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Could I ask that the currency is quoted in these figures? Lots of the figures there seem to be in Euros (Eg transfermarkt gives the Lewis Hall figure as being 33million euros, Minteh and Anderson sales are in Euros as well) but some of the PSR figures, wage estmates, Guehi transfer estimate etc seems to be in £s. Probably easier to keep everything to one currency.

I presume it means: 1. Chelsea have to be informed of any accepted bid for the player so they can't be blindsided 2. If team A accepts a bid for a player and then Chelsea bid the same amount, Team A can't go, 'nah we'd rather sell to them but if you offer a bit more we'll accept.'

This is getting old now though. Yo, Will1892, can you get your contact Shadow Puppets to get his mates at the club to hurry the fuck up with this deal? I'm hoping to still have plenty of time this transfer window to focus my undivided attention on being annoyed at the lack of a new RW. Ta.

Love it. He wanted to play for Portsmouth again & got his wish. May he demolish many corner flags

Try https://unrollnow.com/ For that Kev Lawson thread here's the link (I don't have a twitter account either so should work for you): https://unrollnow.com/status/1820786528273957200 Edit: I have no idea if the site is run by the Russian mafia or North Korea btw, I've just found it, but it has an https connection and doesn't require a signup so I'm guessing it's ok

May I interest you in an Isaac Hayden?

This cunt signed and produced a statistically underwhelming aerial performance yet?

So, uh, who plays for Bestiktas these days?

A top class CB for the long-term is one of our squad's big needs (along with RW). Guehi's obviously very highly rated, played well for England at the Euros. He's English & has enough premier league experience for us to have a good idea of his game at this level, which reduces the risk of failure. If he succeeds he could be a starter for the next 8 years or so. Whether he's the absolute best player we could get I don't know, I haven't seen him much so I'm not very knowledgeable about him, but if the club think he's a 9/10, or 10/10 quality player and are prepared to pay to address that area of the squad for the long-term then great. Even if it means we can't get the elite RW, this year (though I suspect we might add someone still). In a year with no Europe it's gonna be hard to get the really top talents though, so if we can a current England international at a good age in a position we need long-term strengthening in then fair play.

I read that initially as saying there was an innovative maternity policy that offered protections against preganancy! That is good tbf. Mind, imagine you've got a Ryanette Fraser on the books in the final year of her contract. You're probably never getting rid of her.

https://fbref.com/en/players/7b355808/scout/365_m1/William-Osula-Scouting-Report Well... he puts a lot of crosses in!

While there's probably some dodgy informal stuff in every transfer you can negotiate personal terms in advance with a club's written permission. Doubt either club wants to waste time negotiating a fee and then find the player can't agree terms.

But can they do it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke?

Well 'Eddie Howe and Miguel Almiron' is an anagram for 'deadline doughier mailwoman.' I googled "mailwoman footballer" to see who this rich deadline day signing might be and the first story that came up was this one from the Daily Star (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/emil-forsberg-wife-shanga-divorce-32443630) about Emil Forsberg's wife requesting a divorce. Forsberg plays for New York Red Bulls but was at Leipzig between 2015 and 2024. Paul Mitchell was also at Leipzig for a while during this time. Coincidence?

I agree, think he's a really good allround midfielder, he's got a lot of energy and impacts the game in a number of ways. Gets goals and assists from midfield and works hard defensively. When I've seen him in international football he doesn't give the impression of having that real composed classiness of a top international midfielder, but I think still a very effective premier league player.

I was bored so I've written Newcastle United Fan Lewis Hall a poem to commemorate a good preseason performance: Baller Oh Lewis Hall, Lewis Hall, I love your perfectly weighted balls. If only you were tall! Lewis Hall.

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7031331.sir-bobby-seeking-ronaldo/ And Carrick in the same article (and David Dunn tbf).

Pretty sure Bordeaux never got relegated to division three before the Americn War of Independence. #facts

There's quite a good episode of the Overlap where they discuss who should have final say in bringing in players at a football club. One thing people could agree on was that bringing in the wrong player can set you back a long way.

From transfermarkt looks like he mainly plays on the LW (https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alexander-prass/profil/spieler/434116) so that could affect the per 90 averages a bit (if that's the case). Bit odd they say he gets 0 assists per 90 when in the years' stats they say he got 4 assists in 30 games (and 79th % expected xG). Also got 2 assists at the Euros.

If Toney leaves Mbeumo's their star player. Can't see him being sold in the same window without a ridiculous offer.

Also, re our last summer window, let's face it, we spent a ton of money swapping one decent winger for another, bought two backup fullbacks and a super expensive Italian who didn't speak English and didn't particularly want to move from his club. There was always a good chance Tonali would struggle to settle in his first year, even without the betting thing. It could turn out to be a good long-term window if Hall and Tino establish themselves and Tonali comes back good, but with champions league to offer signings, we didn't really strike while the iron was hot in terms of bolstering the first team with ready-to-go champions league quality players.

Howe tends to play the media with a straighter bat than Geoffrey Boycott in a drag club. That's what's really so notable about his comments for me, not the specifics of what he said but that he would publicly allude to dissatisfaction at all.

I've decided the comments about needing to feel comfortable and happy are basically his way of saying 'You will never make me do an interview for NUFC TV again!'