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I don't think this is entirely true, there's plenty of examples of clubs not making their biggest signing of the Summer till the final few days of the window. Even us a couple years ago with Isak. I know that was spurred on by Wilson getting injured, but even before that when it was looking like Pedro it wasn't going to happen till towards the very end of the window. The lack of time tends to focus minds on both the buying and selling side.

This guy somehow pulled Susanna Reid!

I will just say, and I don't mean to sound like I'm clutching at straws as this clearly doesn't look be a great development, but if there are still talks ongoing then he likely would always say something like this.

Even if Ando is who people think he is, there's surely not many reliable connections he has at the club now? At least at the recruitment level.

May be time to move onto those alternatives we're looking at.

Aye. If Guehi is close to 60m, combined with Hall that's getting close to 90m already.

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Aye, if it was actually rejected it would get the big breaking news/yellow ticker job.

I love the lad, he's a proper grafter, but do think the only teams in the PL he likely improves are the three promoted sides.

And given he seems to have made it pretty clear he has no intention of going there I'd say there's a strong chance he is in the squad next season.

Happy Marc Guehi day, lads. (Also not ITK, just have a feeling this will be all but confirmed by 7pm)

According to Downie bid was put in over the weekend. Imagine it's coming out now from the Palace side as 'any final offers anyone?' type move.

Once again, never believe links to Barca players coming out of Spanish media.

I honestly keep forgetting they exist. Which is wild given it was my go to footy site up till about 5/6 years ago.

Normally I'd say a team doesn't get into the race if they haven't already gotten the go ahead from the player/their agent, but with Chelsea who the fuck knows. They tried to sign Olise last Summer without checking the kid actually wanted the transfer. I can see them getting involved just to try and push up the price we have to pay.

Aye, it's two. But that does make this Summer the final Summer they can extract maximum value for him (unless he signs a new deal).

I don't want to make excuses for the lad before he has even signed, but I dare say you put Guehi into a side like City, Liverpool, Arsenal, or Spurs then he'd also look miles better as well with the reduced work load compared to what he has had to deal with at Palace. Also, I love Schar, but putting him (and even Botman) above Guehi is likely our Newcastle bias.

Aye. Pretty sure at this stage this happens. For whatever reason our transfers always seem to move this slowly once they get to this point. People just forget this weird few day long phase where it breaks that it's close, only to go quiet for a few days. Happened with Tonali last Summer. I'd hazard a guess that our FFP/PSR situation means we have to do a lot more negotiation around deal structures.

Hopefully see some sort of update on this today.

Rabiot would be a pretty flagrant breach of the 'no dickheads' policy. We're fine with on-field dickheads, but the amount of shite that comes with Rabiot just isn't worth it.

Yeah, think that's what it is. Ultimately there's many ways to be creative. Can slide a pass through a defence, or can run into the box at pass and force a pen or pass the ball across the face. Are some more aesthetically pleasing? Totally. But you can't argue with Gordon's effectiveness.

I would say RIP Will, but these ITK accounts seem to be made of teflon. People will be sharing his stuff again as soon as he starts posting it.

Are you saying none of us pass the eye test??