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There must be a misunderstanding here. Say I join Man Utd on £100k. We miss out on CL football so my salary goes down to £75k the next season. If we miss the CL again, what is my salary then...?

Yes, we were tentatively linked to him in 2022

I'm sure we've been linked with him before. Maybe the summer Isak signed?

It's pretty vague and not particularly well worded but that's the best I could come up with. Still not 100% on the capacity. On the face of it and extra 13k isn't bad but how much of that is going to be an extended hospitality offering?

I assume what they mean is that the stadium design will incorporate a fan zone, like the current Stack, which will be 35m high?

Possibly, but they've done it before I'm sure?

I understand the scepticism but the club clearly do appreciate the atmosphere inside SJP and how that can affect the on-field performance. The "Two free drinks" deal tomorrow is evidence of that. Hopefully they'd be looking to improve the atmosphere in a new stadium.

I love the "it gets paid by our taxes" line, like he's some millionaire lining the Government coffers by five figures a year 😂

It's hard to comment because we don't really know our financial situation heading into the summer. If we're confident we have the money to bring in the quality & numbers we need without selling Bruno, I'd rather we didn't. If we did sell him, yes that would give us more wiggle room but then you'd have to replace an absolutely vital member of the team and our captain. Even with a substantial "war chest" who do you go for?

Didn't realise that Johannes Spors, who was quite strongly linked to us before Mitchell came in, is the Technical Director at Southampton.

I don't know what he's on wages-wise ( @Froggy?) but I bet it's not miles off what someone like DCL would be after. He's 22, had a 9-goal season in Serie A and a 10-goal season in the PL. Yes he's massively dropped off this year but Man Utd are a mess and give him a few months working with Eddie et al 🤷🏻‍♂️

Just hypothetically, if Man Utd don't make the CL and if they end up signing Delap and if they're willing to take PSR break-even money and if he isn't on an absolute fortune... ....you can tell where I'm going with this... ...Hojlund?

That's right. To finish 7th we'd need; Villa win/draw Forest win Newcastle lose by at least 4 goals eg. Forest 2-1 Chelsea, Newcastle 0-4 Everton would (I think) have Chelsea in 6th above us on goal difference (+19 to +18)

He's presumably being paid an absolute fortune in Saudi?

You're right obviously, it's objectively an amazing season whether we qualify for CL or not. It'd be a bit disappointing since we've spent 13 of the last 19 weeks and the last 7 within the top 5. It's not the same as the Pardew season where we hovered around 5th/6th for most of the second half of it. If we miss out, short-term I'll be disappointed but it won't be for long.

It may well end up something like that because it can be coloured like the above, or it could be any single colour depending on what it's being used for.

Needs more Alan Barnes, otherwise pretty much spot on imo

All I know is I had an auntie Joan and she was delightful so I'm in favour.

Personally I think they'd have to do that if they want any chance of staying up, regardless of who their keeper is.

Have we been linked to Weston McKennie? Ticks a lot of boxes; decent age, versatile, experienced at a high level, entering last year of his contract. If Juve miss out on the Champions League, could they be tempted to cash in? Would he back himself to challenge our current 3?

Very nice. If I was being picky I'd have gold trim on both the inner and outer ring, central circle can stay white, castle grey rather than black.

No chance they get a points deduction this season, next season at the earliest. Might help our title challenge...

Seeing as everyone else has had a go, I've decided to design one myself. Anyone know the Latin for "Gan Radge, Neck Cowies"?

We've got Arsenal (who we've beaten I think three times this season already) and Everton with nothing to play for. It could have been Arsenal chasing the title and Everton in a relegation battle. If we don't do it, we've really only got ourselves to blame and if we want to be the 3rd/4th/5th best team in the country we can't be relying on other teams and complaining that things aren't fair if the results don't go the way we want.