TheBrownBottle

It’s more procrastination and inefficiency than diligence at PIF

Haha I was at Goodison for his one goal for us - he earned that sobriquet

I reckon that those calling for Vardy to sign weren’t around when we signed Ian Rush

No-one else bid for Isak, Tonali or Bruno

This cunt been hung by his bollocks off the Tyne Bridge yet?

100% - and while Man Utd are undoubtedly England’s biggest club, they’re an absolute clusterfuck at the moment

For both - they’re England’s most successful club this century He’d get more money, and sign for a more glamorous club

We’re not as attractive as Chelsea to a player, and our bench is even less attractive - was there ever anyone who seriously thought Delap was coming here?

Chelsea are screaming for a no.9, I don’t see why the lad wouldn’t fancy his chances there

Not a chance of that - the sums don’t come close to it. God knows where they’re getting £240-250m from - and it doesn’t help as it will get folks excited That doesn’t mean we won’t end up spending that, but we’d need some significant transfers out to cover the difference

They wouldn't be able to offer him that at all in fairness - what if he's injured or loses form etc? He'll head off to a European giant at some point - it is the 'links' to the likes of Arsenal that are laughable

No surprises, then. All makes sense, and in line with what would be expected. Can't see Isak not going eventually - but another season or so would be nice; but if one of the giants come knocking with the right sized cheque he's gone, and it would give a shitload of recyclable funding. I would think that Gordon would be the 'purple' most would be least concerned with selling - I think his attitude has been borderline unprofessional at various times this season (for all the 'he talks well in interviews' patter, he doesn't follow it up with it on the pitch as regularly as he should). He admitted as much himself in fairness to him. The transfer funding won't be what the more excitable expect (once again)

He absolutely would have - and you could get away with it in English football in the '90s

Completely agree - why do people think that HBA ended up at Ashley's NUFC? He needed to be indulged at a mediocre club run by a mediocre manager who would be infatuated with him. The funny thing is that if we signed a HBA today, the support would be the first ones pissed off with him strolling about uninterested. He's precisely the sort of player that mediocre clubs love - and we're not that anymore.

There’s zero chance Howe would have any time for a HBA. ‘Intensity is our identity - except for you Hatem, I’m ok with your thoroughly unprofessional half-arsed stroll against the Mackems the other week’

UEFA’s PSR rules dictate that you can only spend 70% of turnover on football-related costs - wages, transfers, fees. Qualifying for the CL should mean that our turnover is around c£380m, not allowing for additional commercials. So under UEFA regs we’ve got no wriggle-room - assuming we’re looking to adhere to those. More importantly, the PL extended the old rules by an additional season - meaning under PL rules, we’ve got quite a bit of headroom (current amortisation + wages = c.£300m). The new rules which are now supposed to come in next along with the UEFA rules This is problem when football is administered based upon completely different standards

Sorry, was talking about the bye

Likewise - just two of them would likely be our budget gone

Which has been the case for decades now

That sounds like an offer - bagsy the settee

Real & Bayern please edit: plus Atletico, Eintracht, Ajax, Napoli, Red Star and Galatasaray I always want to play clubs we’ve never played competitively against

That’s true - though only one of those can be legislated for

How long do you think it’ll take for them to cotton on? I’m going for late September, though it might only be a game or two into the season depending on fixtures They’ve no idea how big the gap is

I’d put my house on ours, Villa’s or Forest’s owners doing exactly the same thing given the opportunity. The problem with football is its lack of independent governance

No