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Surely being brought in as our main striker....

Realistically, we are looking at this fella and Zaha aren't we? I'm good with that. I think between the pair it gives us depth at RW/LW/CAM and FW. With both going straight into our starting 11 SOMEWHERE. Just have to wait and see how everyone fits in.

I'm not sure he'd get a game for Chelsea...

That's just ridiculous!

This HAS to be it. Doesn't help that the guy who claims this appears to have fvcking evaporated!

This reminds me of me playing FM when I whack in a bid for every player I want, negotiate a contract then pick what ones I want once they need to be finalised.

Nah, that was Dwight McNeil.

From what I've seen, we are paying £8m and Gala are covering his wages... I've not read we are paying both.

Because it's not usually public knowledge how much a loan will cost in total. If anything, the fee might be released but when was the last loan we had were you could tell me off the top of your head how much it cost us in total once wages were considered?

The £9m this is a bit of a misdirect... Like someone else said, if it was £3m and we were covering his wages, it would be viewed very different yet, it's no different. As for his temperament, you have to cenceed something. Experienced players who improve our starting 11, are cheap and are model pro's aren't available for loan all that often.

Yes, not 3 days ago, you said... "If we need shorter term loans then we should aim for underutilised players that have proven their worth at this level"

I done the exact same thing and it's no clearer! Lol. I know for sure we can only have two loans registered at one time, 4 over the season but the bit that's in question is that GIVEMESPORT seems to think that u21's and homegrown players don't count towards that but I'm not able to find anything by the PL that confirms this. If it's true the Buonanotte and Zaha wouldn't count towards the loan restrictions.

100% agree with this. I think a LB is crucial. If the system that Cooper has played in preseason is the one we will go with then the LB pushing right up as the RB tucks in beside the CB's is a key feature and we don't have anyone that suits that. Sessegnon would have been ideal but we need someone like him for that position as VK isn't creative enough.

I hope you're right but I suspect it will more likely be Hlozek and Zaha if anything which is probably not as ideal in the sense of having players in their most natural position but is certainly more flexible.

When you look at that position Mavididi has been playing pre season, lining up at LW but drifting into the 10 position or moving up top when the LB pushes forward... It's absolutely handcrafted for this guy. I suspect, however that he's probably being brought in as a striker and I can't argue too much with that.

I agree. The only thing I would say is that Cooper himself has highlighted that he's been playing players out of position and we need players in those positions who fit them. This is at least suggests that he won't, given the chance.

Spurs apparently interested now according to TEAMTALK.

So in conclusion... no one has a fvcking clue! Lol

But my confusion comes from the fact that if you scroll up from that paragraph you just quoted to the previous one, directly before it, you get... Premier League clubs may not register more than two players on loan at any one time. The maximum number of loans registrable in the same season is four, and, under no circumstances, shall more than one be from the same club at any one time. Premier League clubs cannot loan to another Premier League club a player they have acquired in the same transfer window. A Premier League club may loan not more than one of its goalkeepers to another Premier League club. ....so where do the "maximum of six" come from that they then state? It appears we are deliberating two sides of a very poorly written article.

I know it's a friendly but we are honking!

For one, your claim that the restrictions only apply to domestic loans. The rules I've posted earlier where from the PL website and make no distinctions between domestic or international loans. 4 loans in a season, only two at one time. It doesn't state that only applies to English clubs. The second part about u21 and homegrown players being exempt isn't on the website either but I quoted from givemesports. I'm not sure where they've pulled that from but you seem sure it's not applicable. One thing I did point out previously though and you've done it again there is you keep quoting rules prior to this transfer window and there are a few sources stating that the rules have changed for this season so the things you are quoting seem to be outdated.

Well.... that's up for debate but there doesn't seem to be definitve info on it online. Givemesport seem to think the loan restrictions don't apply to players under 21 or homegrown players so neither Zaha or Buonanotte would count but the PL site doesn't mention this.

Yeah, that's what I've been quoting. The poster i was asking was adding different stipulations which I've not been able to find anywhere.

Starting lineup is rough.

You got a link for that? As everything I've been able to find disagrees. Including the PL website.