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He's only been there a year or two hasn't he?

Hasn't Isak got four years left on his contract? I also think the transfer clause in Bruno's contract will make us even more reluctant to let any other big hitters go. What if we sell Isak for £100m, then at the last minute Real Madrid come along and activate Bruno's clause? I wouldn't blame Arsenal (or anyone else) for asking the question but I think for what we'd want they'd look elsewhere for £20-50m less (Toney, Osimhen etc)

The homegrown number isn't the problem, we've got a decent number of UK-trained players in the squad, it's the club-developed number that's a problem (if we get into Europe)

I think if you offered most fans the chance to stay at St James' Park, they'd take it, but they fall into three categories - stay as we are, stay but expand the Gallowgate/East Stand, stay but rebuild a new stadium on the same site. How many of those "remain at St James' Park" would vote that way if the feasibility study said; 1. No expansion is possible 2. Small expansion of the Gallowgate is possible 3. Expansion of both Gallowgate and East Stand is possible 4. Complete rebuild of the stadium is possible If it was 4, I'd say stay at SJP. If it was 3 I'd be undecided. If it was 1 or 2 I'd lean towards moving, but that depends on where we'd move to. Basically, the Trust is massively oversimplifying the question, possibly due to their own personal preferences.

Bruno went 11 games, Martinez barely managed 11 minutes!

I think quite a few of the players we're looking at are for that exact scenario. Not that I think we'll actively push Bruno out the door but we need to be able to act quickly should a club he's keen to join decide to trigger the clause.

I don't think that should be a huge surprise to anybody really. In theory it has the (main) benefit of the current site, namely being very central, but also has the "shiny new toy" effect.

It's also worth noting that, by all accounts, Staveley approached PIF rather than the other way round. I don't think it's been confirmed either way but the timeline suggests that she wanted to buy the club, couldn't do it, then decided to seek out some wealthy backers. That's different to PIF looking for a vanity project and using Staveley as a conduit to achieve it.

There was some engineering company which announced something on their LinkedIn page about getting a contract to do work on the existing training ground.

He can be Elliott Anderson's backup

The Chronice could publish the most well-written, thoroughly researched piece about a complete regeneration of St James Park but nobody would be able to read the fucking thing because of all the pop-ups and adverts.

Their little battle to be "the man" basically turned last season round after the cup final threatened to derail it.

The main issue I have with that is the pizza they've used. Looks stale. Otherwise standard "banter". 4/10

Just because we haven't signed any of those deals doesn't mean we aren't looking at it. Perhaps we have an amount in mind, maybe we're just being patient trying to find the right partner at the right price?

Would suggest (I think) that they are no longer going to be involved in the day-to-day running of the club? Edit - although it isn't the same company as this one which releases the annual accounts and so on