DoricGinola

Commentary team are unbearable

Hope that's not too bad for Sandro

Silly silly boy

Massive, massive arsehole

Re. the Sweden manager bumping his gums about the whole story. Whilst it's true, it's pretty unlikely to be anything other than a gentleman's agreement given his agent and Liverpool would have already leaked it; anything to paint us in a bad light.

Seen the Gallagher brothers last night. Got far too excited

Naw, I fucked it

Wasn't he handling this personally? Edit: Yasir - still pished

I think Isak stays, unless Liverpool break the bank, regardless of how it effects the player and his value, or the team. Yasir will be out to prove a point IMO, especially given the behaviour or Isak's agent and Liverpool. He's probably taken it personally. Whilst I'm disappointed to losing Isak in the squad I'd be quite glad for the club to stand up to the chancing cants.

Got to trust Howe given his record

The more I see PIF enabling the cartel in these Saudi deals the more I think they aren't serious about us.

Would like the club to put some resources into challenging PSR; a barrier to progression and trade. I wonder whether PIF are awaiting the Man City outcome to determine their next steps.

We're at the point where we could be raising funds via some kind of 'fluffer' fee. Want us to flush out interest for one of your players? Drive up a transfer fee? Give us a call on 0800 MAGS

Its not just this bid, the whole place is rudderless

I don't think guy is worth the money TBH. I hate how our club is being run at the moment.

Isn't a now striker? For €80m??

Strengthens our hand, so I would imagine not

I've thought for a while that agents' conduct need tighter regulation; especially the amount of cash that gets thrown around now in transfers and contracts. Pulls money out the game and drives player power. Very definition of the wild west; pretty attractive to organised crime rackets.

Oh well. Thanks for the goals, Alex. Now, off you fuck

4 million loan fee Must be more to this than meets the eye

The thing that boils my brain is why PIF haven't exhausted absolutely everything when it comes to revenue. When were so strapped around PSR rules why after 4 years have we no stadium, training ground, training kit sponsors, for example?

What a shit-show, man.

Don't blame him for looking for a big contract - one of the best out there at the moment and we as a club need to match his ambition. The wage ceiling is just a symptom of where we are at as a club (PIF being another debate altogether). If we're looking to point fingers I'd personally look no further than Richard Masters and his merry fucking cabal.

Not worth it IMO

Fair. IMO, we need a Sporting Director and everything falling in line behind them. I love Howe but the cult of personality approach in that he runs everything just doesn't work nowadays. He can't do absolutely everything. We need a long term vision, at this moment all I can see is a club existing from one season to the next; hoping for the best. Hope we're in a much better position re recruitment come 1st Sept - I'm sceptical.