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Probably trying to save a few mill on the fee (and perhaps waiting for some alternatives to drop away)

Closer to 60/65k I reckon

Based on what ? we might be useless when it comes to transfers but we wouldn’t pursue a player unless we’d been told he was happy to come beyond that, stuff changes we heard from soule that he was impressed by our desire to buy him and that he probably would have come if Roma hadn’t come to the table

We couldn’t bring players in until July 1 assume we also had to wait and see if kdh transfer actually materialised to establish our budgets suspect we have worked on several deals with selling clubs on the basis of loan and obligation if we stay up. That exposes us if someone else can be brought in who will buy now. Where we can do that type of deal we will due to our circumstances. We won’t commit to straight buys unless the selling club won’t consider the loan route.

Me too but the likely heavy workload as our only competent striker would mean his hamstrings last two weeks !

You are Jon rudkin and I claim my prize!

Closest we get to this is a mockery journo or Tanner saying that we aren’t interested but it doesn’t often happen because we are usually v private about our dealings. There are times when we want agents to spread rumours for our benefit - you can’t have your cake and eat it (though we look pretty emaciated at present) percy did report that we had bid for fotis and were speaking to gala about zaha. Did he get that from here or through contacts in Turkey/greece. Even if the latter, I would expect him to check with his club source as to whether they were garbage or had some veracity. percy made no comment on hlozek as fans, we simply have no idea but the club should not be offering a running commentary on any deals because that way we risk having them hijacked.

I assume that his people thought we’d cover some of his tax loss if we won’t then he will choose from those clubs willing to cover the £7m annual cost to gala of the player. That may not be us so him deciding to take a hit for a year on his tax doesn’t necessarily mean he ends up here .

The basics are agreed the detail will get sorted over a couple of days

Top will just shake his head ….

Yeah - forest struggled to get anyone to sign for them ……

Did seem odd that personal terms weren’t agreed. That’s usually done before clubs agree a deal. Maybe both leverkeusen and the player used us to drive terms of a deal in Germany.

Well we didn’t actually sign him so who knows ? Percy mentioned £18m I think - still enough to cover hlozek. Could be that hlozek’s agent wanted various clauses in the event that we stayed up and he had to sign. - ones which we wouldn’t accept (cos we’re like that)

He has? maybe the bar is very low

Because we can’t commit to spending beyond this season (and probably not much this season either)

On what logical basis ?

Mate down here has an away ticket says he’s not sure he’ll bother to go told him that I couldn’t believe he wouldn’t go given the mess we’re in

Tough to discuss something that has so little verified information available you’re either using Israeli govt info or Hamas info - most people would have issues on one or both of these as sources. a regional discussion based on political/military strategy might be less stressful.

If has its positives - yes If I was his agent I’d be using it to push a better deal here in respect of the current season minimum how that works may have to include leverkeusen which could complicate the deal a little

Beginning to understand cooper's annoyance last saturday when we were looking at zaha and fotis - the reason for the annoyance is neither deal was progressing. our info is clearly days behind. as others say, this weekends presser will be interesting. no doubt he will have been told to stop making noises and to big up the first game blah blah

what would we be 'exhibiting' ? we cant muster a shot on target !

chill out Suze ......

i don't think that king power are getting more out of the club than they're putting in. so parasite seemed an odd word to use - that's all.

that was yesterdays news (or maybe the day before) i doubt wilf will come anywhere near the uk now that HMRC will be going through his tax affairs with a fine toothcomb!!

how is he a parasite ??