S-Clarke

Pretty much.

There was apparently another which was pretty close, not sure who it was though.

Pretty early this year Alpine. Fair play.

Sounds like more waffle from SM. They were doing a big server upgrade last summer ready for the new season, which then actually didn't happen until January onwards. And then they went to bitcoin.

What an load of absolute bull**** that is.

Are you ITK?

Marcelo Tejera, that was a dodgy agents deal if there ever was one. Came on loan from a South American club. then we had Sarmiento, who also came on loan from a South American club and never played. I think he was actually Tejera's replacement.

Not sure you can say Carceces did a job, he played 1 game away at a relegated Boro! Guly had technically come from Italy, so we didn't grab him from South America - he'd already settled in Europe. At the end of the day, the risk of a dud is far greater when you buy from that area - it's not just us who have noticed either. The most natural step for talented South American's is via a league such as Portugal’s, not as demanding, they can acclimatise in a different culture for a couple of years and then they'll get sniffed by the bigger clubs. Getting an unknown south American to do a job for us is a very high risk, hence why I thought it was sensible we didn't bother shopping over there. Even Liverpool tried it with a guy called Allen, Chelsea with Nathan and Kenedy, Utd with Fabio and Rafiana

I'm personally of the opinion that Morgan would walk into our side. We nearly got relegated with that midfield last year. Hoj talks a good game but lacks mobility and strength, Romeu was absolutely diabolical last season. Lemina and Morgan would be a great pairing in my opinion. One of the reason's we've regressed is because we failed to correctly replace both Morgan and Wanyama.

Surprised more teams weren't all over Evans at that price - it's apparently two instalments of £1.75m. For a club struggling with a leader at the back I'm also surprised we didn't have a sniff. I assume we're calm and relaxed about the situation though. I know it's crazy to think, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised for the club to think CB is covered and assume that Bedernak, Hoedt, Yoshida and Stephens are enough, with Alfie Jones as the 5th.

He's clearly a talented player, but he's a youtube player if I've ever seen one...! Needs to impact himself more when things aren't going too well, there seems to be certain weaknesses in his game that really show through in a struggling side. In reality, with his ability, he should have stood out like a sore thumb last year (and to be fair, he did in a few games).

Moved to flawless myself months ago. Ultimate and sports mania were proving a tad too sketchy for me. Flawless is as the name suggests!

They've been served a winding-up order by HMRC. As long as they follow the Skates rules, they'll be fine.

what the actual. It must have been a pre-arranged fee on the loan or something, and they had to excerise the option to buy. Otherwise that's a crazy way to run a football club.

#Ziyechwatch

Nah, not much going on there. Poor signing.

Brighton pushing to sign Paddy McNair from Sunderland (why...?). £3.5m rejected. Apparently Sunderland want closer to £10m+ Football is done.

Which I think we all knew at the time was club spiel, distributed to their favourite journos to try and appease the fans. I remember the chatter when we sold VVD. We wanted Mawson, Promes, Wallcott, Tosun to name but a few - those names were also linked to our favoured journos. The fact is that we ended up splurging £20m on someone not suited to us what so ever.

About as ITK as my left nostril.

Nope.

It's all about to come crashing down for Chelsea, imo.

Contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on, as we're all too aware. If Madrid want him, they'll get him. It's only allowed Spurs to ask for silly £££ really.

Wenger to Madrid anyone...? That would wind the gunners up.

I bet Spurs fans are a bit nervous right now...

I personally think he's the wrong sort of player they need. They need pace in attacking midfield, they're too pedestrian. I don't think Arnautovic is what I'd call quick.... Bale would be perfect for them if they're after an attacking midfielder type.