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Indeed. We've done the absolute opposite. I think he refers to ABK who's now looking like being loaned rather than being loaned with an obligation.

If Wood signs, I reckon so.

Thanks, I missed that. That ought to have made the lad a few quid.

He's out of contract next summer...unless he's signed an extension prior to the loan?

Nah, can't agree with any of that. His injury record would make a sale difficult, and there's no humiliation or blame for other clubs only wanting to take him on loan. Now that THB is over the line, he'll be loaned somewhere before tea time.

Nice! Love the nod to City with ' frequent sender' stamped on the envelope 😂

I think the Dortmund deal was initially a sale but dressed up as a loan with obligation, and that the "loan fee" was a big one as in reality it was the first tranche of the transfer fee. It looks like that's collapsed for some reason so we're now looking for a conventional loan, with a loan fee to match. Nothing humiliating about it at all, just a shift from a sale to a loan.

His loan seems to have been lined up even with us trying to find a home for Mara, so I doubt that it's conditional on incomings. Reading would be a good move for him.

That'd be a good move for him.

If we get Bellis and Wood then I wouldn't be surprised to see Bednarek go (I take it for granted that ABK is going). Bednarek is part of the past, and I don't think is part of our future.

Agreed. I think he'd do well at a mid ish league 1 club, preferably one who play possession football.

I agree with that in the main, but the lad won't learn his trade on the bench. He needs minutes. If we won't give them to him, he needs a spell on loan to develop himself in men's football. He'll learn nothing more playing u21 matches.

Yep, bloody brilliant isn't it. There's been a massive reset behind the scenes too. The whole club has been shaken up from top to bottom. Long overdue.

Where? What's your statement based on?

Me too. Had a good day?!

Not sure what's the bigger gamble...a crocked bloke who's decent when fit, or someone from the Belgium league who's shit when he's fit. On balance, I reckon we'll take a punt on him.

Interesting take on it. So, if for example, we've paid half the Onuachu fee, and they want him back at half price, then they essentially want him back for free! They'd then want the fee for Paintsil, so not actually a swap at all. On the rest if it, like you, I'm not overly concerned by Tella leaving.

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Cheers...Nene Dorgeles is a forward I've not seen linked elsewhere.

Nothing would surprise me...us signing both with Bednarek and ABK leaving is as possible as anything else.

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If the £17.2m was paid over 2 years it'd essentially be the same as getting £24m over 3 years (standard as I understand it), but giving us an extra year of amortisation of what he cost us. Even if those add ons were micky mouse ones, this feels like a no brainer if he's not going to be playing for us.

They may have, who knows. Alternatively, it could that he's felt good enough for the championship, but not quite PL ready, at least not yet. Regardless, he'd be brilliant for us but I'm not sure where that leaves others - no room (or need) for all of them.

Correct, but I'm not sure why City would loan him for his last season - surely it makes sense for them to take the best offer.

Genius! Cheers