ErwinK1961

William Carvalho signs for Real Betis, odd one.

Lets hope Nice spend it just as quickly on Boufal!

Heard the deal is off. Smacked his head on the way into Staplewood and failed his medical.

He literally cannot be any worse than what we've had the last 2 years.

Laughable. Also, Romeu just watched the man run past him.

Whaaat? He's scored 330 goals in 262 games? Sign him up!

Clasie, Targett/McQueen, Boufal, Forster, Seager, Barnes and Flannigan I reckon will be out either sold or on loan - could probably add Hesketh to that as well, surely needs a loan somewhere for some gametime if he wants to develop? Other possibilities to go would be Davis, Gallagher/Long, one of the CB's - possibly Reed too, unless they decide he would be adequate RB/RWB cover after his spell there at Norwich. So you could make a case for 12 possible departures.

This! Been crying out for some proper competition in this area for ages.

Pay it.

15% sell on hardly seems that high to be honest.

Didn't he come on in the cup semi final and look decent centrally?

Would be a good deal for all parties to be honest. I know part exchanges almost never happen, but could we use him as part of a deal for Plea?

Might explain the Sturaro interest.

I do think we need an imposing CB who can win headers, but height not be all and end all. Hoedt has proven you can be very tall and still not win any headers. Interesting stat:- Burnley’s centre backs are Ben Mee (6ft) and Tarkowski (6ft 1) and they seemed to cope well.

Interesting - maybe he’s the Tadic replacement. Is Jan reliable??

Very underwhelming.

Same as you, waited till close to deadline but not sure what I was hoping to have happened. Still don't know if its the right decision, but put my faith in the fact Mark Hughes wouldnt have taken the job if he wasnt given some sort of guarantee of squad improvement...

Sweet Jesus. Koeman = Martina Puel = Pied Hughes = Cameron?

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Hmmm, this guy, Maddison, Gibson, Limbombe... maybe we're actually reverting back to the 'best players at lesser clubs' for targets rather than 'bench warmers at big clubs'. Which would be a positive. Obviously have to actually sign some of them first mind you, which I won't be holding my breath about.

Not necessarily - there have been rumours since the end of last season that they are eyeing up a replacement for him, plus their fans weren't happy. If they aren't tearing trees up in the first 5-10 games, I reckon he will go. Still leaves plenty of time for them to have a good season. DT is right - they will have a better season than us.

He won’t be their manager by the end of next season.

Not sure that will come into it tbh - sounds like he wants to move back to Midlands and Leicester are a more attractive proposition than we are.

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Totally agree - Pearce needs to join Motson in being put out to pasture.