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Stewart. Your point still stands.

I a not sure RM trusts him in midfield either. Unless someone makes a significant bid, he's here for a lot of years, so we need to find a way to utilise him. Playing off the striker might be an option.

I'm sure the initial amount is similar to the £12m they paid and the rest is due if we win the league in the next few years. 😉

Agree. Assuming KWP is going to West Ham, and there are no sell on fees liable for either player, it makes sense for us to say KWP's value was £25m-£30m and their figure for Downes to also be on the `high' side.

I wonder what kind of deadline we've set him to make a decision? If we did bid for Delap, maybe it has elapsed?

Adams staying seems reasonably likely to me.

I'd like option `C' please.

When I read x, z and z are interested in a player I usually take it with a pinch of salt. Te fact other sides haven't signed him raises the question why not? That doesn't mean he won't be great of course.

maybe we are still negotiating a deal with him?

If Wolves actually wanted him, why hasn't the deal already done? Who's waiting for a better opportunity, player or club? Also, why have they gone ahead and signed another striker? Did they really need two?

the point is, they (Forest) aren't looking to bring in Ramsdale, so that's one less option for him in the UK.

Forest just signed Carlos Miguel.

I was going to say that, even if we had the money, Ramsdale ain't moving from Arsenal to us he'd have better options, but (assuming he wants to start) who are they? A lot of sides seem to have their first choice settled. Maybe we have too though.

With or without Jason, the Downes transfer will have taken time as the new manager is going to want to see him in training at least. KWP isn't going to sign a new contract with us no matter who is doing the sweet talking. Being available on a free gives you a lot of options and a much larger wage. Jason was here five minutes. He hadn't done the job before and was learning on the job. He's not irreplaceable.

you obviously didn't see Ian Andrews in a Saints shirt?

if £15k a week is the going rate for an England youth international, then yes, you have to pay it. The others players can ask for more. Doesn't mean the club have to pay it. It is possible to have players on different size wages.

Will be interesting in the years ahead to see if this money proves to have been better spent than if we had given it to Gomes.

if they are worth it, pay them, if not, show them the door. I am not sure I understand us speculating £10m-£15m on the likes of Larios and Charles, but not speculating on this lad. It is different I suppose and I guess the club has done the maths. Really dissappointing to have found top talent and see it slip through our fingers.

Puma don't hold an event at sms mid July without unveiling the kit.

Yeah, makes sense from a marketing Ng point of view to hold fire on player incoming announcements until after kit launch.

Quiet news day yesterday. Thought we might announce his signing. Maybe not as close as social media indicated

You are happy with the GK position? 😉

Which key staff have been binned?

The Wellington noise is probably just the agent using us to promote his player. Alcaraz got the chance to go to Juve. No brainer. The manager doesn't fancy him. Why would he want to stay here? ABK didn't want to play in the second tier of English football. Not unusual. All players want to play for the biggest clubs, which we are not, so why would our most talented players, like KWP, extend contracts that prevent them moving easily? There isn't a problem. It's just normal football business. We can't dominate the window because we are one of, if not the weakest of all the 20 sides in terms of finances and attractiveness. It's very tough. Anyone decent is known and will probably have a decent option elsewhere. I am sure we will bring in another Rothwell (i.e. not great), but maybe we will also end up with the Premier equivalent of THB, Downes, Fraser, Brooks that got us up last season. Don't stress it. Enjoy this window. It's fun.