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We'd make our money back on a player who doesn't want to be here. Given the hits we're going to take on Carrillo, Forster, Elyounoussi, Boufal, Hoedt, and the losses we've already made on Clasie and Gabbiadini, breaking even would be one of our better results from the appalling recruitment we've done in the last few years. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Monaco have always got money sloshing around from sales. Leicester just gave them £40m for Tielemans. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

For Chambers read Stephens: too slow to play right back, not defensively strong enough to play centre back. Fulham had the worst squad of defenders ever assembled by a Premier League side - and they still thought Chambers was too poor to play at the back. He was their POTY as a makeshift holding midfielder (who couldn't pass water). He's only played regularly for two PL sides - and they've both gotten relegated. I don't see any reason why we would ever consider bringing him back. Also, Arsenal value him at £25m. Which is frankly hilarious. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Clyne's done his ACL. Another season of not playing, albeit for a less mysterious reason. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I think it'd be an incredible coup for one of the most in demand, highly rated young centre backs in European football to leave a Champions' League club for us, when our stock is low after two grim seasons of struggle, and our funds are tight. The manager must have some draw if we can pull that one off. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2019/newcastle-back-in-for-allan-saint-maximin-as-ogc-nice-drop-asking-price-from-e40m-to-e25m/ Nice looking to offload Saint-Maximin to fund deal for Boufal, with personal terms seemingly already agreed. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I suppose we'd better hope we don't draw S****horpe in the cups. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Malang Sarr (20) wants to leave Nice. Price set at €20m. Mobile, agile, highly rated, young, just about within our price range. Wonder if we're monitoring this. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Maybe he's taking some personal time off. We're not entitled to an update on every detail of their lives. I'm sure if there's something to say about it, the club will communicate that in due course. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Quality build up. It's like watching Barcelona. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Tom O'Connor on the bench - one of our better u23s, I think. Neat and tidy, lovely left peg, could potentially be a modern ball-playing holding midfielder. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

In the current market madness, that's almost reasonable for a CB. I suspect it's not the price, though, as bigger clubs will be all over that like a tramp on chips. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

He wouldn't get a game for Carlisle. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Shocking appointment. He should be on the list with Hughes, Pardew and Pulis entitled "Never to be employed again". Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Never seen Pongracic, but from memory Hinteregger is a bit of a left sided Bednarek - not particularly quick, but gutsy and physical, decent on the ball. I think I read something recently about him playing silly buggers with his club trying to force a move to someone else (not us). Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Snap their hand off, move on. Better still, get them to throw in Alain Saint-Maximin. He's got the name for it already - the most Saints you can possibly be. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

"Thanks for your efforts, but we aspire to play above the level of pub football and need players who have more than 20 minutes of light jogging in the tank." Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Then we're dreaming as they're not leaving an upwardly mobile Champions' League club to join our annual relegation dogfight. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Yes, the harsh reality of winning promotion with a borrowed team. Their first XI next season will look nothing like the team that got promoted - that's why it'll be so hard to stay up. They're essentially starting again from scratch, give or take. I think they've made some good signings, though. Massively overpaid, but it is what it is. They're worth it if the team survives. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Uncle Les' touch of death all over this. Signing players on a promise that they'll be sold once they've served a fraction of their sentence is no way to build a committed squad. Yes, we all know Saints aren't most players' ideal final destination, and if they've got any ambition (and ability) they'll just be passing through. But if they don't even have to earn that upgrade through the strength of their performances because we've agreed to help them out the door after a set period regardless, what incentive is there for anyone to give two hoots about fighting for the club when the chips are down (as they most certainly have been for two years)? That's partly why we've struggled so badly. When the going got tough, half our squad got on the phone to their agents and tried to get going. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Leicester and Arsenal could get Lemina for nothing if they offered in return Choudhury or Maitland-Niles respectively. Kills two birds with one stone: offloads a high earner who doesn't want to be here, and upgrades on Romeu. I'm sure it's not likely, but their first team chances at their current clubs will be lessened with the arrival of Super (in his head) Mario. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Disappointing if it was, say, Slattery. In his couple of outings for the first team it was noticeable that he only had two speeds: walking and jogging. Against Burnley (I think) their players ran past him with ease time and again with the ball and he barely seemed to even try and keep up. I wasn't sure if he was lazy, chronically slow or incredibly unfit, but it left a negative impression of a young player once tipped as a real prospect. Let's hope whoever has been slacking learns a hard lesson and gets their act together pronto. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Nice to see Klarer get some time with the first team - unless he's just there to act as a tour guide... Most obvious thing: holy smokes we're short in midfield. With Lemina headed out and Armstrong a combination of often injured and or crap, we need some more quality there stat. Don't think Slattery is anything special at all. And the only interest in Smallbone is seeing him face off against Longstaff to prove once and for all whether size matters. For me, we're a CB, RB, CM light - at least. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Can't warm to anyone that is happy to milk big wages from the club but can't be arsed to get himself properly fit in return. It's a sad spectacle when a 29 year old "athlete" in the prime of his career isn't able to run around for much more than half an hour. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Tyrone Mings to Villa for £20m! Game's gone... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk