sushimonster85

Aye, especially if we qualify for Europe. New UEFA rules say something along the lines of your squad costs (wages effectively) have to be less that 70% of your overall turnover. Last financials the other week had ours currently at 68%. Obviously Miggy has gone, and by next season likely Wilson, Trippier, Lasecelles and Targett. Plus our revenue should be higher, but we still will need to be careful.

Tend to agree. Think we will have a big/productive Summer, however I get the feeling the players we sign will only be known to the very hippest of hipsters. And none will be over 35m tops.

It does line up with the short termism that was apparently present before Mitchell got there. Feel like this is why, when Mitchell came in, he was very clear that in that window he was there to help facilitate plans the club already had in place. Really got the impression he wasn't on board with it.

If they're daft enough to spend it on Felix I'm not too worried.

Think this is very much the case. Think if we'd have signed Guehi, then not gotten CL we would've had to listen/accept offers for Isak, Bruno, Gordon etc before the end of June. Don't get me wrong, can still see offers coming in. But we should hopefully be in a much stronger position to knock back/say "sure, 150m and we can chat."

Now Howe has said this (again) at the press conference, how long before the first speculative link on Twitter/in here?

Lads, just stop it!

Think a lot of this will depend on their agent. I'm sure the club/Eddie will be drilling it into them. But ultimately these lads tend to (rightly or wrongly) trust their agent with this sort of stuff. If the agent wants a move he will skew their thinking that way however he/she can.

Aye, people are just driving themselves mental in here. They've been briefing the same message for months. No one in Jan, barring a big injury to a big player.

Have really reached Burnsie level of desperation?

Not really. Word is (and was back in the Summer) that signing Guehi would have meant a big departure at some point before the June 30th 2025 PSR deadline. We didn't get Guehi so we will never know, but if we had it could have left us more vunerable to bids for Isak, Bruno, Tonali, etc.

According to local journos we were never as high as even 80m, hovered around 60 before walking away. And as others have said, if we'd have done that deal we likely would have had to generate it back and then some before June 2025.

Yeah, said it all month, but the club have made it pretty clear we aren't signing anyone in Jan. The only slight caveat to that was always 'unless a key player gets a bad injury'. Yeah, Almiron is going and we look short. But Barnes and Wilson are both back pretty soon.

Haha wouldn't go that far. Summer is a different matter. I just feel bad for people every time I come in here theorising about this position or that position. The club have gotten it out there all month, and in the months leading up to Jan that, unless there was a majoy injury to one of the crown jewels, we would be saving ourselves for the Summer market. The days of "well of course they say that..." or 'smokescreens' are long gone. The notion of 'smokescreens' to begin with is just a bit daft.

We're not signing anyone in Jan.

We aren't signing anyone in Jan. We may move for him in the Summer if we end up in Europa or Conference. If we get CL we need someone who is ready to (in theory) start week and week out at a high level.

Cunha is a tremendous player, but as others have pointed out, we don't really play in a way that suits him. And the only position we have where he comes close to fitting in our current system would be on the left, which Gordon has nailed down. Mbuemo is still the ideal target for me. Though I think we only move for him in the Summer if we get CL.

Think that's what was meant. Isak has played himself into the bracket of players where there are only 2 or 3 clubs that could realistically sign him in the middle of a contract.

Definitely think this is more likely to happen first than the big six properly turning on each other. This and maybe another league starting to muscle in. La liga really should be doing better than it does commercially.

I mean if you want to look at that result in a total vacuum then go right ahead, I just think it's fucking daft.

It will be good to at least get some proof of life from the 'Howe out' people. Been getting worried.

You ok, Hun? Seriously though. Obviously it's a shocking display, but it's come on the back on an insane run. 0 need for this level of dummy spitting.

I actually think they may come up. If they do they will need to strengthen massively or they're going straight back down.

Aye, this. He isn't anywhere close to Wilson in terms of injuries. And I don't really understand people turning their nose up at DCL on a free. He isn't coming in to replace Isak. More as an option/plan B from the bench.

That very first Jan window aside, has Eddie ever said we are looking to make a few signings in any window?