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If he signs, a possibility that we loan him back or out to a championship side, assuming there is interest?

Taylor, Manning, Wellington, Larios. Something has to give. Just imagine if no one signs KWP in the summer and we manage to get him to sign a new deal.

Hope this works out better than Meghoma, Small and Larios investments.

First team has not cut it, but great to see we are investing in young talent. It's no Chelsea-level money, but it's certainly not nothing.

Doesn't surprise me, but as you will know then, it's not really the job of the agent to have the players `welfare at heart', it is their job to maximise the players earnings by negotiating the best contracts and commercial deals, help to get the player a move to another club if his wishes or needs it, while also presenting opportunities/clubs that the player hasn't specfically requested but may choose if they desire. Ultimately, the welfare, performance and longevity of a player will help the earnings potential of the player (and thus the agent), so they won't ignore it, but agents aren't their to hold the players hand, they are there to make them richer. Players dont even need an agent. The PFA can and do provide lawyers to handle contract negotiations if a player so chooses. Players take an agent because they know they will get them a great deal. Despite what you say about your son, and that is commendable, agents also don't actually know if a move will benefit a player in the long term or not. Take Bale or more recently Djed Spense. Both got a massive offer from Spurs to play in the PL. But Bale's move looked like it was a shocker at one point, with Bagpuss looking to offload him to Cardiff until he had an injury crisis...and then the rest was history. Spense's move to Spurs similary looked to be a nightmare, but more recently he has impressed for them. One things for sure, financially the moves made sense for both players - and that is what the agents is responsible for. In Dibling's case, his agent will present the options available. He isnt going to flatly refuse to hear (and pass on) offers from Liverpool because he thinks Dibling might end up in the reserves. The decision on which he takes will be down to the player.

Andy Richie's goal has just came to mind. I hope Rodger fucking Milford stubs his toe every day.

The two halves at Forest show, with our best team we have a fighting chance in games, without him, Dibling, Sulemana and Ramsdale (which might be the case on Saturday) we are absolute fodder.

I agree. Brendon Johnson joined Spurs for £48m and although he had a good season for them before his departed, I think Dibling has been equally impressive while offering a much higher ceiling. Both were/are excellent with th eball at their feet, but Dibling just strikes the ball so well and his weight of pass is bloody lovely.

I am by no means a fan, but if you had watched Ian Andrews play for us, I think you might be a little more forgiving.

Money will be the main factor. No championship club would turn down the oppotunity to have him totally for free for example. A loan fee seems to be par for the course, but if we haven't already, maybe we ought to waive that. His wages may be too big for a lot of championship sides to take on in full too. There is little point in us loaning him out if his wages are not beign paid only for him to sit on the bench.

maybe when you are extremely close up to something it's ugliness is less easy to see?

Fair play to them for putting their money where their mouth is, but RB Leipzig aint getting him for £30m.

Adrian Heath. Nothing compares. I was young and defeats made me cry. Now old, defeats just make me laugh (not through happiness of course).

Fair point - and returning him would save a few bob, but equally it would be nice to at least attempt to break the Derby points mark.

beating slow and crap fullbacks in the championship wont necessarily improve his game. He needs to play against the best, every day in training and in games. Playing in the championship will make him look good, but we don't need to advertise his skills. Those are evident to all. He also doesn't need the slog of 50 odd games. So long as he is playing as part of the regular rotation of a big side, being at a bigger club won't hurt him. As you say, he ain't signing a new contract. The offers will come in during the summer and then its just a question of how much Saints are willing to accept. If we turn down all offers (which could happen if we ask for say £70m), then he will have no choice, like KWP last summer. No sure it will come to that. I ould imagine unless we sell this summer we wont have money to buy. As a reminder, despite all the sales last summer (approx £160m), we only spent £10m on Charles and £8m on Stewart.

Excellent news that he is fit and ready to play games. He can do nothing for us when injured, be that play for us, play games out on loan (so we dont have to pay his wages) and/or be available for a transfer so we can improve our finances. What we need now is a manager who typically wants to to try and get 30 passes in before the ball has left the 18 yard box to have an injured crisis at the keeper position.

Are Chelsea short without Lavia? Would be a shame if he was recalled when he has just got started for us.

He isn't on £1500 a week. When he rejoined Saints his scholar deal may have been for relatively buttons, but then he signed a professional contract the following year. He isnt signing a pro contact that lasts for four years for £1500 a week. does he need to develop physically? He's already more than built for PL football. Even if he wasn't, being in a lower division doesn't help you develp physically more than being in a higher division - they both have weight rooms. Why does he need to drop down a league to build confidence? He is not Adam Armstrong and needs to play against worse players. The lad is absolutely briming with confidence already. I agree that playing games regulary is important to keep developing, but he's been running rings around opponents and there is no reason why he wouldn't do the same playing for Bournemouth, Brentford or Brighton. Why not Everton, Spurs, Newcastle, Man United, Arsenal even?

FFS. Who do we even have to play wide left and right?

More like £25m to pay down debt and £25m to cover shortfall in income to pay wages of existing 20 crap players.

If he wants to stay he will stay. An agent can't force a move. He will be doing what any agent would do - create an alternative option that helps him get the best deal possible either from SFC or elsewhere. The Dibling family will be fully aware of his actions. This story about the Dibling family being at loggerheads with the agent is probably part of the plan to ensure the agent is the bad guy not the player.

almost anywhere. A season in the championship is going to be seen as a wasted season. It's never going to happen...unless our valuation is simply off the charts...but even then there are going to be clubs signing him to stop another getting him.

Spurs: "How about £100k a week?" die Mannyschaft: "nah, you'll aright thanks."

Not sure that is conclusive, but the fact is, its a loan until the end of the season, after that nothing is set in stone.

Yep, a real shame. He's one of the few players that gets you out of your seat. You just wonder if we had stayed up, if both he and the team might have grown together and who knows where that might have ended. There are lots of noises about leaving etc. (and relegation makes that seem pretty certain), but that's just the agent doing his job. In the end, if we stayed up and then paid him the kings ransom his agent would nto doubt ask for, he may well have stayed.