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Ben Godfrey - Everton to Atalanta €10m

Can’t help but think that Casadei mentions are just lazy links based on last seasons loan. Clearly didn’t watch him play or not play for us very much!

Humphreys and a player on loan - Chukwuemeka? Or would anyone take any of their strikers - Datro Fofana or Broja?

They seem to have done quite a bit of work (Alves and Braybrooke) over the summer, and been on holiday together. Hopefully can hit the ground running this pre-season and play a part in the first team next year. Most exciting part of the Cooper appointment. They are our future!!!

Looks like Bologna are signing a new LB on a free from Betis - Juan Miranda. So looking less likely Kristiansen will end up there…

Who should we be looking at as a replacement? If we do play more of a 10 under Cooper? Alves seems a more natural 10 than anything else, but can’t pin all our hopes on him, could do with a starting creative player. Gronbaek (more of an 8)? Nanasi (more LW?) Ohare (is he good enough?) Szmodics (is he a natural fit?) Mcatee or Sara (expensive?)

Goes to Chelsea for £40m?

Bashir Humphreys, Omari Hutchinson + £20m please

Not sure… I imagine the reason he’s not signed as yet is because we’re not offering him as much as he was on when we were last in the prem. So he’s looked around to see if he can get better elsewhere, and if not will take the offer that’s on the table from LCFC.

KDH to Newcastle for £35m (pure profit) and Lonstaff moving the other way for £20m or so (pure profit for them) is the only way I could see us getting involved in this nonsense. Would solve our PSR concerns for 3 year period ending 2024. Although not sure either player would be particularly keen on the move

Surely someone would take McAteer or Wanya off our hands for £10mil pure profit or so..? If we returned the favour with a similarly outrageous deal.

Seems to be some odd moves going on in the rest of the Premier League… presumably to satisfy PSR rules with academy (pure profit) players moving between Villa, Everton and Chelsea Maatsen - Chelsea to Villa £37m Omari Kellyman (who?!) - Villa to Chelsea £19m Lewis Dobbin - Everton to Villa £10m Tim Iroegbunam - Villa to Everton £9m Also Douglas Luiz - Villa to Juve €28m + Illing Junior + Enzo Barrenechea Michael Olise - Palace to Bayern £50m

As usual, place to discuss other clubs transfer business.

So we could lineup as below, normally. Put Ricardo as CM due to lack of alternatives, and think this position could suit him more moving forwards. Mads Justin - Vesty - Faes - Kristiansen Ricardo - Winks Fatawu - KDH - Mavididi Vardy Which then transitions to the below once in possession. Ie. Kristiansen providing the width on the left hand side and Mavididi cutting infield? Mads Justin - Vesty - Faes Ricardo - Winks Fatawu - KDH - Mavididi - Kristiansen Vardy

Genuinely nothing like Enzo ball tactically. For a start Enzo would probably have Trafford or even Jason Steele in goal. Trent inverting from RB etc

Gutted if so. Think I’d rather have RVN to Potter

How do we think he’ll set up? 4-2-3-1? Based on what we currently have, and Coopers track record bringing through youth players. Hermansen Justin - Faes - Vesty - Kristiansen Ricardo - Winks Fatawu - KDH - Mavididi Vardy Stolarczyk New RB - Nelson - Coady - Thomas? Hamza - Braybrooke New RW - Alves - McAteer Cannon

How many backroom staff do you normally have?? Was it 5 or so Enzo had?? Assistant Manager - Alan Tate? First Team Coach - Andy King? Goalkeeper Coach - ? Fitness Coach - ? Set Piece Coach - ? We also need an U21 Coach as well. Who else has Cooper worked with before?

He’s not OGS, Lampard, Wazza, Parker or Stevie G or any of the atrocious options out there. I would put him more in the “underwhelming” category. But could be worse as above.

Decent track record bringing through youth. is what I’m clinging to

If it is to be Cooper as expected, imagine this could be announced this evening. Conveniently masked by the England game.

The Gerrit Forward brigade are gonna love Steve Low-block Cooper. “LoNg TErM amBitIOn” Ward Ricardo - Souttar - Coady - Vesty - Kristiansen Winks - KDH Fatawu - Vardy - Mavididi

Would prefer a left footer

Presuming this is based on the fact he is Welsh, and played under Cooper at Swansea?

I don’t buy it. If you wanted to put some pressure on Potter to shit or get off the pot (which it looks like we might be doing). Then you wouldn’t use the alternative manager you would sign to do that… you’d use someone else - Cooper. So hopefully this means we are pushing for Potter to give us an answer. And if that answer is “no”. Then hopefully we have someone else lined up - Corberan. That’s what I’m clinging to anyway