BennyBlanco

Maddison would be an absolute dream of a signing. Sub-question - do any of you think we are purposely targeting English talent over foreign imports or is it just coincidence that the lions share of the signings have all been English?

Im suprised that you think this will have come as a shock to the hedge fund that provided them the funds. I’d imagine that there are break clauses and all sorts written into the deal. In fact it probably, if anything, has done more to kill off their ESL dreams. If they suddenly crash out of La Liga I’d imagine that they’d owe a significant amount of money to the hedge fund that’s given em the dosh for the rights.

Not having that at all

Aaron Ramsey has just had his contract mutually terminated. He’d still do a job for us.

I’ve a sneaking suspicion that he might be a tad guilty of telling a pork pie there. . . .

I don’t agree with the whole “we aren’t attractive” narrative. We can clearly sell them a bright future now whereas before we couldn’t, we’ve got a huge stadium and also a a passionate fan base unlike any other in the league. I’d argue that we are a more attractive option than say Aston Villa and they’ve done alright with the calibre of play they are signing.

Always bought him on FM expecting big things. Always ended up selling him to Villa or Fulham??‍♂️

I prefer Costello?

Any man who’s chief representative is called Elvis is not the one for me. Move on.

Someone will eventually cough up the price though and that’s the problem. We ain’t the only rich ticket in town.

Also guilty of this. First thing I check on break before Twitter etc.

I can’t help but think we’ve boxed ourselves into a bit of a corner with the old “we’re not THAT rich” schtick. The moment they decide that a player eg Paqueta is worth the going rate and to buy before anyone else does - the flood gates are open and the prices all shoot up. On the other hand we can’t just keep fucking clubs off after they’ve given their initial price which is always bound to be fucking daft.

Who?

Traore is just Ryan Fraser with a better gym membership. No thanks.

I honestly don’t think there is a “budget” per se. I think there’s a rational approach that this team needs to get better and there’s the facilities in place to make this happen where players can be convinced to make the jump. Edwards has already made a few spectacularly wrong calls when it comes to the finance side of how the owners are going to operate.

We’ve already had a great window in comparison to the last 13 years! If we don’t get a striker this year we’ll get one next year. Personally I think we need another wide man first. Let Wilson see what he can do with a manager who actually seems to understand what a proper pre-season/fitness regime should look like!

Totally agree with this. He looked a totally different player. With his range of passing and better players around him I think he can definitely still play a decent role next year.

I think we’ve had a very very good window with someone like Isak. I think we’ve had a decent one without him tbf.

He won’t play 20 games for them.

I’ve said it for ages but Real Madrid fans are the absolute worst of the worst. Arrogant bastards to a man.

Pardon?

He’d add a bit of bite going forward but I kinda had my heart set on Diaby. Look at us though, getting picky over which £35m+ signing we’d like. I am absolutely here for all of this?

Stinks of Sissoko v2.0

Seems to bag a fair old bit.

Gabriel Barbosa getting a few mentions again this morning. Would love to see him here tbf.