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Fredericks reminds me of Yedlin quite a bit. Although I think Yedlin is ever so slightly better as he covers the backline pretty effectively when we're being countered on. Interested to see how he does there - they certainly needed pace as Zabaleta's legs have gone.

I think he'll go just because of Ashley. If there was a glimmer of hope that this club would progress I couldn't see him moving for anything than a proper European challenger. But while he watches our sorry excuse of a hierarchy let the best thing that's happened to this club in fifteen years in Rafa slip away, all whilst probably being happy enough to ship him out should they get a good enough offer, why would he stick around? What scares me more than anything is that I really do think Rafa and Lascelles' trust in one another is such that if one of them goes, the other will too. It will fuck this club back to the husk it had become before Rafa's arrival. And there's double the chance of it happening. Can't disagree with any of that tbf. We've no reason to believe Ashley won't be up to the same antics he's become prolific for here. The thought of the pair leaving is just too depressing for me to consider right now though, so I will do all I can to maintain an air of positivity regarding the situation, as once that's gone what do you really have left?

Yeah, not just him, but I reckon about 95% of these ITK stories vanish into nothingness a week or two after surfacing. I'll assume this is another of those for now, as I don't want to face up to the idea of the two biggest characters at the club leaving in one go - we would actually be fucked

For some reason I doubt Lascelles would be attracted to Everton over us. Liverpool or Arsenal for example, yes. Everton? I just can't see it. Might be blinded/naive through adulation for him though, there's always that.

To my knowledge - Slimani is the first player we've signed (loaned) under Ashley that has been on more than 30k at his club. I don't think we even look at players who are on more than that, regardless of their price/age etc.. With the astronomical increase in wages, we can pretty much forget about any popular names or players already established in England. 30k? Must be a quite a few, surely? Kenedy, Shelvey, Clark, Ritchie, Atsu. Some of those must have been on 30k at their former clubs? And they're names just off the top of my head.

Naa thats his brother Cain. Love a good Book of Genesis joke, me. Really good.

Aye true that. I'm sure he's been a good character to have around the squad, experienced player and seems like a sound bloke. That he is Spanish has also likely had a positive implications for Rafa, his team and the Spanish lads in the squad.

Isn't Abel Hernandez supposed to be going to Leeds?

Replacement hopefully He was brilliant for us last season, man. Transformed the team when he played. Don't get this opinion at all. He had a decent end to the season let’s not get carried away. He was also pretty awful for most of the championship season (finished that season strongly as well). More than happy for him to be in the squad of course but prefer not to see him start every week, we need an upgrade. I don't know man, without his goals in the Premier League last season we would have been in a relegation scrap - he was just as important to us as Diame/Shelvey/Lascelles. That cancels out any shortcomings in the Championship for me - and he was also very good in his other Premier League campaigns with us. I personally feel he gets underrated by our supporters quite a bit.

Replacement hopefully He was brilliant for us last season, man. Transformed the team when he played. Don't get this opinion at all.

Attack-minded CM, different to what we have. Also goes by the nickname "Ozzie" for those looking in terror at his name

Aye

Karpatalya v Tibet looks tasty like.

Big fans of the lad then I see...

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Real Madrid will be in for him surely.

Agreed. I can see him going to PSG at some point. Often thought that myself. It wouldn't be the biggest surprise in the world for me to see some form of a swap deal with Neymar going the other way, as unbelievable that may sound.

What the hell happened to this guy? Nout much, just a double leg break.

Plea would be good. Very similar player to King mind you.

Best case scenario really, signing a player already adored by the fanbase. We have definitely experienced two ends of the spectrum of loan deals in recent times.

I like King. Given his age & quality I think he's worth twice the amount of Dwight Gayle - whatever he's worth these days, obviously not the £15 million Fulham apparently bid, perhaps more like £10 million. I think we as a fan base have been conditioned a bit in terms of fees through years of bidding & spending very little. If King cost £20 million say, and Rafa wants him - I honestly couldn't give a fuck how much money it is, just pay it and get him, everyone else does.

Similar quality? I hope we sign someone who makes everyone completely forget about Mitro. Yeah I rate Mitrovic, I think we would do well to get someone of similar quality/potential but who Rafa could do more with.

Happy he's going somewhere decent. He will do really well I think - I just hope we sign a striker of similar quality who suits our system, otherwise we may end up looking rather silly when he easily outscores our strikers next season.

Wonder what he would cost? More or less than Kenedy? Anywhere between £15-25 million would be my guess. The fact he's English possibly adds £5m or so.

already scored for us. Indeed, won us silverware - a good omen.