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We're three points off survival, so makes sense for the club to maximise its budget to attract players that can keep us in the division.

But his manner in press conferences so far doesn’t suggest it but that may well change!

Fully agree. I don't get it either, and Ruud seems to be fine with it based on his interviews so far, but that could change. Some potential scenarios: 1. We're waiting for the Cannon money so we can go after a different calibre of player, and that has a knock-on impact on other targets 2. We're looking at the loan market but that takes longer as teams want to see where they are towards the end of the window 3. Something's changed as part of the PL comms to the club about the PSR decision so they're having to be more careful

It's Sky Sports so take it with a pinch of salt. If Cannon goes, I suspect that are funds but it will be low fees as Percy reported.

West Ham have bid £57m for Duran according to Ornstein

Yeah, the tax issue screwed that transfer up. Palace reportedly didn't sign him for the same reason.

I think it's how quickly things have changed - if it had been a slower fall, then I think even our fans will have accepted it more. To go from 5th with a high standard of recruitment to PL strugglers with no recruitment strategy within a few seasons is unacceptable. Surely opposition fans and the media can understand that?

Don't think we could have signed Zaha anyway - not only is there his tax issue, but hasn't he played for two European clubs already this season?

Yep, this has been a big issue - Winks especially. I thought him and Soumare wouldn't work together and that's been proven. I think RVN sees this too, hence the link to Toby Collyer but looks like he's part of Amorin's plans now. Generally, feels like the club are stuck between deciding whether to go for it and invest more, or lick their wounds and rebuild in the Championship. Or they could also be waiting for the Cannon money so they can get a different profile of player? It's all such a mess!

Tanner has suggested we need the Cannon sale for more signings. But RVN was promised money and signings for January, and doesn't seem impatient. Make it make sense!

Show them this when people say we’re entitled:

Just raised his hands rather than closing down the player for their first goal, so lightweight.

Winks raising his arms rather than closing the player down for their first goal tells you it all.

I’ve backed RVD, could see our general play getting better but what was that Bilal sub about? Awful decision and turned the crowd when we were getting momentum.

Spot on. Also, the club will be re-calibrating their budget with Cannon likely moving on so we may have different targets.

Fully agree. Sounded like Skipp was a Cooper signing as he worked with him at youth level. We so need a director of football who leads the strategy, rather than leaving it to the manager and then the club keeps chopping and changing, leaving players bought for big money on the sidelines.

Quality is lacking. Played some nice football in the 1st half but lacked cutting edge/the finish. And then got suckerpunched 2nd half. So disappointing, just look like a side going down.

I think there is a bit of rose-tinted glasses with Iversen. He looked better as the comparison was Danny Ward but he was average as well towards the end of the 22/23 season - for example, he was very good vs. Everton but awful vs Fulham. In fact, the stats for expected goals conceded suggested during his time in goal he wasn't much better than Ward. And remember Jakob is young and just coming back from a major injury. He's not played a huge amount of games, and the goalkeeping position is a huge one. If his form drops and Mads is still injured, we're screwed.

Of course, depends on who the club gets.

You just can't risk it with the goalkeeping position as we learnt to our cost in 22/23. It's arguably the most critical position, and Mads was arguably the key reason why we were outside of the bottom 3 until he got injured.

Looks like this won’t happen, even if we had a spare domestic loan spot:

The quote from PL in the Times says "...no complaint has been brought against Leicester by the league for any breach of the PSRs for the period ending Season 23-24" so looks clear to me.

Not directly by the PL but the reports say no clubs have been charged for 23/24 so it's pretty clear. That means the verdict on 23/24 is not connected to the pending arbitration of 22/23.

Yep, appears that the PL have been stirring things deliberately (the journalist claims he got his info from PL sources), perhaps even using the likes of Maguire as outriders as they're trying to get back at us for winning on the 22/23 case. It's pathetic but effective. I like Maguire but I really think it's distasteful the way he's played up the PSR stuff and joked about it. I wonder if Brighton were in a similar situation (very unlikely given how well they're run), he'd be jovial so readily? That comment in the Telegraph about the club feeling like they're being picked on makes more sense given how things have played out.

Yes, on Talksport a couple of weeks ago saying we're at high risk. Didn't say another club was under the same level of scrutiny.