TheBrownBottle

The Vermont’s manager been talking again I see

Played well vs PSG, was poor vs Milan, didn’t look any better than Longstaff when he came on vs Dortmund, and that was it. Not sure he would have been the difference between qualifying or not.

I thought he wasn’t particularly great after the Villa came tbh - don’t think I’m misremembering. Honestly didn’t think he added more than Longstaff in the games he played. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a much higher ‘ceiling’ than Longstaff, of course. But he looked a long way from great when I watched him.

Good, hopefully Trippier is staying for the duration. I can’t imagine anyone wanted him gone.

Hope so. I’m not confident re that.

I can see I wasn’t clear, apologies - it doesn’t matter what we pay Atlanta; whatever fee we retain is 100% profit for FFP.

Doesn’t matter at all if Atlanta has a sell-on clause or a % of the sale. The fee is what counts for FFP. I doubt the owners are arsed about paying Atlanta

He won’t be worth what we paid when he returns

In a heartbeat. No-one would though.

That’s true. Though I suspect owld ‘N Joy’ was serious until PSG stepped in

That’s fair enough like. I wouldn’t sell at this point either.

Trippier and his agent may have a very different opinion from what they appear to be telling all and sundry. I doubt Bayern would be bidding for a disinterested player.

I don’t think it’s FFP driving this at all. A few million in FFP ‘profit’ isn’t likely needed.

Wouldn’t be difficult for his agent to let Bayern know this I would think. They would stop bidding then. Remiss of Trippier and his agent not to do so.

Well now I know where I’m not having my next coke and hookers one-man party. The Vermont. The innkeeper’s a grass.

That’s ok - we hate them too. Scabs.

They may be in FFP trouble this season too. We don’t yet know what the ‘double dip’ punishment is liable to be. I don’t think the Wood deal can be restructured to fix FFP

Dead easy then. NUFC reject the bids, nowt happens. For some reason Bayern has it in their head that he might join. Also, aren’t signing-on fees nice?

Imagine if we’d still had Jonjo in midfield next to him

Don’t recollect Barton ever coming across as particularly left wing. He was knocking about with Morrissey when he tried posturing at intellectualism, which would be a red flag to most about where his politics were. Old Mozza is a far right buffoon (shame as I still love The Smiths) Brand was always a nihilistic arse also playing at politics

It would be more about financial flexibility I would assume - I don’t think the current owners would be bothered about a couple of million in actual profits on players. It’s more the accounting flexibility within the confines of FFP. But if we are selling Almiron, I doubt we have any concerns on that front.

I don’t necessarily think that’s what is driving a move. Both player and club may judge it’s for the best. Howe might think that he has the opportunity now to really bed Livramento in - and an ageing Trippier has one last crack at a big trophy. Plus we bring some money in. Happy to be wrong on the above, but I doubt any sale would be ‘FFP-driven’. We’d only get a tiny FFP profit on Trippier. edit: again, to be clear I don’t want Trippier to go. But I’ll back Howe 100% on what he wants to do with the squad - and Trippier will always be a top player and gadgie in my mind now whatever happens

Also, it looks like I might be the only one non-plussed by MGW. Just looks like a good PL attacking midfielder to me.

£25m plus a shitload of add-ons tbf. Not sure how those add-ons get reached though.

Yes, absolutely. Would make the season a success as far as I’m concerned. If Villa win it, they’ll make around the same as we did in Europe this season - with a trophy and UEFA Cup qualification to boot. Plus our club’s coefficients would be boosted. Not sure why any football fan worthy of that title wouldn’t want their club to qualify for European competition. If people don’t want the club to qualify - which is the entire point of the league (other than winning it), perhaps they should take up a different hobby.