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I think the greenfell inquiry report is due out next week. Not great timing Non compliant cladding was being removed - how many years later ???????

We used it to our advantage with hirst. But we’ve patently failed to do so with other things - eg. loans of youngsters etc etc lack of lateral thought

Didn’t want to be a pedant but some on here would then take it as gospel that we’re paying £20m rather than £17m

Noooo - too much in pounds !!!!!

Will take rudders another 6 weeks to get to that number !! I think we also have to stick a sell on in there if we’re lowballing their valuation - if we go down then we won’t get much of a premium anyway (hopefully they don’t realise that) . also, what time do they start at Belgian clubs on a Monday morning ? That tweet was 8:51am Belgian time ! He’s already been in and spoken to the coach and his teammates ……

My missus is from Manchester (at that time ) and she really dislikes their music i really hope they’re going to get back together cos that will be something else to annoy her (rather than me).

Think it was £12.5m with add ons - but still excessive given our needs elsewhere. However, we don’t know our transfer budget and the order deals are done is down to some good fortune

£8m is about right If okoli is on 50k and ayew 60k- that’s 5.5m in wages and approx 3m in amortised fees. your comment on squad value is well made - it was around £450m at one point. It’s going to be a few bags of crisps now

We need money in the plus column removing a high wage helps that a bit but the income from a fee is the bigger deal. That’s what makes Ricky attractive as a sale if we can get 8m

Can’t see them buying both when they also have others in place

Nketiah fallen through ?

Is that like the difference between a right footed right winger going outside as opposed to a left footer who comes inside ??

Not convinced that was compelling evidence to disallow West Ham’s against us was allowed for the same

It doesn’t work like a straight in and out budget unless you’re working across a five year cycle. to balance in this year we need to sell a player that delivers profit of approx 1/5 of our spend. So if we spend 75m in the window then we need to find 15m of pure profit on sales to cover that. thats going to be a struggle.

Don’t worry - we’ve got our best man on it …………. anyone got an image of mr bean driving off eurotunnel ??

Probably best to ask them in the event that he does sign - (based on previous experiences)

Hi, it’s John again - how about €16.5m + €0.5m in add ons ???

We would

He does Do you think Thomas Frank would like to be selecting Toney ?

assuming its cooper’s decision ……….

It’s about finances mate If they can’t move Bouba then Ricky will have to go. They’d rather move Bouba but they have to get one of the high earners out and patson’s injury scuppered that option.

He did ok at his defensive job it seems pretty clear to me that opposition know he’s the weak link in possession. They either leave him with the ball and drop off, knowing that he’s just as likely to make a poor pass and gift it to them as he is to find a team mate or they press quickly if the scenario allows. Either way he becomes a liability when we’ve got the ball. it was clear that we didn’t seem to want to give him the ball yesterday when playing out if there was any kind of alternative. Not sure what the solution is cos defensively, we do need his physicality in midfield.

Syrian asylum seeker now arrested - turned himself in apparently not sure he fits the ‘right winger’ robo thought it might be …..

He may be a sacrifice to psr based on the fact that someone will actually pay money for him and he’s thirty. very sad if that’s the case

I’m sure we’re v interested based on his info we may even have bid officially (or it could have been a conversation- ‘we’re prepared to offer €15m - what do you think?’ ). But terreur says we were knocked back