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Was making the case for that, just for the one season, until recently but it just seems like he's crossed the line into not being able to be rehabilitated now.

He was the one I was resigned to losing had we missed out on the CL, that he's been a totally unnecessary prick about it just makes it easier if anything despite having not missed out.

Feels like Isak money this summer now, rather than banked Isak money from next summer

That's the one.

Beasant went to Italia '90 a year after being a total joke with us, the stand-out worst for many in an era where we didn't have any keeper you'd say was good, so Harper is easily feasible in that context.

So was David James.

From the very little highlight form I've seen of Rudoni he's tidy, great goal against somebody, as a backup like that lad from Sheffield United we were linked with fair enough. Tall lad, Scandinavian. But, on reflection, what became of him.

If Sesko goes to Man United and Isak Liverpool (though I realise the latter doesn't happen if the former does), apart from paid retirement in Saudi/America the elite will basically have every major player between them. These rules have given the elite everything they could want. Its a total stitch up and people have gone along with it because of the 'for the good of the game' cover story. And it will only get worse with their advantages further and further cemented.

We don't get Sesko, Liverpool don't get Isak. Were going to end up with at least one surely to goodness.

What tournament did Guivarch perform well in? Only went to one and got peddled after one game iirc.

We cant cheat or get to spend a fortune setting up a solid base like either of them before these rules. Catching them would take a decline on their part as well which is as legislated against as our growth is. Man City spent the best part of £200m the window prior to Mancini in 2010 money, over £120m the year before that and that followed Shinawatra not exactly being frugal beforehand were starting from being bereft. If the investment we've had followed anything but Ashley it may well be different.

It shouldn't. A player is worth what he's worth. This time next year with a years worth of contract having ticked over £120-£130m might do it but now his value is at least £150m.

Exactly it. Its guaranteed money for Isak next summer that will more than cover Sesko so it wont not happen for financial reasons

Liverpool also may not be champions this time next year and whoever is may be interested and that bit more tempting. Would take him going to Chelsea after all of this. At least their club and fans have always known they're c(nts.

aye, even if just for one year that still stands for me, puts a different complexion on things. Then Isak money next summer to cover any outlay this and some next, would be really making the most out of a bad situation

Knowing Isak is going and Isak money coming, pairing them (or someone other than Sesko) for a year knowing the money will be replenished and then some anyway is the best result.

The least thing that's supposed to happen is you offer what the player is worth, often more to get a deal done. Of course in the era of 'profit and sustainability' and 'financial fair play' it was worth a try from a designated elite having a go unsettling a player from one of the designated farms and offering well below his market value.

Preventing things like that (though it was never explained how, as it made no sense, to pass otherwise blatantly elitist anti-competitive rules) was the only thing it had going for it. All it has left is protetcing the elite of the day and that's all it ever was.

This is how transfer windows are going to be indefinitely I fear. Cant see a reason why anything would change, get worse if anything in favour of the cartel. That's absolutely depressing like. It'll be years before enough people cotton on to how shit that is.

Offer of a dream/project before PSR snuffed it out.

I must be paranoid too because that wouldn't surprise me one bit if it happened. We've basically had rules rewritten to stop us from challenging so not sure paranoid can ever come into it now.

Would rather have people out of the blue hitherto unlinked and take my chances than any of the links floating around at the moment. Better the devil you don't know, least one might be a hidden gem.

Basically yeah I think so. Selling a promising exciting project to players and offering the same money is what's always turned heads before and that's pretty much gone now, players at least will doubt whether it can happen in the current climate re the rules.

We've offset that by punishing clubs who don't and never would have had those debts, that'll teach them

The whole grow your club organically arguement is just a way to make their elitism seem less elitist. Just completely contrary to all reality. The only variation since the 80s in the top clubs is because Man City and Chelsea were allowed to do exactly the opposite. No club on the outside since Forest and Brian Clough has been able to consistently challenge at the top and for trophies and nobody without money at all since money became a bigger factor in the 80s. Incidentally pushed for most by Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United and Spurs for many of the same reasons as PSR - to deal with clubs they deemed beneath having the nerve to finish above them challenge them and take some of the trophies. You cant grow certain parameters without success, you can no longer have success without spending money because the clubs ahead of you have spent tons of it for 40years.