Dr Jinx

Tin foil hat here but the more I think of it, the more the Gibbs-White story seems to be a goer. Ordinarily, he’d be going for a lot more than what were rumoured to be bidding and any number of clubs could be in for him at a higher fee.. so why deal with us? That Chris Wood fee, or what they owe us for it could be the difference between being in or out of the FFP limit. So say we revisit that deal and restructure it. There’s the incentive, staying in the premier league is worth a hell of a lot more than getting an extra 20 million for a top prospect after you’ve been relegated. (Or a sale that only counts for next years accounts) The FFP dilemma is a two way street of course and we’re close to the limit, but maybe enough wiggle room to write off what’s owed on that particular deal? Getting the premier league to re-evaluate Forests accounts would probably be tough though and that’s where NDM comes in?

Having that Sports Direct tat finally taken down was such a moment to savour.

Established players like Anthony Gordon, Bruno G, Botman etc were eased in over a longish period of time. Hall who has premier league experience can’t get a sniff. This kid better get used to the idea of a crab like movement right into our reserves.

He'll never get another job in football. Unless he’s figured out how to monetize being a right wing bigot, he’ll be living on welfare within the decade.

That’s my point, we don’t. The club shouldn’t, those cunty clubs around us will though which is why we should start taking the piss a bit. If we demand 40m and “whoever” is controlling the purse strings over there doesn’t mind moving money about, fuck it..

I know Al-Shabab are not one of the four but they’re a club who play the poor mouth.. to say there isn’t state money flowing in to afford 20+ million pound bids for players is fanciful.

If the club are looking for 30m or more, what’s another 5? Maxi was 28m and we got robbed.. Miggy is basically on a par in terms of output. It's PIF money in any case. Any fee that will be agreed will solely be for keeping up appearances. Which we’ve done already.

We should be taking the piss with this one. Worse players have gone there for less money. 35-40m would do nicely and may prevent the need for any other outgoings.

Gibbs-White is a decent prospect but he’s not what we need right now.. like he’s not going to prevent teams from playing right through us. We need a proper DM as total priority.

Do the value of the shares stay the same as the purchase price off Mike Ashley? Or go up as the value of the club has increased?

Really didn’t expect this window to be “breaking up the band” - it would seem like good business if we get over 20m for him but there’s a lot of assumptions that we’re going to upgrade. This summer will be this summer but there’s a possibility we sign fuck all this month. Perhaps FFP margins are worse than we think and these sales are to ensure we stay on the right side of a points deduction?

Nah, they’re just class players with massive resale potential. Well perhaps not Tino as we paid big for him, unless he becomes a Bale and adds goals to his game. (It’s a possibility) Don’t think selling these any time soon is on the agenda in any case. Certain young players will be the bedrock of the side going forward (Botman, Isak, Gordon, Tino, Tonali)

I see it as more of a safe space, getting someone in you know you can communicate your ideas to clearly and swiftly. The issue is, British managers with the exception of Alex Ferguson have won fuck all. They put too much faith in what they see as familiar. Howe bought plenty of British players at Bournemouth and got them relegated. He’s having a difficult time this season and the names of players linked are mostly English. I don’t think Howe should be identifying targets, he should be approving from a list that Nickson/Ashworth provides.

It’s fucked, like they’re a hard club to turn down because almost guaranteed success. But we don’t have to sell, and Trippier may not mind staying either but if that does turn out to be the case, how unsettled is he going to be? But let’s look at the obvious, no official bids come in for a player unless the back channeling has happened first and a player has indicated they want to go. Trippier wants out for whatever reason so we should just get on with it. No player is bigger than the club. But it’s worrying that basically our club captain in all but official title wants out, it raises concerns about how things are going behind the scenes.

No mention of a fee, was there one or were we just happy to get the wages off the books?

Whilst there’s an argument that Barnes injury was a freak, he also missed some substantial time 2 seasons before. It can’t be a total shock that he’s taken so long to heal. (Was a knee injury before where he missed more time but less games)

Would rather he stayed but I reckon if the club got offered anything over 25m and they’d listen to offers.

Yep, it’s disappointing that Tripps wants out but he’s helped raise the profile of the club. We need some leaders to step into that void because his influence is massive on the pitch. If Wilson leaves I wouldn’t be massively disappointed, he’s injury prone and misses as much as he plays. Needs a run of games to get sharp too which is hard when you have someone like Isak playing. As Eales mentioned, selling someone for 50 million opens up a chance where you could spend 50m on 4 or 5 different players so there could well be a bit of a spree at the end of the window.

Our medical team

Realistically it would be a chance for him to win some Silverware before he retires. It probably won’t happen here in that time frame. If they really want him, let them pay over the top for him. Don’t recall Bayern ever doing us any favours.

How much do you get for a 33 year old striker? To Saudi, I think we get back 20m.. anywhere else and it’s 10ish.

Caulkin was riding a wave of popularity around the time leading up to the takeover and then after seemed to just step back but in hindsight it was clever, he’s one of the few who have never pissed off the fan base and just stuck to reporting on verified info and not getting clicks by spreading doom or horse shite. As The Athletic are behind a paywall, I don’t think he has as much pressure on him to generate clicks. The others are a bunch of charlatans.

Oh football in general is such a scam.. imagine having a job where you do so shit you get fired and your employer has to pay your salary for a few years. Steve Bruce absolutely loves being sacked.. in fact he’d get sacked from every club in the world if he had a chance.

Good post, I hadn’t realised that revenue would be so low. It’s almost not worth it for the division in opinions over the whole thing. It may seem like a catch 22 with out FFP predicament but getting one of those famous names currently based in Saudi could be a big earner for us. How many shirt sales is Ronaldo shifting these days? We need a massive injection that doesn’t involve selling the Crown Jewels.

Limited as a player but he played at that limit for the vast majority of his appearances in the black and white. Can’t be too negative on him for that. You pay peanuts, you get monkeys.. which was mostly the case during Mike Ashley’s tenure. Best of luck to him.