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Case in point last summer were we ended up losing Minteh and Anderson. In the FFP world we have to trade smart. We already have some top class talent on the books already, a few shrewd buys at decent prices will firm up our starting 11 and squad. Blowing 50 million on a defender or winger will not bode well for us in terms of FFP.

I respectfully disagree; while we were linked with Huijsen last summer, we opted for more established players like Guehi. Similarly, Kerkez was linked with Arsenal and Barcelona, but they ultimately decided against pursuing him in favor of more established players.

Mitch said the club's transfer policy sucks. (Not fit for purpose) So, getting Dibling, Delap, Mbeumo, and Huijsen is a no-go, I reckon, based on what Mitch said. It's about keeping our best players and adding talented high-potential guys at good prices. Like, we got Hall for thirty-odd million, Bournemouth got Kerkez for fifteen. We offered forty, fifty, sixty, or seventy million (whatever) for Guehi, Bournemouth got Huijsen for twelve-odd million and Zabarnyi for twenty-odd million. Man City got Khusanov for thirty-three million. I hope we don't buy from the Premier League, but from the continent. Loads of talent there at decent prices. This summer's the time for Mitch to prove his words.

Losing to Brentford next game will put them under a ton of pressure, especially after a Champions League match. Their league form after Champions League games has been terrible.

Haven't they added Rashfords 325k a week for half a season. Also Asensio, Disasi, malen and Garcia. They will need to sell definitely. Sell Watkins make the Rashford deal permanent.

Exactly, too much attention is put to PSR headroom, that people forget the overall accounts of the football club. Not every club has owners like us who are willing to bank roll the project.

Tottenham Hotspur has PSR headroom, but that's distinct from their overall financial situation. Their recent accounts showed a loss above £200 million, largely due to stadium repayments, which doesn't affect their PSR. This creates a misconception about their financial health. Our owners are prepared to utilize our full PSR headroom, even if it means operating at a loss. Some clubs, including Tottenham, cannot or will not take that approach. You only have to look at Manchester United to see why. This explains why many teams in the bottom half of the league are content with the £105 million, three-year rolling loss limit.

So this supposed point of yours has gone from doing Leicester (relegation) to Everton (consistently fighting relegation) and now Bournemouth (mid table)? Great point mate. Keep shifting goal posts. Have a good one 👍

In the short to medium term no, long term yes. Watkins is twice the player Duran is currently. If I had to choose. I would choose to keep Watkins than Duran.

Dude, your argument's full of holes! So many ifs, buts, and what-ifs. Without Miniteh, we could've sold Longstaff, easy peasy, pure profit like with Anderson. So you can't really prove that. Just like I can't prove mine. The fact is Minteh was sold. Plus, our revenue's 7th highest in the league. Financially, we're way closer to Bournemouth (dead last) than Arsenal (6th). That's why our goal isn't and shouldn't be Champions League. Darren Eales said in Germany (pre-season) our goal is Europe – Conference or Europa. Makes sense if you look at our finances and league position. I'm sure we can agree on that. Everton's been battling relegation for four years straight, mate. Like you said about Leicester, it's a rubbish, illogical example. Spurs rake in double our revenue, but our ambition's triple theirs, so we know every pound will go towards our goals. We don't need to match Spurs or Man U financially to consistently beat them. There's gotta be a break-even point where we can spend £60-80 million a season on transfers without going bust. We don't need £500 million revenue to do that, surely?

Since the takeover, we've been comfortably in the top 8. Really comfortably. Saying we're a few bad moves away from a Leicester-style relegation is totally wrong. It'd take a crazy amount of bad moves to get relegated like Leicester did, and even Man U's transfer business isn't bad enough for that to happen to us.

Perhaps, but the club's much publicised pursuit of Guehi suggests they had a plan to compensate for the acquisition, possibly through player sales as you say or other means, or maybe we have a bit of PSR wiggle room. Its all speculation and a matter of opinion. A matter of fact though is the club were willing to spend money for Guehi.

Perhaps. Even if the figure was 55 million, our transfer activity would still have been substantial, and it was reported that we met Olise's release clause. which was also around 50 million or so. Point still stands. We are capable of spending large amounts for what the club consider the right player.

Palace agree to 70 million for their super star defender and we in excess of 100 million spend in the summer, or even the 60 million for their true superstar in Olise. I think money is there to spend on the right player.

Couldn't agree more.