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May be remembering things wrong, but is Isak a bit average at pens? For someone who's normally ice cool, he seems to miss more than he should.

Minteh who? Guy on for a purple season.

Olise been so good in this final. If only. Just the perfect RW who makes people commit with quality at end of it.

Solanke is a very good striker. £65m is steep on face value, but he’s output will still be good and over next 3 seasons that transfer fee will be justified.

Hope we make a move for Madueke on back of this.

Back in October, get 4 goals in 10 games up to January, and hope he’s not fucked again, and cash in for like £6m+ to some club in bottom half who are desperate for a goalscorer. That feels best case now.

Like people rave about JWP, and he’s painfully average.

West Ham is just perceived as good business, because they’re signing players for big money who people have heard of. It’s still a side that’s got a very average manager IMO, and hugely reliant on Pacqueta unless you are playing on counter. Just consolidates them as mid table, but if they drop off, more names that will down tools.

Palace are hoping Villa come into the conversation. Be gutted if we don’t get it over the line, but then would be equally happy if we randomly plunge for another solid CB and it’s an agreed deal.

Nelson is at the age where what you see is what you get. For our position, I'd rather stay clear. Bit different if he was a few years younger and playing quite a bit and was raw.

Most would, as he's a model pro that can most often be relied upon. But I feel that latter part is gone, with his form dropping off now he's legs are going. If we signed Tino for £40m, with not a plan for him to be a starter this season, then that was dumb.

Only sad thing is most would’ve liked him to stay and then moving into coaching set up. But let’s be real, what other players in world football who earn £100k+ a week, stay as a back up (with club happy) before moving into the coaching set up? Vast majority either leave to get pay day elsewhere, leave on a free due to costs or leave to continue playing at the highest level regularly for long as they can before retiring. Was a fanciful dream where reality has now arrived, and it’s time to say our goodbyes.

He’s gone to UAE

A few bad promenades in Dec/Jan? That’s being generous. Guy literally feel off a cliff and was making mistakes in every game going. From Wolves A onwards he was bang out of form, and wasn’t till that festive period they were starting to be punished. Hes our most creative player, because we are set up for everything to go through him, even every set piece has to be taken by him. Fortunate to go to Euros, and playing LW essentially doesn’t mask that he was still unreliable defensively when he was actually attacked. Guy has been a huge player for us, helped propel us right up there, but it’s clear he’s lost his bit and a separation for both parties is in the best interests for both.

What happens if they default? Who then takes the stadium? Was the deal signed even more shit where West Ham then get it for free outright? Absolute joke taxpayers are funding premier league clubs. Should be looked into because that type of shit will be resulting in cuts to services that directly / in-directly impact people health and wellbeing, driving up the deprivation.

Wont happen, but if Chalobah is obtainable for £20m with some add ons, that’s a great deal to be had. Him, Schar, Botman, Guehi would be a right group of CBs. Option to cover RB too in first season whilst Burn is still on books.

Tino injury record is fine. It’s just been an ACL and a freak ankle injury. If it was muscle injuries based on how he plays, then I would be concerned, but freak injuries you can brush off. Krafth and Murphy as emergency RBs should be fine for a season. You don’t anticipate they will start more than 10% of league games, and you can’t go into seasons assuming your main starters are going to be injured for 50%+ of it. If a reasonable RB option comes available, I’m sure we’ll move, but it’s not a necessity this summer and better to plan and scout longer term now Mitchell is in.

Loan to a bottom 6 side, where it has obligation to buy for say £8m if they stay up is best we can hope for.

Would take Rabiot on ability, very good player, just the package that comes with him both wages and baggage, unfortunately puts me off. Rather went down a different route to gamble to get that type of quality.

Think moving them on for a fee is more funds for next season to add quality in right areas, rather than to go towards RW. We are signing a RW for good money regardless IMO this season, and the outgoings will determine how much room we have to play with next season.

I don’t think we’ll go cheap on RW. The expenditure will be weighed against what the team will look like next season and what’s needed. Say we spend £120m on Guehi and RW. Next season, we would arguably only need to sign a RB and GK, of which RB would be back up. Champions League qualification and increased revenues will enable us to sign another player, but wouldn’t be important unless someone went. Like this being squad for 24-25 is fine: New GK / Greek Guy / Ruddy Tino / New RB Schar / Guehi / Botman / Murphy Hall / Kelly Joe / Tonali / Bruno / Willock / Longstaff / Miley Barnes / Gordon Isak / Osula New RW / Murphy That’s with sales and reduced wages in that period too of Pope / Burn / Trippier / Lewis / Targett / Wilson / Almiron. All allows us to spend big this summer and not be in such a desperate situation next summer.

Not for me. Liverpool still have some star power, especially in attack. Salah has looked physically strong this pre season, and him banging in a 30 goal season will see Liverpool right up there. Man Utd don’t have that, and either need one of the younger players to really break out, or Rashford to have his purple season to get back up there. At best it’ll be 4th but could be 7th again, if the gap isn’t that big. Man Utd won’t ever fall lower because of the sheer size of club and how they can rack up billion of debt and still compete. A major global recession probably only thing that could fuck them royally.

Be all the multiple discussions taking place between clubs / agents / lawyers / companies on the package, then a bid going in that’s either bang on what club is asking or slight variation as a blink first to see if it gets accepted. Bit different to say bidding for a house where its name a figure.

Important for the other stars to feel we’re still serious at moving forward this type of deal too. Signing a CB that started every game (when available) throughout the Euros, for big fee, will reassure them and give them added motivation to kick on. The RW will really get things moving too. Giving our fixtures on paper start of season, if we can get the wins early on the board, with playing one game a week, there’s every chance we can a good groove going with confidence high in training every week with everyone happy and chomping to be involved.