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I thought he was at the centre of a tug of war between Man City, Chelsea and Bayern

He was kept on to run the rule over Ross Stewart.

I guess the club are being extra cautious and will slowly introduce him to pre-season, after so long out - but there's also the argument that he needs as many games as possible to be of any use to us at the start of next season, so I'm totally at a loss as to what we do with him. We bought him last year for £9m, at the time it was a bit of a risk but we were told he should be back September time - but obviously that was wrong. This is a timeline of how much football he has played since 2022 - Start of 22/23 Season - Block of games, started the Champ well. Then injured with a hamstring injury (Played 7 games) Dec - 22/23 Season - returned for December and January, then injured with a serious rupture (Played 6 games) He wasn't seen again until Nov of the 23/24 season when he was with us. November 2023/24 Season - Two cameo sub appearances against West Brom and Huddersfield, 17 mins all in. Injured again. May 2023/24 Season - Back for Leeds away, played 7 mins at the end. Played 17mins in the WBA away leg. Then we didn't see him again. Overall, since summer 2022 (2 years ago) he has only been able to start 13 games. With an additional 4 cameo sub appearances for us in that time. I don't see any way back for him as a top level player based on that output, his body will have lost most of his match conditioning. We gambled on his signing and it backfired as we all expected. The club need to move on and stop assuming he will be an option for us to count on at all in the PL. If anything, we need to loan him for his sake - see how he holds up.

I genuinely think you're trolling here, it's an incredibly bad effort as well.

Just saw that Everton's latest takeover attempt has fallen through. They are in a whole new world of shit now. Maybe this is the season they will be flushed.

Dear me.

Of course he's a solid part of our 11 for next year, it would be odd to think otherwise. He deserves a crack after 24 goals for us last year, forget what happened before and see how he is in this environment. He never led the line for us last year though, he came in from the right or left - I expect he will continue with that role, and we'll have someone else leading the line profiting from his running. He was one of those entering his final year, so of course we had to offer him a new deal. Protecting his value and rewarding him for his efforts last year. No brainer for me.

There was no rush as far as I heard, as CSA said above - Darren Mowbray stepped up. The idea was the club were reviewing structures and looking at within, and may not even replace him with another DoF. I think the search function was disabled when we had those massive database slowdowns a year or so ago.

Wouldn't Ings have been before him? The best one we've made for many years for sure, although that was totally up for debate when we had to turn the loan permanent. But it all worked out well in the end, £20m well spent for sure.

I dunno, even with those two out of the picture we still have Wood, Edwards, THB, Stephens and Nico Lawrence who the club rate very highly as one of the younger lads. Charlie Taylor can also play as a third CB, and did so alongside THB at Burnley. Wood and Edwards have been signed as first team squad players.

I'd bloody well hope so! Even if we kept him we'd need to sign someone stacks better.

I think at this stage the club should just pull it, it's done. He's going to be missing chunks of pre-season now, and we have to plan alternatives. We can't let his limbo hinder what we need to do. Let's just replace him, let him go.

We're not signing anymore CB's, absolutley no chance. We feel we have the PL experience in Bednarek and Jack Stephens, and the huge potential in THB and Edwards - backed up by Woods. We won't get any more in this area. We're done at CB and I could even see us trimming that down by a player or 2 before the end of the window. Money needs to be thrown at the top end now.

I've always felt that he's the sort of player, with a run in a side, who could turn out to be above average at this level. Defo could be a squad forward for England with the game time behind him. I doubt he's available for under £25m. Palace tried to sign him last year for around £30m, but couldn't agree a price - so gave up, he then signed a new deal. £40m+ in my opinion, which is insane. I think we should have a look at a loan deal for him, but these are the sorts of deals that will crop up at the end of the window. Arsenal will obviously priorities a sale, but if there are no takers then for his benefit and their benefit (protecting value), they'll probably sanction a loan. That begs the question.....Ramsdale or Nketiah? You can only grab 1 loan from a PL club.

Worth a look? One source has told Sky Sports News that the 25-year-old Nketiah will leave Arsenal this summer. That will depend on Arsenal receiving a substantial offer. Nketiah found game time limited last season - starting 10 games in the Premier league.

Saints were keen on a loan with an option to buy for winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, but Palace do not want to see him move to a Premier League rival. Their plan is to loan him into the Championship for his development. The player, however, is keen on playing for Russell Martin.

I imagine Leeds fans are still buying up all our tickets.

Not entirely sure how Walker gets in.

I can actually claim that I'm fully in the know on this one. Reading have come in with a better offer, he was at Staplewood for his medical but Reading have won the race. Also, the Scottish FA are trying to poach Burley - we are seeking compensation. It should happen. #iwishwewerereading

They still have Neto as their first choice and club captain. Travers is second choice, and equally quite capable. If anything happens with Neto's situation I agree, they'd be all over it.

As was mentioned a few days back, I cannot see any other viable options in this country for him. The only reason he would want to leave Arsenal is to play. The fee won't come into the discussion as it will only ever be a loan without any options on it, we just need to figure out the wage split. I saw Newcastle mentioned - they've got Pope back from his long term injury, they also signed that Greek for £12m from Forest (as well as still having Dubravka). If he wants to continue as a bench keeper then by all means swap red for black and white.

Absolutely, kits are open to opinion. Some people will like it, some won't. I wish people would just go with 'I don't like it' comments rather than such extreme views. i.e. wanting to sack everyone associated with it etc. It's just stripes, honestly. As what you've said, in my opinion I don't like that Goztepe shirt, doesn't mean everyone hates it nor that the designers at the club should be sacked off.

Just saw that WHU are in advanced talks to sign Wan-Bisakka for around £15m from Man Utd. Looks like one less destination for KWP.

It's pretty bold - it's pink.

Yeah the rollbit logo really does make it look cheap, it's a shame. The starling logo on the red and white looks quite nice I think, although the Starling logo on the yellow is pretty much identical to Liverpool's kit of last year!