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I'm actually glad they're using this random queue system. At least means I'll know straight away from my queue number just how fucked I am.

Think it's safe to go have tea. If it hasn't been announced by now I don't think it will be done till tomorrow morning.

Happy Botman day lads & lasses, thought this might never happen.

Now Ashworth is here I actually think its a much tighter ship in terms of stuff getting out. The Botman and Ekitike stuff precedes him. After you had Pope, who there was an initial rumour about a week or so before he signed, then nothing till it was pretty much a done deal and he was up for a medical. I would keep you eye on someone like (Thorgan) Hazard. Small rumour he was on a list last week. Wouldn't be shocked if there was very little else then suddenly he is on his way over for a medical.

Likely already got that agreed with his agent.

There's still over 2 months left till the window closes....

I have lost all track on if its £37m they're wanting, or 37m euros. If it's 37m euros, surely 36 would get it done.

Yeah, don't know for sure but you'd have to imagine one of the criteria for the plan b's is 'can be done quickly'.

I imagine he stays at Brentford, believe he it's been mentioned he would ideally like to stay in London.

Also, it's not like France have a shortage of wide pacey forwards who fancy a dribble.

Sounds like one of those 'updates' where they just say the same thing that's been out there for a few days now, just in a slightly different way.

Think the issue with Ndicka will be as soon as one team activates the clause, a bunch of them will. I imagine we (and several others) have already enquired as to if he would want to come here, as realistically he is going to have his choice of a fair few clubs.

Now, I would always argue the case that the 'Dubz is way better than Henderson' take was our collective bias towards Dubravka being a legend. Don't feel the same way about Pope. Very little between Dubravka and Pope.

Haha just the extra odd 20m.

Aye, if you take a look on the main West Ham forum they all seem to take his word as gospel.

This Aguerd talk is start to pick up steam with West Ham ITK accounts as well. Likely they're about as informed as Burnsie/Casey is, but does at least seem to be something going on.

See some Spanish outlets linking us to Kounde through the night. Feels like a link based purely on 'Newcastle clearly want a CB and can afford him.'

I think that position isn't seen as the giant priority others (striker, RW, CB) are. Therefore they'd be happy to bring Eriksen in on a free, but don't want to commit the huge chunk of budget it would cost for Paqueta just yet.

Didn't fancy her anyway....

I actually think in terms of sources inside the consortium it's actually Caulkin who has the best links. Problem being he likely doesn't want to lose those sources, so tends to only tweet on transfer stuff when its all but done. Or passes stuff along to Waugh.

I miss being a kid in the 90's. Lack of proper internet and, y'kna, being 9-12 meant that one day I just woke up and we had signed Ginola or Ferdinand. Lived in blissful ignorance till it was actually done. Feel like the first transfer 'saga' I vaguely remember being aware of was Shearer.

I do think it's been eye-opening seeing how Italian (but especially Milan based) media essentially acts as propaganda for it's clubs when it comes to transfer battles like these.

I'm sure they will brute force the CL eventually, but they're the perfect example of how not to do it.

To be fair to City, if you discount those early days when they went a bit mental (comparatively), they have been pretty shrewd in recent times. Before Grelish their transfer record was the £68m they spend on De Bruyne back in 2015. Grelish aside, they have always tended to operate in the £50-£70m range for players, and usually for players on the up, rather than at the top ready to start declining. It's PSG that pull the truly mental shit.

It may inadvertently buy Milan a little more time.