Spudulike

There are Leicester fans that have never heard of the Ice King's

If Leverkusen are happy to sell a young striker for what is actually a smallish fee then it suggests they don't expect him to progress much. We can do better.

Can we actually name a 25 man squad at this point without including a never played before group of youths?

Won't be allowed to train with us as he's not yet in our employment. Insurance and all that.

Remember how he stood in front of the West Stand cupping his ears after managing to squeeze one past Ward the last time Chelsea played at our place. Warra twat

I'm driving a 280 mile round trip for this on a Monday night and using a day's leave. I must want my head read.

I'd say Benkovic but we didn't actually find out. One of the most weird signings.

Not sure why everyone is losing their shit over yet another Twitter/X rumour. And that's all it is.

Just made the mistake of checking out Twitter/X thing. Seems that he's going to Southampton, Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Sporting or now signing a new and improved contract at his current club.

We're hardly in NottsF territory. Have we got a full 25 man squad yet?

Get stuck in traffic round there after every home match (not the Colosseum unless I've taken a wrong turn). Shudder.

... and not forgetting Alves.

Does this mean the Ayew deal if off

The compo would've gone out during last seasons accounts. Okoli is this year.

But is he better than Ayew?

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Probably given up on this player given the rumoured interest in Zaha.

Don't think they had much choice due to the compo. The £10 million has probably saved us, partially.

I thought that Cooper might stay in post longer than Mascara at Chelsea. Not so sure now.

Could be pronunciation issues for some of our fans

Not sure that we have room for two Wilf's.

I've never seen him play. Is he any good ?

Not sure why anyone is bothered about these sort of deals. Perhaps it's the word 'loan' causing the anguish. I look at it as a 1-year contract with a much smaller transfer fee and only having to pick up a portion of the wages. If these short term contract players contribute to achieving our ambition of retaining Premier League status then it's a success. Rather have them for a year than not at all. We've been stung far too many times by players out of the Euro Leagues that we can't move on.

Obligations are a risk. The Fatawu deal less so as, if reported correctly, the obligation was reliant on promotion. The club don't want to be saddled with a player that isn't going to make the grade. This season is all about survival. If this player helps us to achieve that then the one season loan will have been worthwhile even if we don't sign him up on a permanent contract thereafter. Fortunately we didn't have an obligation to buy with Casadei.