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I doubt VAR will intervene. Sanchez tho....... How anyone thinks he should be starting is a joke.

Jackson never learns

He has no idea what to do. Cuts inwards and is lost.

They supposedly don't want him permanently. Another one we'll be making a loss on.

That's odd, then. I didn't think deals could be agreed for a specific date. Not to mention, the window opens briefly before the CWC (Soccer-Premier League to open transfer window early due to Club World Cup). Either way, it would be in our best interest to let him stay for the tournament, whether there is an option to recall him or not.

More goals from open play than Haaland since joining, and the same as Salah in total. He will inevitably be their PK taker for now, so I can see him outscoring most.

Jackson back in the starting XI. It will (hopefully) be nice to have CF again.

The reason why Milan are finally willing to part ways. Leao hasn't been up to much either.

I can see a world where Petrovic is sold and someone like Maignan possibly coming in depending on if we qualify for CL, CWC performance, etc. He's past his best, though. He's publicly said that he will be playing for them, so I feel like that's a non-starter unless we wanna turn him sour about the move before even putting on a shirt.

Leipzig just signed him in Jan. I'm aware they haven't been doing well this season, but there surely has to be more to this. Also, he isn't someone we need as of now with our AM options.

With the CWC right on the heels of the season's climax, Enzo will be here for some time regardless of CL or not.

Ha ha! I didn't want to tempt fate, especially considering where we were at the start of December. Our fixture against Forest on 25th May could potentially be a CL decider for all we know. City losing Haaland works in our favour (unless Marmoush blows away teams, which isn't impossible). Newcastle are the one side that could turn out to be the surprise package on the back of their first major trophy in yonks.

I was only on board if the deal worked in our favour. The moment Samu wasn't included, we should have ran away as fast as we could and sold Gallagher to Villa, etc.

It should be much quicker and any decision that is taken away from the morons officiating games, the better.

There for less than two months. 😄

Automated offsides are finally being used, almost 8 months later than scheduled.

I presumed there would be some catch. We currently violate those regulations & will continue to do so unless they go ahead with acquiring a Portuguese team and send them over there.

That seems fair. Not sure if neither are deserving (Columbus Crew should have been in the conversation having been runners up to Pachuca).

Rules seem to have changed slightly in July 2023. The following article doesn't make things that clear-cut unless you have the answers yourself - The CFCB renders decisions on multi-club ownership cases for the 2023/24 UEFA club competitions | UEFA.com

Damn! That doesn't sound promising in the grand scheme of things. Imagine Strasbourg being a more appealing side to join in the summer. At the end of the day, we need to do our job at the very least. Top 5 mightn't even be enough if the scenario you mentioned came to fruition.

They had no real expectations at the start of the season while CL was surely the bare minimum for us. Maresca's comments are just his way of covering himself should the worse happen and if we do qualify, he's done wonders (in his own head).

Scored his ninth goal of the season in his side's impressive win over Lyon. They are only one point off a CL place having played a game more. No idea if the rules recently changed about European competition & ownership were we both to qualify for the same competition.

Barco will probably be added to that list, too.

He lives in his own world. They'll probably be lucky to have one team match his clause, as they know both parties are dying to part ways.

Whatever makes more sense for them financially.