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I am sure Fabrizio does not know fuck all about what's happening behind the scenes

How comes 1 hour?

What's everyone's feeling then? Enzo is happening or not? s

I don't think we can realistically pay the RC with taxes and all and have it all show up in FFP in one year, it would make the whole thing unfeasible right? So I assume its just cash in 2 instalments which is a v fair deal if so assuming we're matching or exceeding the clause in value.

2 instalments would be totally fair, I assume we pitched such a high number originally to let them have rope to "win" the negotiation

What was life like before the transfer window? Does anyone remember? I don't even know what I'll do with myself when it is over and I have to find something to do other than refresh ~10 pages.

Not sure what to think, if the number on offer is agreeable and they just want it upfront I assume we can sort that. Do not believe we will trigger clause+tax under any circumstances, so if that is the real deal then this whole thing is off but if that were true we would not have been there or 2 days negotiating. Most likely there is some way to still get him but if the club have given up fair enough, it is a lot of money and a lot of risk so they have to do what feels right on balance to them. It is money once spent we can't spend elsewhere after all.

From big money moves for Mudryk or Caicedo to eventually getting another Chelsea reject out of desperation at bargain basement prices.

I'm sure plenty of us, especially the ones based in London, have a shit load of friends that are Arsenal friends too - that is partly why this is so fucking hilarious for me and I hope it happens, got so many people dropping me messages panicking and crying, just sheer disbelief and horror like I have not seen from them in years lmfao

I really hope we sell Jorginho to them just because their fans are melting down so hard over it. Agent Jorgi.

Feels like everyone is just waiting for Rui Costa and he’s enjoying being the man and having people wait on him

Why can’t it just be over

£45m for Gallagher would be good business, throw in a buy back clause at £75m just in case.

I would be absolutely disgusted if we buy our record transfer that we need urgently and let him go out on loan. Part of the justification for paying so much now is that we need him now. Surely not being discussed at any level in negotiations, even as a joke.

Personally, if we will have Felix+Nkunku+Havertz on the books I would prefer not to sign a centre forward in a rush in summer, better to play with them and wait for the right opportunity to come up to "complete" the team over the next couple of years.

Broja is over, this is back to the old days where young people that aren't outrageously good just wont get to play. He will be loaned and eventually sold.

Too late in the window now but yes would have made sense, tbh they could offer him an extension and then sell in summer if he is game.

I don't think we were ever going to pay the release clause and take on the tax implications. We just have to assume the club cannot refuse a deal that is equivalent for them as it would totally ruin their relationship with the player forever anyway.

If Kante can come back from injury and play the rest of the season, and we buy Enzo, people will fucking dread playing us.

feels like some kind of chatgpt bot being tested out or something, proper random

What tier are these sources? Still enjoy seeing the rumours are back, but would be more excited if someone I've heard of posted it...

Him ending up at City is exactly why I'm in favour of us just overspending to get him. They already took the cheat-code Haaland to guarantee a serious level of dominance, if we let them have the best CM in the world as well then come on what are we doing here? We're spending a lot of money to compete yearly in a race for 2nd...

Idk players do this kind of shit all the time, if he is on very low wages right now and his potential future is: stay on this contract for most of your career, or move to a bigger contract right now with a gentlemen's agreement we'll let you leave if a good bid comes in... Players tend to sign. And then get fucked over by their club later (see Harry Kane)

I keep waiting for some kind of reverse-age-cheating-scandal where it turns out he started playing professional football at 12 and lied about his age to get in the men's team

Hardly any time left now unless we're just paying the release clause, so I doubt it is happening sadly. Would have really made the rest of the season exciting. Still thrilled with the business we've done. Pleasantly surprised how much Boehly is not fucking around, the quality of what we're doing seems to have improved so much since summer when imo we made a lot of shitty deals.