TheBrownBottle

I don’t think anyone is - he is a tit. And so is Ashworth. But the point is that Howe chased the men who were appointed to sort this shit out for him; and now it’s on him and his nephew to negotiate. So far they’re not exactly doing a bang-up job.

We’re taking so long with this that I can guarantee they’ll move to have stadium repayments included - once the cartel have built / redeveloped theirs

Wouldn’t have thought so - and alcohol isn’t banned in Saudi Arabia for religious reasons, so I doubt there’s an ethical qualm

Completely agree

It’s incompetence - everyone and their dog knew that several of these players were on the target list for Sky Six clubs. We don’t have the prestige nor the wage structure to attract them - yet we’ve wasted months faffing about. You don’t need to wait for the window to open to negotiate, and you don’t need to submit one bid at a time. The same narrative has surrounded our transfer attempts all summer - it is absolutely ridiculous. In terms of shitter players - what the fuck has our scouting team been doing for the last few years? The players targeted (Pedro, Ekitike, Sesko, Trafford etc) have been linked for YEARS at this point. There’s no-one else out there? I don’t buy it. Other clubs seem to manage to find players.

PSR stops this from happening. Which we all knew about - well, all of us except the folks running the club it seems

Sorry, did the transfer team just learn about PSR last week or something? This is incompetence on show and the world is watching. I’ve seen folks talk about how selling Isak would damage the club’s image - this is far worse in my view. We look like an ugly bloke trying to chat up the best looking women in the club, then looking stunned when they say ‘no’ to our charms.

They’re one of the world’s biggest football clubs, they’re going nowhere. It’s why I couldn’t understand folks wanting Spurs to beat them last season - Man Utd could finish 17th several years in a row and players would likely choose them over us.

Supporters’ reactions make zero difference with any of this

I don’t agree at all that ‘serious clubs’ don’t sell their best players - they absolutely do and always have. That daft cunt on talkSPORT is talking shite as per.

This is probably the more sensible answer, but I’m just fed up with reading about him. I’m deeply unimpressed with his refusal to travel / play.

Unpopular opinion, but I don’t give a shite where he goes as long as they cough up the asking price. He’s acting the cunt at present, and the last thing we need is a sulking player next season.

Isak’s complete lack of professionalism and respect for his teammates, manager and the club generally is poisoning the well for me. I’d rather see him gone at this point.

Last I checked Howe is in charge of the three person transfer committee, and started a public spat with the last appointed DoF who left less than a season in, a role which is now effectively covered by his nephew. I don’t think Howe is blameless on that basis. But the issue is systemic at the club, and the lack of executive structures around and supporting Howe are the key cause of the problem.

Not if we aren’t offering what his services are worth he wouldn’t.

First I’ve heard, but if it’s true then this is an even bigger fuck up than I thought previously. We should’ve been planning to offload and replace instead of the clusterfuck which is occurring.

Yeah, me too. They had to roll the dice to have a chance, and they’re going exactly that. Could blow up in their face, but it isn’t great for the game doing what Burnley do - come up, take the money, go back down

Both Mitchell and Eales are no longer working for the club

You can’t quote without designs or the potential design, it’s a waste of time - it’s a thumb-suck at that point. I think he might be spinning a yarn.

Which contractors have been asked to tender? Are the designs already done, and this is construct-only? And if so, why haven't they bought land and sought planning permission?

I'm anticipating Ramsdale will be given the chance to own the no.1 shirt Don't quite understand why so many are down on his signing - he's a good GK, and his best years are still potentially ahead of him

You are entitled to your opinion - I just don’t think you need to have a pop when doing it. To date, Eales was CEO when we ballsed up PSR last season, made a disastrous DoF appointment, caused dressing room unrest with his ‘everyone is for sale’ crack, has since then maintained a culture of silence and lack of communication with the support, has got nowhere with the stadium / training ground, has failed to give the club a meaningful voice at PL meetings, has done little to counter the PSR/ commercial issues hamstringing the club … there are others, but they’re the salient ones for me. Is that enough, given he was only active for less than two years?

There's plenty of evidence to back up the claim - but everything you post seems to just be insults with zero substance

We did

It is a problem if you want to actually sign someone. Someone in the hierarchy is making VFM assessments of players' fees by the looks of it.