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I don't just post tweets I write monographs, LOLOL

if they add Zouma and Lingard that's a pretty scary side for me, IF they buy a decent backup CF too, then eeeek

West Ham is perfect for him, they are kinda loaded with talent (other than CB, which is their big issue, and CF depth) tbh, and have euro footie, plus in London

roflmao

although they are two completely different types of players

Aurélien Tchouaméni is far more available now Monaco just collapsed and crashed out of the CL, despite his magnificent game

but so many reports say personal terms were agreed

2021-22 English Carabao Cup, Second Round West Bromwich Albion Arsenal http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/capital-one-cup-west-bromwich-albion-vs-arsenal-s2/ https://www.totalsportek.com/football/west-bromwich-albion-vs-arsenal-live-stream/

I think the deal is super close personal terms agreed now the fee just needs to be haggled out it will be between £25m and £30m

further fleshing this out let's say the escape hatch kicked in in 3 years and was a 15% upsell lock in that means, IF we paid £162m (picking a middle figure between £150 and 175m) in transfer fees (and thus the total 5 years cost would be £427m) we would turn a £24m profit on the sale and get out of £86m in wages (the last 2 years) BUT we still paid out £179m in bribes and wages for 3 years of play so minus the £24m in sale profit that means we basically rented Håland for 3 years for a net spend cost of £155m (counting the sale profit) if the escape hatch was 4 years, then we 'rented' him for 4 years for almost £200m net cost (counting the sale profit) that is SHIT business

holy fuck, no wonder we said fuck you that is £827K per fucking week so the total cost over 5 years assuming a £150m tee fee and around £50m total in bribes to that cunt Mino and daddy Håland would be............ £415m £440m if a £175m t fee and Mino demanded an escape hatch clause after 3-4 (never could nail down whether is was 3 or 4, but knowing Mino it was 3) years with a set percentage above our buy price that would determine the max we could sell Håland for (so kind of a modified release clause amount)!!! thank fuck we said NO

I am much more amenable to shortie Kounde now that the tall beast Trevoh has started to break through, thus losing Zouma and only replacing him with the wee CB is not the way it is going down we all know I have been a huge booster of Saul since I joined the board (I still want Aurélien Tchouaméni though, lol, on top, as I am LICKRISH, ie Bajan for greedy, lol) Saul replaces Camavinga for me, in terms of a transfer slot (and yes I know they are 2 different types of players), and I really do not think Camavinga wants to come here Nicolò Barella next year please (we need to snatch up the closest thing to Kante out there) Jude Bellingham next year or the one after rounds out all my major target options in MF Declan Rice at £100m is insanity Sergej Milinković-Savić seems to be completely off Tuchel and board's radar, and would be a big gamble anyway Leicester want £90m or so for Youri Tielemans, which is outrageous Franck Kessié is a step below all those listed (not saying he is shit, he is a beast too) After Mbapape and Håland, plus now having Rom, (fuck Kane, who would NEVER come here anyway) the ONLY players on the planet who are remotely available that I would pay £80/85m or up for (none over £100m though) would be Barella and Chiesa, maybe Bastoni (but Kounde means no Bastoni) and maybe Oblak, but he will be 30 in the middle of next season, and his price is madness, his salary madness, and his demands include a 7 year contract, and zero chance he is remotely near the level he is now when he is 35, 36, sorry, not happening, especially as he is hardly a giant, so a near 30yo Oblak is NOT worth a quarter of billion quid outlay (fees, salary, etc) next summer, not buying into that) I can see Bellingham getting to that level, but is not near that just yet. Same maybe, maybe for de Ligt (who just has not went to that TOP level for me at all yet).

Now THIS is a TRUE Big Dick Willy move (and also makes me feel better that we did not make a move this summer for him, and it would probably take £160, £170m to change their mind, which is MADNESS for a player with one year left) by PSG Also, do NOT believe Real plastic fanbois and lying media that they have built op a £300m (yes the plastics insist it is 300m in quid, ie 350m euros) war chest just off sales and loans, it is a pure lie they are a NEGATIVE £40m or so so far over the rolling 3 year period that La Liga uses and even if you take only the last 2 windows (and make the 2019/20 disaster poof), they are barely halfway to that £300m and have massive gaps to plug outside of their drooling over Håland and Mbappe both, plus still have a HUGE wage bill, even after shipping a lot of dross and good players Paris Saint-Germain reject Real Madrid’s €160m bid for Kylian Mbappe https://theathletic.com/news/real-madrid-make-160m-kylian-mbappe-bid/1jJ8Zdytiqw0 Paris Saint-Germain have rejected Real Madrid’s €160 million (£137 million) bid for forward Kylian Mbappe. The 22 year-old’s future hangs in the balance with less than a week left until deadline day. Mbappe’s contract runs out at the end of the 2021-22 campaign which means he could leave the French side on a free transfer next year. The World Cup winner is yet to engage with any new offers to stay but PSG, for their part, continue to insist the player will sign a renewal. The Ligue 1 side also insisted in early August that Lionel Messi’s arrival would not impact Mbappe’s future and believed the signing of Messi would in fact help convince him to stay. Mbappe joined PSG at the age of 18 on a season-long loan from AS Monaco in August 2017. He then signed a permanent four-year deal with the club in the summer of 2018.

2021-22 English Carabao Cup, Second Round Huddersfield Town Everton http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/capital-one-cup-huddersfield-town-vs-everton-s4/ https://www.totalsportek.com/football/huddersfield-town-vs-everton-live-stream/

2021-22 English Carabao Cup, Second Round Barrow Aston Villa http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/capital-one-cup-barrow-vs-aston-villa-s3/ https://www.totalsportek.com/football/barrow-vs-aston-villa-live-stream/

https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp344/en/

The Harry Kane saga and the latest Premier League action https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2021/aug/24/david-squires-harry-kane-premier-league-weekend

We need to do this with MENDY!

Arsenal legend Tony Adams describes Chelsea defender as 'world-beater' after 2-0 win https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/news/arsenal-legend-tony-adams-describes-Chelsea-defender-as-world-beater-after-2-0-win/

if true (it is based off Goal, so who knows) well 😿 Chelsea players, move for £15m star now unlikely https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/transfer-news/report-tuchel-decides-hes-happy-with-three-Chelsea-players-move-for-15m-star-now-unlikely/ Chelsea will seemingly not make a move for Aurelien Tchouameni or any other midfielders this summer due to Thomas Tuchel’s current outlook. According to Goal, Tuchel is apparently content with his three first team central centurions, meaning signing a fourth is looking unlikely. N’Golo Kante, Mateo Kovacic and Jorginho make up one of the finest midfield trios in world football. Displacing or replacing any of the trident would be difficult for a new player arriving at Stamford Bridge. Even if they are of the pedigree that have been linked to Chelsea this transfer window. Declan Rice’s name has been constantly mentioned, whilst Eduardo Camavinga looked like an outside possibility. West Ham United appear to have priced Rice out of a move, whereas Camavinga is being heavily monitored by Manchester United. Tchouameni off the target list? Another, more probable option, was Monaco’s Tchouameni, who only joined the club last January for €17.5m (£15m). The young Frenchman is already one of Europe’s hottest properties following a breakthrough campaign last year. He played 42 times across all competitions and was named Ligue 1’s Young Player of the Season.

2 nil Leicester collapsing