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Obligation should be irrelevant to staying up. Our fatawu deal was obligation based on appearances and us going up. we could accept a psr neutral deal with Leeds based on staying up but that could mean he returns to us next summer and we have this all over again. Plus if he performs badly for them then his value may drop.

Anyone pretending that asylum seekers coming here by boat isn’t a problem that needs to be sorted is adding to the mess. We need a proper functioning fair system - we have a massive advantage of a sea border so the vast majority of those arriving are easily identified. These people have often travelled long distances and risked their lives to get here. Are they economic refugees or genuine asylum seekers? The current system is overloaded and not fit for purpose. The system for legal migration is also not fit for purpose. Simple solutions such as putting these people in local hotels is such an easy win for those that wish to make capital from it. the money could surely be better spent creating more inventive solutions for their residence here until such time that they can be assessed properly. Of course the backlog is a huge problem for now but I think as we move forwards with an ever warming climate, our geographical position will make us an even more attractive place to try and come to. This problem isn’t going to disappear.

His wages aren’t going to be insignificant for.a 38 y o (apparently he wants around 40k/week and I’ve no idea re s/o fee) At 38, he’s not viewed as a zlatan level player. His record for us last season wasn’t good enough to make him a no brainer signing. id be surprised if he did particularly well in serie A but he could be quite a decent influence in the dressing room for them.

I think if you ask enough questions about enough issues - most people will come out close to the centre. This is what too many principled politicians have failed to come to terms with in our fptp system. Occupy the middle ground the best to give yourself the best chance of winning.

there are a few True - Between a rock and a hard place - spuds or gooners my youngest was offered a free spurs training day today - he took it but quickly gave away the goodies they were given at the end of the day! definitely more spurs than arsenal though in Herts

All things Lcfc? he can’t know too much after six weeks!

If we have a replacement lined up then we do the same loan with obligation deal on that too. then it’s all becomes neutral for this season. assuming we are psr clean for this season (which I don’t believe)

Lost two great jockeys this week - Bruce Raymond and Geoff Lewis suppose it’s inevitable as time moves on reflects on my age 😮

That’s basically our stance with the player if everything falls apart and he’s still here come September if his agent has screwed things up for him that isn’t our problem. There was an RC and no one triggered it. He’ll have to show maturity and get on with it.

Depends if you’ve got a six bedroom mansion to let ……..

two for one on the agency fee?

Who is his agent ?

Would imagine it’s a negotiating thing to try and stop the lowball offers. we will know for sure by the time we see the accounts for 25/26 (that’s a long way away)

decent negotiating technique (at last) pay up mr levy or move onto someone else hopefully BEK knows that he might have to stay ……

True but they aren’t judging the quality of our signings if we’d spent 20m on a 36 y o then that wouldn’t look good !

He’s worth £10m given his age

if the obligation is pre June 30 26 then it matters not to us if they’re covering his wages and paying a decent transfer fee. If it’s after that then they’d need to pay a loan fee this season equal to his psr write down and cover his wages. The transfer fee might be several million down if done this way.

We may not be under an official embargo but we know that the league will not be giving us any slack when they assess our management accounts. We are also looking at a tribunal at some point to look at our breach 24/25. You’d assume that a club that is clearly showing itself to be spending well within its means on transfers into the club would be looked upon better than one which isn’t. We didn’t overspend last summer when we went back up and we certainly can’t be accused of doing so this summer. The club can rightly point to their contractual obligations from several years ago still weighing them down and that they have learned their lessons moving forwards with evidence of that re last few windows with few incomings.

I’m amazed that they’re in such bad shape considering what they sold dhuran for in January but apparently they need sales. Reckon spurs would spend 60/65 on Rodgers

Good point im always looking at the amortisation to end previous june when it should be taken as to end next June as we’re now looking at 25/26 accounts

Some chat with Morgan Rodgers to spurs if so, that could allow villa to look at fats (especially as Leon Bailey has gone on loan)

Also possible

But I don’t think he has the concentration to play as a single pivot either ! I wonder if he’d be better playing as an attacking eight and asked to just carry the ball forwards and clause some chaos in the inevitable 50/50 that occurs when he eventually doesn’t see the challenge coming.

At last !! Brilliant want to see how he does next time he’s in strong contention. He played safe over the last few holes but his driving settled down which made a huge difference. Also helped that no one was able to apply any pressure so it was only his own demons he had to deal with .

If they pay his wages and a loan fee value of his psr write down then it’s no issue for our finances and infact a positive of couple million on the wages. BUT it means next summer he will have one year left and then we know what happens he needs to play this season cos it’s World Cup next summer. If we don’t have an obligation and he plays crap on loan then we won’t be able to shift him next summer either.