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Will they? They may not be his first choice, if rumours to be believed, which is a shame for him. He deserves to be backed properly. I don’t know if we keep losing out on rumoured targets to Chelsea and Man U because they offer higher wages, or because they remain more attractive (hard to accept in Man U’s case currently) than we are or because we’re haggling over £5-10m on each fee.

Importantly they'll be the players they want.

I wonder what Chelse are telling the players that they sign. 2 Seasons (games played, from 90+) Caceido €116m - 73 Lavia €62m - 17 Nkunku €60m - 38 Palmer €47m - 70 Disasi €45m - 37 (loaned out) Jackson £37m - 65 Ugochukwu €27M - 12 Sanchez (GK) €23m - 48 Petrovic (GK) €16m - 23 (loaned) Washington €16m - 2 (loaned out) Angelo €15m - 0 (loaned then sold) 1 Season (from 45+ games) Neto €60m - 35 Felix €52m - 12 Dewsbury-Hall €35m - 13 Jorgensen (GK) €24m - 6 Kellyman €22m - 0 Anselmino €16m - 0 (then loaned out) Amagou €15m - 1 Veiga €14m - 7 (then loaned) Wiley €10m - 0 (then loaned) Adarabioyo (Free) - 22 This window (so far): Pedro €60m Delap £35m Estevao €34m Essugo €22m Penders (GK) €20m Sarr €14m Paez €10m Would they even bother trying to pretend to players that they're important to their plans? Or do they just tell them how much they'll be making? Bolded the ones who have had some degree of success there, was feeling very generous with Jackson. That's over €80m spent on GKs alone in a couple of years and they likely don't know who their best keeper is. It gets worse if you go back another year as well. As a fan watching all of that go on it can't be a very rewarding process. I hope we never turn into this soulless conveyor belt of mercenaries.

I mean they might not be Eddie’s first choice targets. Sounds like we’ve already missed out on a few, if rumours are to be believed

Plus they have 7 strikers to help him

He clearly wanted to join Chelsea and putting bias aside they have a better recent history of winning things, will give him bigger wages on a huge contract (7 years I heard), CL football and can offer him the London lifestyle. its hard to compete with that

I feel like Mbuemo was, but as soon as he publicly said he wanted man u and 250k a week we just went "fuck that" and moved on. Given our wage structure I am perfectly happy with that, as much as I rate him.

Hardly watched any this year. Has the line up been any good?

There's every chance that the agents of these targets have been using us as leverage to parlay up their clients' wages. Not to mention the selling clubs squeezing up the transfer price. We don't really know if the likes of Mbuemo and Pedro were serious targets, a lot of it has been amplified through social media with no direct corroboration from the club as far as Ive seen.

Heavily linked by the likes of 'TeamTalk' 'adwum pewarsum' 'nufc370' etc. i.e social media 'influencer' know fuck all cunts.

he not dissimilar looking tbf

if it is what is going on then I don't see why we are engaging in Ashley style tactics just to piss clubs off and players to go elsewhere. Im still patiently positive about our dealings being concluded on the quiet but id expect to see some through the door in the next fortnight.

FYP

Definitely coming my way - referral awaited

Oh, great

As above and also we have to wait until 1 July to get rid of the PSR issue.

You're making it sound way worse than it is and way less complicated also. 1. We're not going to upset a harmonious squad that just won a trophy and qualified for the champion's league by bringing in players on huge wages. This rules out many options, but it's likely the right move. 2. The summer transfer window can be a slow burn (yes I know we already have one of those). Sure some business gets done early, mostly by clubs that have few financial restraints, but most happens towards the end as teams selling quality players need to confirm that they can replace them. There's always that domino effect as well as bigger moves occur that money goes back into the market and more players move. 3. We are an attractive prospect to both domestic and international players. We have champion's League, we have a manager who consistently gets the best out of players. We have a slew of internationals in our team both for England and other countries who have earned or maintained their positions whilst playing here. 4. On Trafford, he is a long term target. He wants to come here and he will come here. The clubs have to do the dance on what that final fee is. Every pound saved there is a pound that can be spent elsewhere. It's PSR that means we have to move like this, but even under those constraints look how far we have come in four years. Not getting him earlier hasn't hurt us at all as both Pope and Dubravka had some incredible spells/games through this season. 5. Ability is only one factor in signing a player, we also want to ensure they have the right attitude and are coming for the right reasons. 6. Hardly anyone is taking the piss. Chelsea very obviously are, but few others run the risk. Aston Villa took a bit of gamble and having missed out on CL next season are going to have to take action to at least give the appearance of satisfying PSR. 7. Who have we missed out on that we desperately wanted here?

Sorry but Eddie Howe isn't signing any players he doesn't want. He might sign some players YOU 🫵 don't want though 😆

its been a month of an absolute embarrassing shitshow. every single player we've been heavily linked to has fucked off elsewhere. I don't mind if it's because we've been gazumped on wages by the more well established 'big clubs' we're all well aware of the hurdles in our way here. what really fucks me off is idea of missing out on players for a pocket change £5m which is how it' seems we're missing out due to haggling over these days.. the very same pocket change we could easily make up.with a few credible sponsorships which shouldn't even raise an eyebrow. for fucks sake I'm not suggesting we sell our under 10s team to ourselves for £2b here but by the same token we shouldn't be low balling burnley for £5m for their keeper when we could raise that with a training kit sponsorship. fucking pathetic when every cunt else is literally taking the piss.

Watching that Olivia Rodridgo lass with my now teenage daughter. "At least she's easy on the eye" I say. "Paedo" says she. FML I feel old.