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I'm not too phased with Brighton splashing the cash - they're in their equivalent of our 2016-2021; they'll miss on a couple of transfers, get raided by the big boys and be back where they started. That's just the cycle of life for anybody not in the big 6.

hopefully he's put a good word in for us

i know you're joking but for the unaware he only transferred there 3 weeks ago

I think they're just reporting old news here. I doubt we've doubled back, and no way we can afford this + Hlozek + Ayew

Absolutely; but it's a big commitment - and Germans are not super willing to put up with shit German when they could just speak English. When I lived in Japan, that was definitely different though, and even stumbling through a coffee order in Japanese made a noticeable positive difference. I'm very glad to have learned German though - fun language to speak

Was expecting a very different thread when I clicked on it, lol. I'm currently living in Berlin and have been for a few years. I've learned the language but honestly, you'd be fine without it. The city is nice enough and it's a great city if you're young and/or single, but I don't know if I'd want to start a family here. Germans are generally nice enough, but I do find their bluntness and general grumpiness a bit grating after a few years here. Worth mentioning that South Germany is very much not grumpy in that way, but there you'd definitely need to speak some German. I've found in the workplace that being loud and confident is valued more than being competent, moreso than in the UK. The "squeaky wheel gets the oil" is the only way to get help with things. I find that difficult as a combination of Britishness and my personality makes making a fuss very uncomfortable for me. I'm not white and I've had a couple of weird interactions here. While I feel that those sorts of things could happen anywhere, the few times they happened to me in the UK, people around me shut it down very quickly - that wasn't the case here, and I didn't like that. Football culture is great and you've got two cool big clubs and lots of smaller clubs to get involved with. Berlin is probably the least football mad of the big cities in Germany, but it's still huge. I can't see myself living here forever, but the last 5 years have been good and I'm in no hurry to leave.

Looks like Slot doesn't rate Wataru Endo, could be a deal to be made there? Would be our best midfielder

This is a bit of an overreaction on here if I'm honest, most Palace fans are saying they'd rather keep him at that price. I'd understand if this was deadline day and ****-all else had been done but there's still a lot of time.

I'd take him for 4m. Not at the cost of any of the other links, and hugely dependent on the contract terms, but 4m is basically nothing these days.

his new agent also represents Nanasi...

We're mentioned again in this article, but I don't think it's anything new. More wanted to comment on how nice we are as a club, even to our detriment. No ruthlessness in forcing players out the door. Ward still shirt #1.

https://www.scoutedftbl.com/best-young-football-players/adam-hlozek/ This report from a few years back compares him to Zlatan in terms of style

Is he checking for lumps?

As much as I'd like it to be true, I can't see us getting both him and Hlozek - especially if So'ton are willing to pay that much more for him.

i think Hlozek would play in the hole and BDCR on the wing.

yeah my only hope for the season at this point is that we don't break derby's record

18m? get the ****ing chequebook out

Am I wrong to think a 9m€ loan fee is extremely high for a year of past his prime Zaha?

Release clauses have to be paid in one lump some, probably not an option with our finances.

This strategy of buying fifteen 20-30m€ players and hoarding them is so much more detestable than spending 100m each on 4 players

No option is a shame but phwoar what a banger of a name. Mr. Goodnight, put them to bed!

we're massive

Only way this makes sense to me is if we're expecting Hermansen to go - and if what Tanner was saying about our finances is true, that might be necessary to make any signings. Could see Liverpool looking to get the heir to Alisson in with time to bed into the team. That said, I don't buy it.

He seems a good lad but I've never really been convinced by him. Hope he kicks on here and maybe we can recoup some of the cash we spent on him.