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Lavia deal feels like agent pushing Liverpool to bid enough to get it done. Would be hilarious if we got both though. Personally if we are getting Caicedo I’d be happy to keep Ugo and Santos and use that 52-55m elsewhere.

Personally the most believable story here is that Adams’ medical showed up he needs another 4 months of recovery, as some source on twitter posted. After that the subsequent panic for this double purchase begins to make sense, if we do indeed get both (I’m still kind of confused why we would want both unless we are moving to 4-3-3)

He writes in the comments he’s sure our wages have barely improved and we are all dreaming if we think the players who are joining are agreeing much lower wages than those leaving. Guess he has an agenda. Am curious to see something written by someone with actual assumptions and numbers in table form included, this guy is just making bold statements with out showing his working.

Wonder what Bloom will do with all the cash? Have a feeling he will probably pocket most of the profit for himself and reinvest <£25m...

Why can't it all just be over?

Ah man, this saga is tedious and I was pretty glad earlier that it was all over even if not in our favour. I have been saying it all summer: this sort of money for a DM is madness. Harry Kane going for less, one of the greatest ever goal scorers in the Premier League. Madness.

Feel like we should last minute bid £100m for Kane, how he is selling for £86m is beyond me

Guess I am alone in not wanting us to spend £120m on an excellent DM then... When did defensive midfielders become the most valuable position on the pitch? Just bizarre to me.

Man can't score to save his life, but he is a good player so would expect him to have a good game if they rush him in the lineup. Feels a little too late for him to play tbh - had been thinking if he joined us he probably wouldn't at this stage.

What’s the new CM shortlist looking like? And are we going for another GK if Kepa is off? With Nkunku injured does make me think we need another striker too. We are now dependent on Jackson a little TOO much going into the season no?

If we offered 100m weeks ago probably it gets rejected because hey if we offer 100 we can offer 110 right? And if we bid 110 we can offer 115 right? Should have just not dealt with Bloom over it in the first place. Liverpool going for a transfer record, big gamble, fair play to them - good player, enjoy him, better hope he doesn’t get injured given you’ve blown your entire wad on him and don’t have money to replace.

Still think it’s all PR / negotiation / gamesmanship. He is coming to us.

Reported by some people as rejected yes, given it is so close to the £50m (supposed) asking price I would have expected they would - surely a couple of extra mil is ground we'll cover if we want him.

Matt Law knows what he's done. Fraud.

I don't want loans for Kepa that don't include an obligation to buy, this is not a fuckin charity, if anyone wants him they commit to buy him. Losing him without guaranteed cash just weakens us. De Gea is the obvious answer for Real Madrid isn't he?

Pretty sure this was posted before but worth a reminder...

Tyler Adams is an interesting one, I guess we gain squad depth, some American-fan appeal, and a £20m asset that could become a £50m asset given the chance to play in a different system which will let him show his quality better. Lots of people reporting that he is under-appreciated because of the system/club he is playing in and we will be surprised by him. I have a lot of faith in our current scouts/directors so I'm inclined to believe he will win over the fanbase and prove to be a very astute signing at a measly £20m, he is not a sexy signing but as a pure DM and foil for Enzo? He could be an important jigsaw piece.

Only Matt Law reported it, Jacob Steinberg repeated it and credited Matt with the news i.e. it is just Matt reporting it. The guy who knows nothing. He is a PR mouth piece, journalist for hire that prints whatever you pay him to print. Doesn't have any connection to the club, staff or players anymore, Mount was his last inside source as he was being paid by Mount via his PR agency to report favourably on him and negatively on the club's contract stance. 100% ignore. He is out for revenge for being cut out.

Don't really believe Bayern or Liverpool are going to spend £90m+ on Caicedo, only club entering the race that would worry me is City who might bid £90m+ and suddenly seal a deal if they fancy it.

He is the least reliable by far. Hasn't known anything since the takeover, aside from what Mount's camp tell him

Must be making a switch to 4-3-3 because of Nkunku’s injury surely, otherwise we are moving for way too many CMs. If we are, maybe we are looking at Enzo, Caicedo, Lavia, Santos and Adams with Ugo out on loan and possible cashing in on Gallagher?

Do we have an award for the worst post of the year? How do I nominate?

Who tf is making up nonsense like this, as if Eghbali is qualified to decide Vlahovic is good or not, clearly that is PW/LS/Poch's remit - probably 1 or more of them is not convinced, and all have to approve to do it.

So Jackson didn't take the cursed 9 shirt, good...