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A source called 'Sports Unlimited' that gets quoted on msn.com is about as shitty as sources come though. 😂

Too many? No rumors other than a comunicado oficial is going to be enough here. I want to see a club statement by noon tomorrow.

I'm pretty sure Maatsen, Chalobah and Broja will already fetch minimum £70-80M between them 'financial crisis' or not. Also quite sure the Hall sale to Newcastle will only officially go through in the summer so that's another £28M. The exact same 'financial crisis' sensationalism was happening this time a year ago as well. People were foaming at the mouth from the prospect of having their clubs poach the likes of Mount, Colwill etc. on the cheap because of this 'financial crisis' but in the end not a single player got sold the club didn't actually want to sell and the buyers for Mount, Havertz etc. were made to pay through the nose too.

An upgrade over Broja, based on what exactly? Duran has been at Villa for a year and has fuck all to show for it. He's absolutely no more proven or better than Broja, just another inexperienced raw youngster in a long line of many.

When exactly would you have expected him to improve on those said strengths and weaknesses? During the measly 1000 or so minutes (all comps) he's actually played club footall since the Soton loan or during the 10 month spell he spent nursing a knee injury?

Ben Yedder is an alleged rapist though.

This guy has also been heavily rumored to be on his way to Man City. Getting him to Strasbourg would be a big coup.

Why would the club even entertain the idea of selling Badiashile? To me he looked quite good whenever he's played, even during the cluster fuck of the 22/23 season. Maybe he's a bit rash at times but I for one have really liked his aggressive playing style. He just got dealt a bad hand when he got injured and missed out on the entirety of pre-season and was always going to play catch-up when he got back to match fitness. Granted he's more of an LCB rather than the role Silva plays on the right side of the central defense but still with Silva pushing 40 it would be bizarre to lose BB now and selling him would just force us back on the CB market once again for absolutely no reason.

The full article says the negotiations for Riyadh Air are for next season and the IA sponsor for this year is still on.

First couple of months in the PL under Potter, going from his appointment till the mid-season World Cup break. Games played: 8 xG: 8,40 (18th in the league) Goals scored: 9 (14th in the league) xGA: 12.71 (11th in the league) Goals against: 3 (3rd in the league) So yeah, the stats were shite too. After the World Cup till Potter's eventual sacking the numbers did get slightly better to indicate some improvement in the performances but even then the offensive numbers still weren't great compared to the best teams in the league but rather maybe somewhere around 8-10th in the league. It was only the defending that improved significantly in the second half of Potter's reign with both xGA and actual goals against being among the top3-4 in the league but that just wasn't enough when nothing was going our way in attack. Not overly worried about things right now. The loss against Forest was terrible and I thought Poch's tactics were cowardly (Chilly at LW) but there were still plenty enough opportunities to win the game. If performances stay like this, things are absolutely guaranteed to get better. It was always going to take a bit of time for things to start clicking with half the team being new arrivals and a new manager in charge too.

Here's an article from Ornstein for the Athletic when Maatsen first joined Burnley on loan last year: https://theathletic.com/4165877/2022/07/13/burnley-agree-deal-to-sign-ian-maatsen-on-season-long-loan-from-Chelsea/?amp=1 It says the club hold an option to extend Maatsen till 2025 so no panic there.

I think the more important factor rather than the loan fee was that United insisted on a break clause for January. If he turned out shite for them too and in January they had Shaw and Malacia back from their injuries they'd 100% have sent him back while we'd have preferred to have his salary off the books for the whole season.

I think incomings are done after Palmer gets announced but still lots to do with outgoings. Lukaku seems done already but Cucurella, CHO, Sarr, Chalobah need some moves sorted out plus some loans for the youngsters (Washington, Burstow etc.)

Would probably be good for Chelsea but that just feels wrong tbh. Sporting are a great club in their own right so reducing them to being a feeder/satellite club for Chelsea would be terrible in the larger scheme of things. Can't say I'd be in favor of something like that.

But he was the most expensive goalkeeper in the world at the time (and still is) so I'm sure him and his agent sensed their chance to negotiate an outrageous contract. Palmer is a kid who has a lot of potential but who hasn't shown anything in his career yet. From all the signings we've made in January and this summer I would think only Enzo, Caicedo and Nkunku are earning more than £150K a week and the lest on considerably less than that. Do you really think Palmer belongs in the upper salary bracket with the other three and not with the likes of Gusto, Madueke, Jackson etc.?