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We’ve missed out on so many of our supposed ‘targets’ this summer with all the PSR trash. Would’ve been interesting to see who we would’ve gone for if there were less financial worries at play

I love the way the lad moves across the pitch and his passing range is also top quality. Reminds me a bit of Xabi Alonso with his vision and style of pass

Yeah his reaction when on the ground talking to the physio and when he walked off said to me that he thought it was serious

That’s such a terrible take, I don’t know how to respond

Thought he made a big impact there for us. I also really appreciated that he went on the outside a bit instead of just cutting back on his right foot

Agreed. Thought he defended pretty well considering who he was up against and we couldn’t keep the ball after the first 25 minutes

I wonder how much Antoine Semenyo would cost us. I really enjoy watching him play and he always gives us huge problems I think he’d be a perfect fit for the right side with his pace and trickery. We also play similarly to Bournemouth so there’s some tactical alignment there.

You’d be annoyed if you’re Barnes when Joelinton is playing left of a midfield four

I agree with what you’re saying, but did he really lose the captaincy. Lascelles has always been captain and Tripper was a stand in. We’ve just moved the on field captaincy to a player that will actually play every week

I just can’t see him wanting to play for Everton even with all the links that have been mentioned

At a guess, I’d say between £40m and £50m. The fee for Guehi is wildly inflated and £50m for a defender is a great deal for many clubs

It’s such a horrible time for football transfers these days. Everyone has money and can turn down astronomical sums that pre-2020 would seem absolutely crazy. If palace want over £70m for him then imagine how much somebody that’s truly elite would cost. I was joking recently that we wouldn’t accept £120m for Isak and the people I was with laughed at me. I actually think I was £50m short of the fee

I still think that we win the league this year even without any more signings. I may change my opinion after the first shocking away performance that we all complain about and blame no new RW or RCB, but right now I’m quietly confident….

Yeah it’s very strange, but they’re clearly finding workarounds to some rules, have far bigger revenue streams and simply sell academy players for huge sums of money

And we shouldn’t. I really don’t understand the hype around him based on what seem like five decent games at the Euros. Yes, he’s talented and I’d love him here because I think he would grow with us, but the money being talked about just feels wrong to me. I guess that’s the problem with buying from a PL team, everyone has money and thinks every talented player is a superstar

But you need to have consistent success on the pitch to be able to attract the sponsors that the others have. I’m not too worried about the gap at the moment as it was always going to be a long term project given the financial rules that are in place now. The infrastructure behind the team is what I’m looking forward to seeing develop at pace. We need to do something with the training ground and stadium and that can happen regardless of commercial revenue matching the 6 clubs ahead of us

I can really see this one happening given the strong working relationship we seem to have with Chelsea

Nothing will be said about this and things will move on - that’s way this stuff works

I’d be all for selling a £20m player for £50m after a year

That December / January period when we had no players to rotate really killed the season. If the injuries weren’t so bad, we could be talking about a completely different season

I love the way he gets a shot off at goal in tight situations. The winning goal against West Ham was a great example of what he adds with the quick fire finishing

That’s harsh on Rice. He’s really underrated as an England player it seems. He had to cover the entire midfield with no real help from Mainoo. But point taken, I think we need someone of Zubimendi’s quality to sit in there for us

Yeah there has to be something off there. He got four minutes of football the whole tournament which is just outrageous when the team was so shite

This is why this whole PSR is just a shambles. A club that’s being run properly with huge and secure backing behind it is being forced to sell players to meet some arbitrary deadline. This thing just really stinks and I can’t understand how every club stands for it. I’ve never wanted unlimited spending and still don’t want it. We just need a fairer way to ensure that all clubs can invest the same amount and not be tied to commercial performance. If you have owners that will make up the difference every year then this should be allowed