OhForAGreavsie

At least this suggests there's a good option available for Trevoh if he still hasn't convinced Chelsea's decision makers. Still a top five league, Champions League, and there are a lot of worse places to live than Southern Italy.

No, I don't believe that he did. He remains what he always was, i.e. a player who flatters to deceive.

Impress with your advanced English. Instead of half-a-quid Jackson, say ten-bob Jackson. And if you really want to put someone down go with two-bob, e.g. two-bob OhForAGreavsie, or he's two-bob.

Quite possibly net.

Didn't want him at half the price. Certainly don't want him now.

Agreed. Last season we were able to use squad teams in most cup games. Next season it will be a massive advantage if we are able to use a squad team in some Premier League matches. That's going to require a significant upgrade in the quality of the squad team.

I don't know for sure but I would be surprised if we were contractually obliged to pay him during his ban.

Does this mean they have ended their reported interest in Gibbs-white?

We should be able to play him in the Club World Cup, which would count as this season. We would then still have the option to loan him out again, whether that be back to Genk, elsewhere, or even both Genk and one other club over the course of next season.

Well this would certainly be the right public stance for the manager to take.

As long as the sporting directors have read your post here about not allowing Penders to experience a long-term loan at a desirable destination where there is a high risk of him putting down roots.

They do seem to take longer these days don't they. There's the arrival video, the photo shoot video, the interview, the sponsors' placements and real life events (like a pre-booked holiday perhaps) sometimes having to be squeezed in as well.

CoPilot's assessment of SJ's post: "Mike Maignan is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AC Milan and the France national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, known for his reflexes, distribution, and leadership qualities. From the surrounding page content, it appears that Chelsea has approached AC Milan regarding a potential transfer for Maignan. This suggests that Chelsea is actively looking to strengthen their squad with a high-profile goalkeeper. Given Maignan's reputation and performances, he would be a significant addition to any team aiming for top-level competition."

Just received a BBC notification that we are sending Sancho back to ManU and paying what the report describes as a penalty. I heard one journo describe the payment as just the agreed loan fee, and not an additional penalty clause at all. I confess that I had wondered if we might try to turn a profit on Sancho by doing a back-to-back buy from United and sell to X deal. In reality that was daft of me because United and club X would make sure that couldn't happen. Since the original report claims that we've passed on Sancho because we failed to agree terms with him, I have to say that I don't really blame him for holding out. Although he's relatively young he has to face the reality that, outside of moving to Saudi, he will never get another contract to match his current deal with United. That being so, it makes sense not to give up that contract without a payoff or matching terms from his new employer.

Or non-performances. I don't think he actually played a Premier League game. Or should I say, Google doesn't think so. 🙂

9 European trophies, 8 FA Cups, 6 league titles, 5 League Cups, and 1 Club World Cup. What am I forgetting?

I think we all think that we do know. Still, we've bean wrong before. 🙂

One more pot to play for. Chances of winning it not great of course but there's good money on offer and our uefa PSR account needs all the help it can get.

Win this mate. Everybody here wants to keep reading your posts for years to come. Even the infuriating ones. 🙂

English?

Except when they've lost to another Spanish side. (Don't actually remember, just parroting a commentator.)

Desent before that.

That's two things. 🙂

There's a huge incentive for them to decide by June 10th. If they can bring someone in by then who is able to help us progress a round or two further in the Club World Cup than we otherwise would the added income will be like a discount on that player's purchase price/wages.

Collectively we pay for it all in the end. Tickets, TV rights fees, sponsorship deals, kit deals, advertising. we are the ultimate source of all that money.