, then sell for profit, and be heralded as a hero for them. Then onto the next.

Maybe he could turn into the Fat Sam of owners.

Would rather gayle up top than werner

I think they're trying to be pragmatic in that there's the real possibility we're going down, if we can bring in decent players that may keep us up or at least perform well enough to get us back up at the first time of asking then FFP won't have taken as much of a hit. Then we can spend more once we know what division we're in next year, with a more stable position.

Arsenal should've had at least one penalty in the first half tbf.

I have a feeling they won't go through with reverting the styling.

Yeah I agree, sadly it is the way the game is going / has gone generally. We're not a special case as much as I would like us to be.

I would prefer if there was no replacement signage. However, I did expect that after Ashley utilised the stadium for SD signs, there would be replacements by new sponsors, that ad space in itself is an advertisement for potential new owners to exploit and must've been part of the appeal of purchasing the club. Also, when/if these new "market value" sponsorship rules come in, the ownership would need to maximise what is available for sponsorship. Reducing to shirt only sponsorship for example would prevent receipt of the largest "market value" sponsorship deals. I just hope the stadium isn't renamed.

Absolutely doing poo in my pants right now.