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it's well out of date. Transfermarkt has us spending EUR46 and selling EUR127

"Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home." A. Wenger 2002.

Sheaf going from Cov to Wrexham probably a sign that Smallbone move is dead. They will have spent £30m this summer, with nothing coming back the other way.

Galatasaray only signed him last summer (for €9m).

it will be disappointing if the last signing is not a final boss lookalike.

I am pretty sure we did.

and the Wolfsberg newspaper said otherwise according to EFL Analysis website. Who knows, but I doubt he wants to make a sideways move after scoring goals at this level. https://eflanalysis.com/news/liam-manning-receives-norwich-city-transfer-boost-as-josh-sargent-to-wolfsburg-twist-emerges/

Many reports suggested the deal didn't happen because Norwich wanted a lot more than Wolfsburg offered, which was about £16.5m.

They will know him and his game very well you'd think.

Wonder if we will get a bid for Charles on Monday? It's always the players you want to keep that PL teams try to acquire.

possibly. With a £38m parachute payment in 23/24 they still had to make £14m profit in players sales just to break even. Last season (24/25) they had no parachute payment. That meant a £38m reduction in income. They only made about £2m NET profit in player sales in 24/25. When their accounts come out for last season I'd expect a sizeable loss. So far this season they have only made about £10m NET profit on player sales according to transfermarkt. Unless their wage bill has been reduced massively over the last year, they may still need to sell Sargent to balance the books. His contract runs until 2028 which means they can wait until next year perhaps, but he will want a move.

Looked good at Sunderland, then bounced around a bit at a level too high for him and then found his proper level in the championship. Seems to know where the net is. Hopefully Stewart and Downs will find it too.

He must have been thinking about ABK

Likewise. I see in his videos a player that is extremely comfortable with the ball at his feet like a Jack Clark or younger day Lallana. Very different to our one touch midfielders like Downes and Smallbone. Really hope he can hit the ground running and be our Hamer/Ndiaye/Lallana type playmaker that makes a difference.

what you syan?

Looking forward to hearing that. I thought ryming Fellow and Yellow might work... Look at the stars Look how they shine for you And everything you do Yeah, it's all Fellows We came along We wrote a song for you And all the things you do And it was called Fellows Your skill, oh yeah, your skill, and goals Turn into something beautiful And you know, you know we love you so You know we love you so

What odds the writer of this piece saw that we were linked with him and then simply made up this story? The fact it doesn't mention Saints as an interested party is very disingenuous. If we have to pay anywhere near the EUR10m mentioned, then WBA wont be able to afford that.

I didn't know Downs was seen as the backup striker to be honest. I thought they saw him as the guy to lead line this season. It goes without saying that if both Downs and Stewart don't do the business, that will bite us.

Sure, because we got relegated. I fully understand their desire to move and progress their careers and don't see them as the bad guys. It's a business. If my wages were cut by 40%, I'd be looking to change jobs. My point was that I'm not going to give the club a pat on the back for getting a reasonable fee for these two players. I don't see this 'business' as something to celebrate. We haven't done well to get `great money for two ineffective players' as the original posts alludes to.

If framing it that way makes you feel better, cool, but in my eyes we have sold an amazing talent and a likely Portugal world cup player.

Proper PL quality players almost always depart on relegation, so no surprise he departed at all. I thought for a second the £50m price tag might be a red line and be too high, but no. If we get promoted and West Ham relegated, would you take him back?

yeah, he had the 14 squad number until 2020.

it was perhaps either him or Fellows and we have got Fellows over the line. A Scienza deal moving might also be a factor. Two wingers rather than three always seemed more likely.

Seems quite a high fee for a guy they don't ever start. I'm speaking in relative terms of course.

We will have firstly approached his agent to ask if he fancied the move and discussed personal terms at that point. We will then have made an approach and offer to his club, which will have been low, and probably turned down. This will all be in anticipation of Edozie departing, which now seems very close, hence an improved offer will have gone in and now we wait for Edozie deal to happen and this deal to conclude. Anything could happen from here of course. Simples.