hypochondriac

Lol no they didn't. We obviously thought we had it in the bag at some point but things change. Once he played last night it was pretty clear he wasn't coming here.

Well if true and he's staying what a waste of time this has been. Let's go for a backup but we don't have long...

If we lose out I'll go back to being pleased with the window rather than ecstatic. Assume we will be getting an attacker in regardless.

Calm down we haven't done anything yet.

We are just so different and special with our transfer dealings compared to every other club. You never hear about our dealings in public and we have multiple decoys that we plant in the media to obscure our real dealings. We are geniuses.

No offence to you but imo that's bollocks. We aren't using it as a smokescreen we have clearly really badly wanted this player. It's not some sort of tactic.

I don't think we will be going down with the players we have and I still think we'll get someone alright on loan by the end of tomorrow if we lose out on Gakpo. The season will be a little bit meh imo even if meh is an upgrade on where we were previously.

It's gutting to have seemingly got so close and then to lose out partly because a big statement signing like this would seem to herald a new kind of era for us. It's still a good window if we miss out but it coukd have been an amazing one. Not over yet but it does feel less likely now.

To be fair I'm not sure he claimed to ever know anything.

Indeed. When it drags on like this u lose a bit of hope really. In many ways it would be better if these things just never came out.

Hope we stick in a clause that he has to play when we play them.

Brilliant

Worth remembering we would also have Maitland niles who can play at the back if required.

I'd still like another striker option. On loan maybe but that could be greedy.

So that's the redmond and romeu replacements in the squad. Lb is a belated Bertrand replacement I suppose. Exciting times. Still need an attacker.

Wonder if he will replace Romeu. If we get the city lads it seems unlikely we'd need more fullback cover.

I expect this would be in addition to Gakpo.

I know it's quite obvious so not much of a prediction but I've been in touch with my friend. He said 2, possibly 3 incoming. Redmond, bednarek and romeu off. Gakpo close should be a very busy day tomorrow.

Seems pretty unlikely we'd pull out of a transfer based on a seemingly minor hamstring injury.

Lol. That's exactly what we want.

Ah crap. Hope we have a backup option.

Interesting. We should know in the next day or two then if this one has legs. Cheers.

Caleta-carr link without foundation?

Yes but selling that lot might fund this guys right leg. Maybe 15-20 million max for that lot if anyone even wants them and that's being pretty generous.

I'd be alright with that I reckon. We really need some creativity.